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Internet access monitoring and filtering go hand-in-hand. Filtering can be an effective tool to control unnecessary or dangerous Internet access, but it can also be an inconvenience and irritation to employees if filtering doesnt reflect their normal Internet use. One way to improve security is through Internet access monitoring and filtering, which tracks use patterns and information like what sites are visited and blocked and bandwidth usage:
- Reporting
- Real-Time Monitor
Reporting looks at historical use. Through time-stamped logs, the reporting interface tracks access for the network, profile, or user (IP address). Reporting for Internet access monitoring and filtering is useful to determine over time the effectiveness of corporate acceptable use policies (AUPs), how employees are using the Internet, and what kind of performance and capacity the network has. |
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The Real-Time Monitor looks at the same information from a different perspective for Internet access monitoring and filtering. Real-Time Internet access monitoring and filtering shows what people are seeing and who is viewing that content at that moment. The Real-Time Monitor for Internet access monitoring and filtering keeps a rolling log of up to 25,000 entries at a time, each time-stamped for when the connection was opened and showing the user (IP address) on the Internet, the profile of the user, the URL and category (called the rating of the site) of the site currently open, the protocol (such as web for regular HTTP), and the bandwidth being used for that particular site.
Like reporting, the Internet access monitoring and filtering can be customized to reveal the information that is required for that moment, for the network, profile, or user:
- Websites currently open
- The number and profiles of current users
- Bandwidth usage
- Actions taken by iPrism
- The protocol, for the type of connection; this can be web for HTTP or show different instant messaging protocols
- Include non-HTML media, such as images and CSS files
- Site categories (for web)
Real-time Internet access monitoring and filtering allows IT, human resources, or managers to pinpoint a potential problem was it is still happening
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