In order to optimize the organization’s web security strategy, businesses should invest in good web filtering and web monitoring software, complementing the other security solutions they may have. Web filtering does to your organization what a mosquito net does to your skin – it keeps the bugs away whilst allowing air to pass through. The […]

Having network Internet control in place is a must for any business to run smoothly. The Internet is an essential tool for most of your employees, so blocking it off completely is not an option. Instead, you should implement proper network Internet control to prevent the following threats: bandwidth hogging, cyber-slacking, and risks associated with […]

Companies are building vast databases of information which need to be protected against hackers, viruses, natural disasters and other threats. In this post I talk about the biggest threat of them all: your trusted employees. Your employees have many reasons to steal your data. They might be planning to move to a competitor or begin […]

A competent technical manager knows that his company needs to adhere to email compliance laws and regulations. Compliance however, is not easy! There is literally an alphabet soup of laws and regulations – the SOX, HIPAA, GLB and others. In this post I offer five tips that you can use to avoid all of the […]

In the early days of web content filtering it was enough to configure a firewall to block certain sites from being accessed. An SME would maintain a blacklist of forbidden sites and update that list from time to time. This method did not offer deep packet inspection and only filtered Internet access based on a […]

Most employees require full Internet connectivity in order to work productively. Opening the Internet to employees can come at a large cost however – if Internet usage is not monitored, employees can make bad use of it to the detriment of the company. Monitoring Internet usage is an essential activity for small to medium-sized enterprises […]