DrayTek Vigor - New Web Content Filtering Service
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
If you use the DrayTek Vigor 2820 or
2830 internet router, as many of our customers do, you might be
interested in their latest web content filtering service - DrayTek
GlobalView.
GlobalView has a vast array of content
filtering features that let you restrict, control and monitor staff
internet usage. Once applied it reduces employee time wasting and
stops your internet bandwidth being clogged by high volume
activities.
The filtering can block specific sites
by name, for example Facebook and Ebay, or by category, gambling,
social media and adult. There are 64 different
categories of web sites and every web site is checked and blocked
if that category is prohibited, or if the site has been
compromised.
The service also allows you to set
restrictions on web site access by time schedule, allow different
rights to different users, block downloading of certain file or
data types, block IM/P2P applications or other potentially harmful
or wasteful content.
GlobalView is installed on the router
which is the internet's point of entry into your company. This
makes it far more difficult to circumvent than solutions installed
on client PCs. Once installed it is very easy to manage.
The GlobalView service is offered on
an annual subscription basis.
Once purchased the service is
continuously updated with new or changed site categorisations and
sites which have become compromised, such as infected with
malware.
The internet is a useful tool in
business; however the opportunity for misuse is high. DrayTek
say a recent survey of 10,000 employees had 44% admitting to
surfing the web for personal use, for up to 2.1 hours each
day. If your employees are anything like these respondents
their internet habits are not only costing you they are also
putting your network at risk.
It is recommended that companies have
an Acceptable Use policy (AUP) in place so that staff, or other
users, know what they are and aren't permitted to use company
computers for. Your AUP can be then be reinforced by DrayTek
routers.
Top 5 Personal Internet Uses
for Employees
- Personal Email - Hotmail,
Gmail, Yahoo
- Instant Messaging - MSN, AOL,
Yahoo
- Social Networking - Facebook,
MySpace
- Buying - Amazon, Ebay
- Multimedia - YouTube,
iPlayer
Everyone knows how easy it is for a
quick visit to a favourite site to become a prolonged stay without
realising it. The above list of activities can be immensely time
consuming and addictive.
What hasn't quite made the list but
could have even more serious consequences in the workplace is
accessing adult or illegal material. Not only do you not want
your employees visiting such sites there is a much higher
probability that such sites are infected with malware which will
then affect your network.
DrayTek offer a free 30 day trial with
the service - so why not try before you buy? *
If you're interested in this service,
or in upgrading to a DrayTek router, please call us on 0141 248
5750 or email support@talonsys.co.uk.
*Routers must have latest firmware
installed.
