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Helping State and Local Governments Do More—Securely, Efficiently, and Economically The mission of state and local governments is expanding as they take on more of the responsibilities that organizations at the federal once handled. Not surprisingly, they’re also finding themselves forced to confront an increasing array of challenges. Cyber security threats
The state of Georgia says it beats back more than 10,000 attempts every day to break into its information systems. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated threats like bots pose growing risk as cybercriminals seek to link infected machines into botnets capable of stealing sensitive data on a massive scale to resell at maximum profit. Workplace Web abuse
Incidents of improper surfing by state and local government workers abound. The Ethics Resource Center’s National Government Ethics Survey (NGES) recently found that Internet abuse accounts for nearly 25% of the ethical misconduct observed within state and local government agencies. Reduced productivity
Freely available and easy-to-use tools known as proxy anonymizers allow employees to bypass workplace Web filters and access social networking and other off-limits sites, where they spend time updating personal profiles or watching videos instead of doing productive work. Challenges to compliance
Every time an employee uses unapproved communications like Web-based e-mail or instant messaging (IM), confidential information is at risk of leaking out. And that undermines the efforts of governments to remain in compliance with state and federal regulations. Exposure to liability and litigation
When potentially offensive content from unauthorized sites ends up on the network, your organization’s exposure to liability increases—as do the expenses of the litigation likely to follow. Excess consumption of bandwidth
Use of peer-to-peer (P2P) communications for downloads of large files imposes a severe penalty on network performance, as these transactions consume the bandwidth required for important governmental work. THE 8e6 BENEFITS
Internet filtering technology from 8e6 helps state and local governments address all of these concerns. - Blocks unauthorized URLs, IP addresses, protocols, and file types—proactively and in real time—to improve protection against Web threats like bots and spyware
- Intelligent Footprint Technology™ provides application control through signature/pattern-based detection of Web-based proxies, IM/P2P, streaming media, remote access applications and online/network games to keep employee productivity and network performance at premium levels
- Provides activity overview and historical trending of Web traffic—as well as detailed forensic reporting—that gauges user intent and aids in enforcing acceptable use policies (AUPs)
- Locks down user workstations when administrator-defined thresholds for Web site access are exceeded
- Retains archived records to satisfy legal requirements and aid in compliance with regulatory measures like CIPA and HIPAA
- Helps optimize network bandwidth for mission-critical functions
- Mobile filtering for remote PC and Mac Laptops with 8e6 Mobile Client
- Scales easily and economically
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