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Managed Web Security Services

MessageLabs leading Web Security Services for anti spyware, web viruses and URL filtering operates at the Internet level, intercepting viruses, spyware and other web-borne threats before they get anywhere near your network or your remote workforce. URL Filtering enables you to block URLs, monitor and control internet use, and enforce acceptable usage policies, keeping your employees and your business productive and compliant. MessageLabs Web Security Services operate at the Internet level, intercepting viruses, spyware and other web-borne threats before they get anywhere near your network. The two key security features include;

• Anti spyware and anti virus protection to ensure your business network remains free from malicious code designed to monitor and steal user information, degrade network performance or worse.

• URL filtering to enable you to block access to unwanted websites, monitor and control Internet use and enforce acceptable Internet usage policies, keeping your business productive and compliant. Why MessageLabs Web Security Services?
  

Anti Spyware and Virus Protection - Web Security

Anti spyware and anti virus protection is core functionality within our web security solution. It’s designed to protect your business or enterprise from a wide range of spyware and virus threats that can steal your confidential information, re-direct your web searches, and diminish your network’s performance.

MessageLabs anti spyware and anti virus protection provides unparalleled levels of malware protection. We use multiple signature scanning engines plus our proprietary technology, Skeptic™ to deliver the ultimate protection from the most sophisticated and targeted web based threats. We shield your business network from the damaging effects of spyware and other online threats.

With MessageLabs Web Security Services you can:

• Protect your organisation from 100% of known web viruses, backed up by a service level agreement.
• Ensure your network is not infected with spyware, trojans or other malware.
• Be confident that all web requests (including web pages, images and larger files such as PDFs, or media) are free from malicious code before they reach your employees.
• Create customised block pages so employees understand why they cannot access infected websites.

Anti spyware and anti virus protection is core to Messagelabs Web Security Services. The service also includes the latest URL filtering and blocking functionality.

URL Filtering and Blocking

A core part of our Web Security Services is URL filtering and monitoring which gives you full control over how your company and employees use and access the Internet. Protecting you and your organization from the legal implications that can arise from inappropriate use, while also enabling you to block websites, control web access and monitor bandwidth usage.

MessageLabs Web Security Services is highly configurable and contains a sophisticated database of websites around which policies and rules controlling web use can be developed.

URL filtering, website blocking and usage monitoring enable you to:

• Monitor and control website access and internet use across your organisation.
• Block access to specific websites or broader website categories (over 50 exist).
• Create flexible time based rules (so staff can only access non- work related sites during lunch or outside of core working hours).
• Block access to certain file types (such as mp3, mpeg or other bandwidth heavy media files).
• Schedule or run on-demand reports detailing web activity within the organisation.

URL filtering and blocking is core to MessageLabs Web Security Services and the service also includes the latest malware filtering functionality.

Why MessageLabs Web Security Services?

MessageLabs web security has a service level for 100% service availability, protecting your business against new and emerging web threats. There is no hardware to configure, or ongoing security updates or maintenance. Web Security Services can be deployed in minutes and is easily configurable to ensure corporate policies are enforced.

Managed Web Security Services

Web Security Features		Web Security Benefits
Anti Spyware & virus blocking		Ensure your network is not infected by web based malware.
Real time scaning of all web requests		Ensure your organisation is not infected by viruses or spyware. Be confident that all web content (including larger files such as PDFs or media) are free from malicious code before they are delivered to users.
URL Blocking of specific websites and/or website categories		Block users visiting inappropriate websites – boost user productivity and stay compliant.
Block access to specific files		Save bandwidth by blocking heavy media files such as mp3s and mpegs.
Create flexible, time-based rules		URL Filtering improves user productivity by restricting access to certain websites during specific hours.
Roaming user support for remote users		Provides malware protection and applies usage policy to users outside the corporate network
On-demand reporting		Instant visibility of data on latest web threats and current web usage statistics.

Approach - Web Security Services

MessageLabs Web Security Services incorporate a powerful range of multi-layered technologies that ensure total protection from external and internal web threats. Harnessing intelligence from its analysis of malicious links, our proprietary Skeptic™ technology detects new and emerging threats. Best-of-breed commercial anti spyware and virus scanning engines provide impenetrable defences against known viruses and spyware. A URL categorisation database facilitates comprehensive URL filtering and controls web use in line with your acceptable use policy, blocking URL access to websites known to distribute spyware.

• All web traffic requests pass through the MessageLabs platform, hosted in secure data centres worldwide. Users outside the corporate network are offered the same protection and policies.
  
  
• Each request is checked against your acceptable use policy, determining whether it is blocked or allowed to pass.
  
  
• Different rules can be applied to different user groups and individuals.
  
  
• If a request is allowed to pass, the relevant web page or file download is scanned for malware by Skeptic™ and multiple, third party technologies.
  
  
• If a virus or spyware is identified, access to the web page is denied.
  
  
• ClientNet, a customised web portal , allows you to tailor rules and policy to your organisation’s specific needs.

Web Security Services- Advantages

Uncontrolled Internet use within your organisation exposes you to numerous risks. MessageLabs Web Security Services for Anti Spyware and URL filtering combines best of breed web scanners, with our proprietary Skeptic technology to give you 24x7x365 protection and control. Here are the advantages of using MessageLabs Web Security Services:

• Benefit from multilayered web protection, incorporating the power of our proprietary Skeptic technology, to provide a service level for 100% capture of known web viruses.
  
  
• Policy enforcement and legal compliance with industry leading URL filtering, allowing you to control what people can do and see online, reducing the legal risks of staff internet misuse.
  
  
• Roaming User support extends the protection and policies of Web Security Services to remote workers connected to the internet whilst outside the corporate network.
  
  
• Managed web security service for anti spyware and URL filtering, frees up your IT staff to focus their attention on more strategic initiatives.
  
  
• 24x7x365 Customer support is included in the service fee and is available in an extensive range of languages worldwide.
  
  
• Quick and easy setup with a predictable and affordable total cost of ownership. No ongoing security updates or maintenance to manage.

MessageLabs Web Security Service Datasheet