• Surfwall Monitoring GUI support
  This lets you monitor the websites in real-time via the EM console that are being browsed by users on client machines.

• Surfwall content filtering on all browser platforms
  Surfwall now supports content filtering on all browser platforms. Previous versons only supported Microsoft Internet Explorer.

• Updated Site Synchronizer
  Added logic to the Site Synchronizer to optimize sending of recat request information and pending (no category) sites.

How much time and resources are wasted due to inappropriate web-surfing at the office?

The risks and losses involved with the misuse of Internet access by employees are substantial to the employer. They could be legally liable for explicit material being downloaded onto corporate machines using corporate resources on company time.

Client-side vulnerabilities can open countless backdoors to your network and the information assets it contains - and a single vulnerability can potentially expose your entire network to attack.

The loss of productivity from staff surfing sites not related to business during office hours is a bill that the organization should not have to pickup. Also legitimate services can be adversely affected by unproductive employees accessing high bandwidth sites, such as streaming media, MP3, or file sharing sites.

Each organization that has adopted any form of web-filtering has seen the benefits of greater productivity and increased network efficiency.

The potential for unauthorized surfing increases everyday, as more and more avenues of diversion are generated by countless individuals and organizations. These diversions include auction sites, off-shore gambling sites, pornographic sites, etcetera etcetera.

Due to this and many other reasons, an organization-wide acceptable usage policy should be created for all staff with web connectivity. Employee Internet usage policies provide improved productivity ratings; corporate protection from legal liability; prevents embarrassment to the company; preserves bandwidth; increases a feeling of ethical integrity and does not rely on personal accountability. But how do you implement these policies in a realistic and comprehensive way?

Surfwall is a solution to the problem of recreational Internet usage by employees, providing 99.99% categorization accuracy allowing policy definition to be upheld. By relying on human interaction to ensure that the matches between content and categorization are accurate, Surfwall gives you the peace of mind that non-work related surfing is completely controlled by the acceptable usage policy.

The danger of allowing unrestricted access to the Internet by employees ranges from legal implications of allowing pornographic or adult material to be viewed and cached onto the disk of a work computer, the loss of productivity from other non-work related activities such as gambling and games, losing key staff by allowing recruitment sites to be visited, as well as reduced company bandwidth for legitimate activities by allowing streaming media such as MP3 sites to be visited from work.

How does Surfwall work?

Surfwall is incorporated into Omniquad's Enterprise Manager system, which is a complete network management, monitoring, and audit solution.

Enterprise Manager is loaded on an assigned server (WIN2000) and will then search for available computers in a network finding which users are on each machine. With an easy to use interface you can group these computers into easily manageable sub-sections and then activate a download of the Enterprise Manager client on to each desktop from one location. The network can then be centrally managed.



As a web site is requested from the browser, the central server queries a network database or an online catalogue and receives a category number. If that web page has a category that is forbidden for that user, group or site then the browser displays a restricted usage policy page. Surfwall policies can be adjusted and changed at anytime.

When laptops are connected to the network they update policies on to their desktop client. The policies are still enforced even when they are not connected to the network.

Sub Domain Support for Surfwall Exclusions - You can set Web Exclusions using wildcard entries in Surfwall.

categorization

There are 60+ carefully selected categories. As many web sites fall into several web categories Surfwall offers very accurate results by using more than one category where needed. Some of the most common restrictions block adult content, MP3, gambling sites, shopping, web cast/streaming media sites and recruitment sites.

New sites are added to a series of online databases 24 hours a day with our trained research team adding sites every minute of every day. Web sites change constantly and evolve throughout time; As such our researchers continually update categories and databases as web sites change.

For our larger customers or depending on your network setup you may have a database hosted locally. This database is updated every night to keep your Internet usage at its most efficient. Updates to local databases are at a predetermined time. Only deletions, alterations and new categorizations are added and amended.

Databases learn your web usage patterns offering faster filtering and better efficiency.

Enterprise Manager allows you total configuration of Surfwall. You can block single or multiple sites on a user, user groups, or entire network basis.

Surfwall categorization
Adult / Pornography Gay and Lesbian Issues Nudity Partial Nudity Sex Education Alcohol Drugs Lifestyle Tobacco Self Help Cults Occult Religion Extremism Malicious Contents Hate Weapons Illegal Activities Games Cheating	Entertainment Events TV Radio Gambling Sports Health High Bandwidth, MP3 Webcasting. Humor Culture Dating Personal pages Personal e-mail Domestic Issues Chat Auctions Brokerage Shopping Advertisements	Instant Messaging Internet telephone Pay-to-surf Search Engines Computers Anonymizers Science and Technology Hacking Software downloads Travel Vehicles Education Employment News Politics Finance History Under Construction Unregistered

Surfwall database

Surfwall categorization is 99.99% accurate. We use a combination of evaluation tools and/or human interaction to categorize each site. With over 60 categories you have complete control and configuration of usage within your network.

Compatibility

Enterprise Manager with Surfwall works on NT and win2000 servers, with any desktop running a windows system and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Surfwall will work with all proxy and firewall solutions. Check (Via e-mail) whether Surfwall will work with your system.

Enterprise Manager

Surfwall is embedded in Omniquad Enterprise Manager. Enterprise Manager enables easy configuration of all Surfwall settings. Configure policies for individual users, groups or network wide. Enterprise Manager with Surfwall helps your organization to:

• Block and prevent misuse on the Internet.
• Allow Internet usage to be productive.
• Prevent the displaying of offensive material.
• Design and implement acceptable usage policies for each user, group or site.
• Take advantage of network tools streamlining your support/helpdesk