Web Security.cloud - Web Filter-URL Filter

Symantec MessageLabs Web Security.cloud offers a Web content filtering service to help you control Internet use in your organization. Our URL filtering service helps protect businesses from the ramifications of inappropriate Web use and assists in blocking access to websites by URL, time of day, or file type. The service can be used to set usage thresholds based on time or volume to help protect corporate bandwidth and productivity.

Our URL filter service is designed to meet the Web security needs of businesses of all sizes. It is highly configurable and contains a sophisticated database of over 67 million websites. The service offers more than 80 broader website categories that can be used to tailor policies to promote acceptable Web usage. By using the Web Security.cloud URL filtering service, IT departments can:

• Block access to specific file types, websites or over 80 broader website categories.
• Monitor and control website access and Internet use across the organization.
• Create flexible time-based rules that limit access to non-work-related sites to specific times.
• Enforce Web use policies on sites with dynamic content through the use of multiple categories for a single website URL.
• Protect corporate bandwidth and productivity with time or volume-based Internet consumption levels.

Our URL filtering service is a core part of Symantec.cloud web security services. The combination of the URL filtering service with our Web AntiVirus and AntiSpyware service and Web Roaming and User Support options helps to provide comprehensive Web security for your business.