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Managed Security Services for Web Security - Overview
The Business Impacts of Web Security Threats
As e-mail security offerings grow more sophisticated and are more widely adopted, malware authors are increasingly targeting the Web. Banking on the combination of unsecured Web sites and browser vulnerabilities, they often sabotage URLs to infect site users with viruses and other malware. Spyware, adware and phishing attacks can be difficult to identify and remove once your machines are infected. Industry analysts say that as much as 75 percent of all corporate machines are harboring some form of spyware.* In addition to slowing the performance of individual machines and your network, such attacks can compromise corporate data security, customer and employee privacy, and the overall continuity of your business operations.
Maintaining Web security is a two-way effort — while it's important to keep unwanted material from entering your network, it's also critical to prevent employees from accessing inappropriate Internet content, whether or not the access is deliberate. It's possible that a high percentage of the time that your employees spend on the Internet is not related to their jobs. Surfing inappropriate content can slow employee productivity, while potentially exposing you to legal liability by helping to create uncomfortable working environments. And by tracking your employees' use of non-work-related sites, hackers can get access to your company's PCs. The next stop could be your network.
Highlights
- IBM Express Managed Security Services for Web security consists of four separate modules, each of which relates to a particular threat or combination of threats. The modules can be added or removed easily as your business needs change.
- Web anti-virus: helps detect viruses before they reach your network
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Web anti-virus and anti-spyware: helps detect both viruses and spyware before they reach your network, and assists you in inhibiting any spyware that is already hidden on your PCs from uploading your critical information to the Internet
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URL filtering: helps you enforce your Internet access restriction policy by preventing employees from accessing unapproved or inappropriate Web content
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Web anti-virus, anti-spyware and URL filtering: a solution designed to address a broad range of Web security needs
- The service is priced on a per-user, per-month basis and is designed to suit midmarket budgets — if your user group is between 25 and 250, you can expect to pay approximately US$6.00 per user, per month for the most comprehensive service offering.*
- A trial of IBM Express Managed Security Services for Web security is available for 30 days — you can get a full refund if you're not satisfied.**
- The service includes a Web-based administrative console that enables you to monitor activity and customize service settings.
- In the event that your system is breached, you have access to the IBM Help Desk via a toll-free number, as well as access to the IBM Incident Response Team
Potential benefits
IBM Express Managed Security Services for Web security is designed to help you:
- Safeguard your employee, customer and company information from unintentional exposure due to malware, identity theft and phishing scams
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Safeguard your IT infrastructure and business continuity by eliminating performance degradation and system crashes
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Eliminate the need to invest in additional hardware and software solutions
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Improve employee productivity by protecting desktop performance and preventing access to inappropriate content such as pornography, shopping, auction and other non-work-related Web sites
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Reduce calls to help desks and reduce the need to clean up infections at the desktop
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Streamline Web security configuration and administration through a Web interface
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Eliminate false alarms and unintentional visits to restricted URLs
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Safeguard your network bandwidth by detecting threats before they reach your network
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Reduce the need to continuously monitor new outbreaks or take down systems to update definitions
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Complement existing e-mail and Web security solutions
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