K-12 Education Content Filtering:
Best Effort Content Filtering Should Go Beyond
Basic Black Lists
Because of the changing state of the Internet, URL blocking
and categorization is no longer effective in controlling content.
On average, 50% of your Internet connection is used for browsing.
Some of the browsing activity is critical, like research, homework
and learning sites and some of it is recreational, like social
networking, gaming and adult content. The other 50% of your
Internet connection is used for Internet applications - both
critical, like voice over I.P. and database backups; and recreational,
like peer-to-peer, streaming media and music downloads.
Network Composer by Cymphonix is the only solution that addresses
both browsing and application activity.
Traditional filters either use URL libraries or dynamic content
analysis to determine inappropriate sites. URL libraries only
include a small percentage of the Internet and dynamic content
analysis engines introduce too much latency. Network Composer
uses an optimized balance of URL categorization, keyword scanning
and dynamic content analysis to give you CIPA-compliant filtering
without introducing noticeable latency.
Full Visibility and Control of Web Content
Network Composer's content filtering capabilities Education
& medium-sized organizations are unsurpassed. Network Composer
uses an optimized balance of URL categorization, keyword scanning
and dynamic content analysis to provide industry leading content
filtering.
- Broad URL Categorization: 56 categories
that provide granular control and reporting of user activity
- URL Database Matching: Commonly used
site are matched against a comprehensive database
- URL Keyword Search: New or dynamically
changing URLs pass through a rapid keyword search for on-the-fly
analysis
- Dynamic Content Analysis: New or dynamically
changing Web pages are scanned dynamically to keep up in
real time with the ever changing Internet
- Search Engine SafeSearch Enforcement:
Enforces safesearch on all major search engines
- Customizable User and Group Policies:
Set content filtering and content control policies by individual
users or groups. Seamless integration with LDAP servers.
Secure Web Traffic Filtering
Because Network Composer is an in-line device that delivers
deep-packet scanning, it also provides unparalleled content
filtering over secure browsing traffic like HTTPS. Network Composer
terminates SSL sessions to decrypt, scan and recrypt secure
web content.
- Full HTTPS Content Filtering: Full
content inspection for HTTPS sites, database match, URL
key work search and Dynamic Content Analysis
- Certificate Verification: Checks SSL
certificates for appropriate authorization to block sites
with spoofed certificates
- SSL Certificate Filter with Deny Access Page:
Unique to Network Composer, the device can display a blocked
page for secured sites that have been blocked due to certificate
violations
Granular Reporting
Network Composer provides administrators with visibility
into details of your Internet traffic. The drill down capability
allows you to get all the information you need on user/group
activity, web traffic, application traffic and threat sources.
The reporting engine is integrated into the Network Composer
and does not require a standalone report server.
Real Time Reporting
- Total Internet Traffic
- Application Traffic , Total Traffic, Application set
and application detail
- Web Browsing by URL, Category and User
Historic Reporting
Comprehensive Reporting for:
- Top Internet Users
- Top Bandwidth Users
- User/Group Activity
- Application Traffic
- P2P Usage
- URL/Category Usage
- And much more!
Report Broadcasts
Send regularly scheduled reports to those who need them -
so they can make the right decisions for your organization.
K-12 Education Malware Protection:
Threat Management in Schools
As the Internet becomes increasingly critical to your school,
students will be accessing more and more content while exposing
your network to new and potentially dangerous network security
issues. As a gateway device, Cymphonix adds an extra layer
of malware protection.
Stop Internet threats from impacting your network.
Network Composer provides deep packet inspection gateway
antispyware and antivirus protection for web based Malware threats.
A combined approach is used to provide robust protection against
Malware.
- URL Malware Database Matching: Network
Composer leverages several databases including the industry-leading
Sunbelt Software CounterSpyTM database
- Class ID Matching: Checks ActiveX and
Flash ojects for Malware
- MD5 Sum Matching: Checks MD5 sum on
files (exe., com)
- Real Time File Scanning: Scans user
downloaded file in real time checking for Malware
- Identifies infected PCs: Track and
report computers that are infected with Malware.
