Accurate web filtering for corporate and EDU environments
January 14, 2023

Accurate web filtering for corporate and EDU environments

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with FortiGuard Web Filtering Service

We need an easy way to filter malicious and unwanted websites from our corporate network. Manually maintaining a web filtering list would be too cumbersome to handle, so we subscribed to FortiGuard Web Filtering Service web filtering service.

Pros

  • Quick turnaround for reclassifying websites
  • Effective web filtering
  • Easy to implement with a GUI

Cons

  • Some websites are classified as Meaningless content, especially links used in emails to unsubscribe from lists. Luckily FortiGuard Web Filtering Service is responsive about reclassifying those quickly.
  • Accurate web filtering to reduce the amount of trouble tickets
  • Easy to manually whitelist individual sites
  • Quick turnaround for incorrectly categorized sites
  • Easy to manage block/unblock categories
  • We have always used FortiGuard Web Filtering Service, and their web filter has been immeasurably helpful in keeping our network safe from phishing websites, viruses and malware
We have not looked at other web filtering solutions. We use the FortiGuard Web Filtering Service as a part of the whole UTM yearly subscription that includes AppControl, IPS/IDS among other features

Do you think FortiGuard Web Filtering Service delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with FortiGuard Web Filtering Service's feature set?

Yes

Did FortiGuard Web Filtering Service live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of FortiGuard Web Filtering Service go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy FortiGuard Web Filtering Service again?

Yes

Corporate or educational environments would benefit from this service. Blocking access to social media, malicious and adult websites is very simple to implement on modern FortiGuard Web Filtering Service firewalls. FortiGuard Web Filtering Service being a business product doesn't fit well in the home due to it's higher level of networking required to set up. However, I wouldn't want FortiGuard Web Filtering Service to dilute their brand by offering home products like Cisco does.

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