Watchguard Professional Partner

WebBlocking and URL Filtering

Employees personal use of the Internet within work time not only costs businesses thousands of pounds a day, but also consumes bandwidth meant for the business, and opens up the company networks to security risks such as spyware and viruses. WebBlocker blocks malicious sites to keep your network protected from risky web content. It helps conserve network bandwidth, prevent legal liability from inappropriate content, and increase employee productivity while it guards the network against malicious attacks from rogue web sites.
And because Web Blocker is integrated with the WatchGuard security appliance, you have an easy-to-manage, cost-effective solution with no additional hardware to buy. WebBlocker uses SurfControl® to access an automatically updated database containing over 20 million global sites.

Features of Web Blocking software:

• Strong administrative control - Configure up to 54 web categories to stop the sites and web tools you most want to block.
• Daily incremental database updates - URL database is updated daily to give you the most current protection available.
• Flexible configuration - Configure web access by users, groups, domains, time of day*, and department requirements to meet specific business and user needs.
• Customizable open-access policies - Create custom "Allowed" exception lists for certain web sites, host addresses, or URLs so you can keep mission-critical access open.
• Acceptable Use enforcement - Allows you to enforce your acceptable use policies to protect your business from legal liabilities.
• Centralized logging and reporting - Generate graphical reports of web access, usage, and time of day for the data you need to make security policy decisions*.
• Intuitive management - Easy-to-use interface makes deployment and ongoing management simple and straightforward, even for novice network administrators.
• Cost effective solution - Priced per appliance, one WebBlocker subscription provides network-wide protection for all users configured behind your Firebox X.

* Available on Firebox X Core and Peak appliances.