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WebBlocker: Integrated, Affordable URL
Filtering Software Powered by SurfControl®
Boost productivity and reduce network abuse,
liabilities, and security threats
Leaving network users free to roam the Internet can cost your
organization thousands of dollars in lost productivity, reduced bandwidth
usage, and increased legal liability. Now you can increase productivity
and lower security risks by managing your users' Web surfing with
WebBlocker, WatchGuard's powerful URL filtering service.
Available for all Firebox X Core, Peak, and Edge appliances.
Key Features and Benefits
- Far-reaching protection - Prevent access to sites that pose network and security risks including
spyware, P2P, webmail, and streaming media sites.
- Strong administrative
control - Configure up to 40 Web categories to stop the sites
and Web tools you most want to block.
- Daily incremental database
updates - URL database is updated daily to give you the most
current protection available.
- Flexible configuration -
Configure Web access by users, groups, domains, time of day*, and
department requirements to meet specific business and user needs.
- Customizable open-access
policies - Create custom "Allowed" exception lists for certain
Web sites, host addresses, or URLs so you can keep mission-critical
access open.
- Acceptable Use
enforcement - Allows you to enforce your acceptable use
policies to protect your business from legal liabilities.
- Centralized logging and
reporting - Generate graphical reports of Web access, usage,
and time of day for the data you need to make security policy decisions.
The Reporting feature is not available on Edge appliances.
- Intuitive management -
WebBlocker is managed using WatchGuard System Manager, the same rich,
intuitive user interface used to configure and manage all Firebox X Core
and Peak security services.‡
- Cost effective solution - Priced per appliance, one WebBlocker subscription provides
network-wide protection for all users configured behind your Firebox X.
*Available only on Core and Peak appliances.
‡WebBlocker can by managed via a centralized Edge
Configuration Template, if the user is using WSM to manage groups of
Edges. Otherwise, WebBlocker is managed via an individual Edge appliance's
Web UI.
Together, WebBlocker and
SurfControl® – the world's number one Web filtering company – deliver  superior integrated URL filtering. The SurfControl® CyberPatrol® database
contains over 11 million sites. Daily downloads give you 24x7, up-to-date
URL filtering.
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
The built-in Zero Day attack
prevention of Firebox X provides proactive protection for your
network. WebBlocker augments this security capability by providing
powerful URL filtering to eliminate the security risks inherent in
uncontrolled Web surfing. With multiple layers of security working
together, you get the best possible protection at a price you can afford
for comprehensive Unified Threat
Management.
»View the WebBlocker overview for more information. [160kb PDF]
System Requirements for Firebox X Core
and Peak
- Firebox X Peak or Core appliance
- Microsoft® Windows 2000, Windows NT, or
XP to support WatchGuard System Manager 8.2 or higher
- Active LiveSecurity subscription for the latest features
System Requirements for Firebox X Edge
- 7.5 appliance softwares
- Active LiveSecurity subscription for the latest features
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