Content Filtering

Effective Content Filtering for Both ISPs & Corporate Users


A growing number of businesses, organizations and households are actively managing the Internet content that their employees, members, and children can access on a daily basis. The deployment of Internet content filtering solutions is on the rise. Even in today's tough economy, organizations recognize the potential for filtering to save significant costs and redeem lost productivity. Educational institutions must fulfill their responsibility to provide safe Internet access for students; and parents want to make sure their children are not exposed to inappropriate content at home.

Managing Internet access is a tremendous challenge. Internet connectivity is prevalent in the work place, at school and in the home. An abundant variety of content is available today, and the Internet continues to grow exponentially. No matter what the inappropriate content may be, businesses, schools, and parents want to be sure they can manage access to it via their networks or Internet connection.

The dynamic nature of the Internet requires a filtering tool that can match its pace of growth and change. In the long run, and even today, only a multilayer dynamic content filtering solution can truly "keep up" with the constantly changing make-up of the Internet and the World Wide Web. It is essential for organizations and individuals who are serious about filtering to match the tool they use to the formidable task at hand.

Content Filtering helps to effectively filter and keep inappropriate websites at bay. This service is installed on the server level and filtering is done on the server itself. Here is a simple setup.

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Filtering and blocking at the server level helps to reduce any processing or memory power that might hog the clients' resources. This setup can be implemented in businesses, educational institutions, government agencies or ISPs.

Corporations are increasingly aware of the advantages and protection that filtering offers. Both large and small businesses stand to lose employee productivity and suffer financial damages from lawsuits. In addition, they bear the rising cost of bandwidth needed to support unbridled Internet access. They seek a comprehensive content filtering solution to help them manage their business needs.

Based on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

CF filtering technique is based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology that analyzed the textual and contextual content of websites. The Engine Filters in CF currently have the capability to filter websites of the following 19 categories:

  • Adult
  • Blogs
  • Chat
  • Child Porn
  • Dating
  • Drugs
  • Forums
  • Gambling
  • Hate
  • Job Search
  • Networking
  • Proxy
  • Shopping
  • Sports
  • Stock Quotes
  • Travel
  • Violence
  • Weapons
  • Web Mail

Enhanced Modules may also be added to allow CF to be suited for consumer use whereby Parents can created Child profiles and have control over their surfing habits.


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CF Benefits


The following list shows how CF is the right tool for you and your customers.

On ISPs Level :
  • It is implemented at the server level, no setting up or installation required at clients end
  • Configuration of each user settings can be done on any computers and users can login to any computers within the same network
  • Easy to use interface with customizable icons to choose from
  • