Whitehelm - Content Secrity

Content Security Overview

What is content security?

It’s so much more than anti-virus.
It’s so much more than URL blocking.

Content Security covers an ever-widening range of issues. Essentially however it's about letting people use the Internet and Intranet e-mail and web - safely and effectively.

So, is it like a firewall?

No, not really. Just like a passport control officer at an airport, the firewall is responsible for managing "Who" should be allowed in and out of the network. Content Security is more like the customs official and the x-ray machine, entrusted with controlling "what" is allowed in and out.

What is policy-based Content Security?

As the nature of e-mail and web communication increases, so too do the number and complexity of potential threats. Organizations need to be able to establish and enforce policy-based Content Security policies to manage these threats.

Policy-based Content Security relies on an organisation being able to:-

Establish.. an acceptable e-mail and web usage policy,

Educate.. it’s employees on the policy, and

Enforce.. the policy with a suitable software solution.

In brief, it means an organisation needs to be able to understand and manage what data has been moved or accessed by whom, and to where has it been moved.

Sophisticated software solutions that can apply different Content Security policies to different situations are essential. Organisations must establish distinct policies to every object that passes through it’s network gateway, and enforce these policies per recipient, per department, to cover issues of both business and network integrity:

Business Integrity

Breaches of confidentiality
Damage to reputation through misuse of e-mail and web
Legal liability
Lost productivity
Pornography
Theft of data via e-mail or web-based ‘hotmail’ accounts
degradation in service

Network Integrity

data corruption and infection from e-mail-borne viruses
loss of network service from spam and spoof attacks
network congestion from system misuse

Whitehelm Network Security Ltd. have established strategic relationships with world-wide leaders in content security and management market. Our solutions provide enforcement of email security policies, consolidation of security countermeasures, virus detection and prevention of malicious attacks. We strongly believe that the new model of e-business requires an open-door policy that allows Internet technologies to flow in and out of organisations. Whether the priorities for an individual enterprise lie in protecting information, maximising its operational effectiveness, minimising its corporate liability or guarding against damage to its market image and presence, Whitehelm delivers comprehensive business content security solutions.

Please call 0870 421 4023 to find out how your company can benefit from a content security solution, or e-mail sales@whitehelm.com requesting more information.