This month Google launched Google Web Security for Enterprise. It protects organizations of all sizes against web malware attacks in real time and enables the safe, productive use of the web, without incurring hardware, upfront capital, or IT management costs.
According to Google
Protecting off-network users used to require them to connect via a VPN when they were out of the office — often with mixed results. With this new feature, all off-network users' web traffic is automatically directed to scanning infrastructure to enforce your policies and protect their computers, requiring no action on the part of individuals. It's easy to deploy and users can't tamper with it, ensuring your security and appropriate use policies are always in place.
The product delivers
Complete web virus and spyware protection
- Proactive blocking of web malware before it reaches your network
- Protection from zero-hour threats
- Eliminate spyware back-channel communications
- Reduce patching and updates
Complete web filtering and content control
- Protects your network and your staff from undesirable web content, file types and MIME types
- Quota support by surfing time, bytes transferred and number of connections
- Optimizes network resources by reducing bandwidth congestion
- Monitors online activity with comprehensive reporting
Protection for roaming and remote users
- Extends to all roaming employees wherever they are working – at home, in a hotel room, café, client premises, or Wi-Fi spot
- Applies acceptable use policies to all roaming employees
- Enhances privacy by automatically encrypting all web traffic when the user connects to a public network
- Eliminates the need to backhaul traffic over the corporate VPN
- Simplifies management with no endpoint client and updating
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