What is Surf-Secure?
Surf-Secure is a web filtering appliance (also now available for VMware) known as a “web proxy” which is used for management, control and compliance of your company’s Web browsing. It allows your organisation to provide safe, controlled access to the Internet. When a user on your network requests access to a web page, the request goes through Surf-Secure. Surf-Secure then checks the requested web page against a set of rules that you define (your internet access policy). Surf-Secure then scans the page for its content – viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, profanity, appropriateness, bomb making, adult themes, time wasting etc – a whole host of things.. Then if the rules allow, and the user is allowed access, and if Surf-Secure deems the page is “safe”, Surf-Secure fetches the page and sends it to the users browser. It does all this instantly and transparently to your users – affording them a safe Internet browsing experience. Surf-Secure is unique in being completely customisable. It is
