Hosted Web Security and Web Filtering Services
MessageLabs Web Security Services operates at the internet level to monitor or block URLs and to intercept
viruses and spyware, protecting your network and remote users. The two key security features include;
- Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus stops web-borne spyware and viruses before they infiltrate your network, protecting your business from information theft and costly diminished network performance.
- URL filtering enables you to block access to unwanted websites by URL, allowing you to control Internet use and enforce acceptable Internet usage policies, helping to keep employee use of the Internet productive.
Why MessageLabs Web Security Services?
Our Web Security service is a managed service, so all the malware scanning and web filtering is performed at
the internet level in our vast network of datacenters. Web Security Services can be quickly deployed and
configured with the usage policies you require.
| Challenge |
Hosted Web Security |
Benefit |
| Minimising excessive and inappropriate web use |
Highly configurable policy engine allows URL blocking of specific websites, website categories, and file types |
Acceptable use policies can be enforced and bandwidth can be preserved |
| Stopping infections from viruses and spyware |
Real-time scanning of all web requests for malicious code before they are delivered to your network |
Helps ensure safe browsing |
| Protect roaming web users who are outside your network |
Roaming user functionality |
Maintains consistency, so the same policies and protection are applied to all employees |
| Monitoring employee web use |
On demand, scheduled and detailed reporting available |
Full visibility and accountability of web use amongst your employees |
| Ensure web access is always controlled and protected |
Managed service with 100% availability service level |
Continuous protection and filtering is always in place – no system updates required |
As with all MessageLabs products, our hosted Web Security service includes
24x7x365 support.
Web Security Service- How it works
To ensure the safety and integrity of your network, all web traffic requests pass through the MessageLabs
platform, hosted in secure, high-performance data centers around the world. Web traffic is monitored and
balanced globally, delivering both speed and stability and ensuring that you experience no noticeable delay
as you browse the internet.
- Users’ web traffic requests—made inside and outside the corporate network—pass through the MessageLabs platform, hosted in secure data centres worldwide
- 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, individuals, or times of day
- If a request is allowed to pass, the relevant web page or file download is scanned for viruses and spyware by Skeptic™ and multiple third party technologies
- If a virus or spyware is identified, access to the web page is denied
Getting started
Implementing our Web Security Services is a fast and easy process.. You pay a fixed monthly cost based on
the number of users connected. Our Web Security Service is fully scalable to ensure new employees can be
added easily as your business grows.
Our Web Security Service can be combined with our
Email Security and
IM Services to provide protection for all of
your electronic communication.
Take advantage of our free trial service today.