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 contentsec.team@Whitehelm.com. requesting more information.