Security is a basic human need which manifests different for each people. The thing with the security is that whether it is online or anywhere else, security is always a trade-off between protection and convenience. In order to be 100% protected you should stay offline and never install anything on your computer. But as computers and, moreover Internet, are critical to every business, companies have no choice but to connect their internal networks to the rest of the world - to link with customers, suppliers, partners, and their own employees. But with that connection there are new threats coming: viruses, malicious hackers, industrial spies. These attackers regularly steal corporate assets and intellectual property, cause service breaks and system failures, mar corporate brands and scare customers.

The Internet security is a business problem: how to handle it? the same way as the rest of the corporate threats. Unless companies can successfully deal with those threats, they will never be able to unlock the full potential of the Internet. Despite decades of research, and hundreds of available security products, the Internet has steadily become more dangerous.

Traditional Internet security products - largely preventive in nature - embody the threat avoidance paradigm: either they successfully repel attackers, or they fail. The unfortunate reality is that every security product ever sold has, on occasion, failed.

A security solution based on risk management encompasses several strategies. First, some risk is accepted as a cost of doing business. Second, some risk is reduced through technical and/or procedural means. And third, some risk is transferred, through contracts or insurance. Most people concentrate on the second approach and attempt to solve the risk through the purchase of security equipment.

The only way to stay ahead of these vulnerabilities is through detection and response: active network monitoring.

By blocking access to inappropriate and unsuitable websites and resources, Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy empowers management to control Internet traffic and assure safe Internet browsing within their organization. Clear Internet security policies must be presented to employees to make sure that everyone understands the risks they face online and the problems they could bring to the company.

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