Sophos Web Content Filtering

We use it to filter the web content that users can view from their workstation.

In this way we limit access to websites with malicious, illegal content or content not allowed by the company.

It is a very flexible system that allows you to restrict access to all employees and define exceptions by departments or people.

For web content settings per type of traffic and also ability to have protected groups for easy deployment to large groups. safer searching tools for web users could be implemented if possible. Allow a warning for user to proceed with adding exception text to override, may be a nice to have.

Before Sophos, I would receive scammers regarding tradeshow lists. People wanted me to pay for lists, but these people weren't actually from the tradeshows. I can now block those, and have received much fewer of those scams.

I am also able to open emails within quarantine to view them before deleting, releasing, allowing, or blocking. I use this to my advantage, and am able to make better decisions on what to do with the emails.

Suitable for cloud, endpoint and email security. Also when network security is important. Helpful when data, system performance parameters are important. When an organization wants to do threat detection and analysis in order to prevent future attacks. Not suitable when data and bandwidth access is not an issue to the organization.

The Web Content Filtering solution is a great fit for all environments. The ability to tighten or loosed restrictions, the category-based nature of the setup, the ability to create custom categories and specific site allowances makes this tool well suited for any network. Need something more granular? Sophos can do it. Need something a little less complicated? Sophos can handle that just as easily.

Sophos Web Content Filtering suits better along every organization that needs web filtering base on roles/users, and schedules to be applied throughout the network. All IT Admins have the need to control and report to General Management what are the users doing within their internet surfing, along with Web Protection and Productivity. This is why, in my opinion, every network/corporation/home network should have web filtering for categorization, protection and reporting. I do not see a scenario where it is less appropriate since nowadays everything is network connected to the Internet, so everything within our networks should be reported and controlled.