- Spyware Removal: Clean PCs infected
with Spyware with an client ActiveX removal tool.
Deep-Packet Malware Detection
The challenge with only using a database to protect against
spyware is that unknown threats can get through, but this isn't
the case with Network Composer. It looks deep into the packet
payload for spyware in file downloads and page loads -regardless
of the URL.
Granular Reporting
Network Composer provides administrators with visibility
into details of your Internet traffic. The drill down capability
allows you to get all the information you need on user/group
activity, web traffic, application traffic and threat sources.
The reporting engine is integrated into the Network Composer
and does not require a standalone report server.
Real Time Reporting
- Total Internet Traffic
- Application Traffic , Total Traffic, Application set
and application detail
- Web Browsing by URL, Category and User
Historic Reporting
Comprehensive Reporting for:
- Top Internet Users
- Top Bandwidth Users
- User/Group Activity
- Application Traffic
- P2P Usage
- URL/Category Usage
- And much more!
Report Broadcasts
- Send regularly scheduled reports to those who need them
- so they can make the right decisions for your organization
K-12 Education HTTPS & Anonymous Proxies:
Effective Internet Security Demands Control
Over Filter Bypass Methods
An anonymous proxy is a proxy server that hides user requested
content by stripping the "blocked" site's IP address from the
request. As the traffic passes through a traditional content
filter, the only information recognized is the IP address of
the proxy server. If this proxy is not on the filter's blacklist,
the information packet is allowed to pass and the user is able
to access inappropriate content without administrators and management
knowing.
Stop Anonymous Proxy and Filter Avoidance from
Bypassing your Content Filter
The most robust filter avoidance controls for small and medium
sized organizations, Network Composer stops even the most complicated
and newest anonymous proxy and filter avoidance mechanisms.
The inline deep packet inspection architecture provides the
most robust anonymous proxy and filter avoidance solution in
the industry. Network Composer uses a combined approach of application
classification, URL categorization, Dynamic Content Analysis
and HTTPS inspection.
- Anonymous Proxy GuardTM:
Deep packet inspection identifies HTTP traffic regardless
of port, protocol or application type to quickly identify
and block unwanted URL traffic.
- Filter Avoidance Dynamic Content Analysis:
Anonymous proxies and filter avoidance sites get blocked
automatically by our dynamic content analysis engine
- Database Matching: Commonly used site
are matched against a comprehensive anonymous proxy and
filter avoidance database.
- HTTPS Anonymous Proxy Protection: SSL
decrypt-recrypt allows for full content inspection for HTTPS
sites
- Certificate Verification: Checks SSL
certificates for appropriate authorization to block sites
with spoofed certificates
- SSL Certificate Filter with Deny Access Page:
Unique to Network Composer, the device can display a blocked
page for secured sites that have been blocked due to certificate
violations
- Filter Avoidance Hourly Updates: Active
technology searches filter avoidance threats and sends hourly
updates to your device, so you don't have to maintain a
blocked list
Granular Reporting
Network Composer provides administrators with visibility
into details of your Internet traffic. The drill down capability
allows you to get all the information you need on user/group
activity, web traffic, application traffic and threat sources.
The reporting engine is integrated into the Network Composer
and does not require a standalone report server.
Real Time Reporting
- Total Internet Traffic
- Application Traffic , Total Traffic, Application set
and application detail
- Web Browsing by URL, Category and User
Historic Reporting
Comprehensive Reporting for:
- Top Internet Users
- Top Bandwidth Users
- User/Group Activity
- Application Traffic
- P2P Usage
- URL/Category Usage
- And much more!
Report Broadcasts
- Send regularly scheduled reports to those who need them
- so they can make the right decisions for your organization
K-12
Education