The World’s # 1 Web and E-mail Filtering Company.

The World’s # 1 Web and E-mail Filtering Company


Content Filtering and SurfControl: Business Threats and Solutions

Presented by: Patrick Irwin

Product Marketing Manager


STOP Unwanted Content

“All Internet content you send, read or receive carries a risk.”


Internet content – consist of images, text, pages, files and objects that are either downloaded from web sites or contained in e-mails This content can include Adult sites, Hacking sites, malicious code, confidential material, Spam, offensive language…. This exposes organizations to productivity, security, network resource and legal risks Filtering helps businesses manage these risks

All Internet Content Carries a Risk



7.2

3.2

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

3.9

4.7

6.3

5.4

($Billion)

Secure Content Market 2003 – 2008

[CAGR 17%]

Source:IDC


The Market Explosion!

Source: IDCSource: IDC

WorldWide - 2007

Secure Content Market

• AntiVirus 15% CAGR• Web Filtering 27% CAGR• Email Filtering 36% CAGR


E-mail Boxes(Business)

806m

648m

2004

2005

2006

2007

754m699

m

20 Billion E-mails (non spam) 2007


What’s Driving the move to total filtering?

Improve productivity by minimizing wasteful surfing

Protect Network Resources (bandwidth) wastage from downloading and sharing bandwidth-hungry files

Protect against legal liability from harassing e-mail content

Security against viruses,

spam, and information leakage


Inappropriate content covers the Internet and spreads quickly throughout e-mail

This can be the foundation for lawsuits, harassment charges and criminal prosecution

Many Fortune 500 companies have paid out millions due to lawsuits based on objectionable e-mail and Web material

Typical problem content consists of:• - Racist, sexist, adult, hate, drug or other illegal

material• - Adult images• - Illegal/pirated software and music

Risks – Legal Liability


‘Infamous’ Events

Britannia Building Society take disciplinary actionagainst 9 staff for ‘amusing’ e-mailInvestment Bank miss $600m loss Norwich Union fined £450,000 e-mail defamationCisco e-mail all employees final resultsChevron paid $2.2M to a group of employees for ‘Why Beer is Better than Women’Bank of Ireland Executive resigned over ‘research’





40% of Internet usage at work is not business related (IDC)

In a 1000 user organization if each user spent only 30 minutes using the Web and e-mail for non-business purposes, then cost to the business is €25,000 per day!

Web distractions - Surfing sports, pornography, shopping, personal finance, and other non-work sites

E-mail distractions - Personal e-mail, chain letters, Spam

Risks – User Productivity


90% of company’s intellectual capital is in digital format (SC Magazine)• - A target for hackers• Can simply leave the business in an

e-mail

Viruses in e-mails or in downloaded documents can spread through an organization’s network

Web based e-mail is an open door for viruses to enter and confidential documents to leave

Risks – Security


Confidential information leakage was ranked as the #1 content issue facing corporations beyond the spam epidemic.

24% of corporate e-mail users acknowledge receiving confidential information from employees at other companies.

84% of confidential information loss is generated internally by employees.

74% acknowledged financial losses due to security breaches, with 42% able to qualify their losses totaling over $265 million

Corporate Confidentiality

SurfControl Survey, February 2004


A recent network assessment at ‘Corporate X’ revealed over 80% of information passed using web based email represented one of the following:

Web based email?

Customer informationFinancial FiguresCVsIP Theft

and then there’s IM….


Director Responsibilities

Shareholder Responsibilities

Employee Responsibilities


All outgoing communication is a potential privacy leak.

All internal communication is a potential legal risk.

All unfiltered communication is a threat to revenues.

Corporate Confidentiality


Ever Hit send by mistake

?


35% of e-mails are not business related, 20% have attachments

40% Internet usage not business related

Streaming media, large files, freeware, popups and banner ads gobble up network bandwidth

Not managing Internet content severely impacts critical business activity

Risks – Network Resources


SurfControl Web Filter v. 5.0for ISA2004


Policy Based Control

“Simple Rules Engine which gives the power to define

who can do what, when and how”

“Simple Rules Engine which gives the power to define

who can do what, when and how”

Specify access by - Time surfed or- Data amount


Multiple Deny Pages

Link each rule to

related place in the

company’s online AUP

Access Denied

To www.playboy.com

John Smith please call HR on ext 145 and an email has been sent to your

wife.


Reporting Web based and easily customised Scheduled, on-demandOutput formats: e-mail, pdf, htm, csv, rtf


SurfControl Mobile Filter

Web filtering for wireless workersThin client architectureApplies company Internet Policy


Worldwide Offices

A Global Company


A Global Company: A Global Presence

Customers in 133 countries Content understanding covering 65 languages Fully localized web + e-mail products for Japan

and China… Over 540 dedicated employees working from ten

countries Offices in US, UK, Benelux, France, Germany,

Austria, Italy, Singapore, Australia, China Global technology partners include CheckPoint,

Cisco, IBM, Nokia, Microsoft and Netscreen


A Global Company: A Global Presence

Went public in June of 1998 Listed on LSE’s TechMARK and Nasdaq Europe 95%+ free float – large institutions, long positions Major US presence - 65% of revenues Significant corporate customer focus - 83% of

revenues Profitable under GAAP, highly cash generative Global company - # 1 in web and e-mail filtering

The World’s # 1 Web and E-mail Filtering Company.

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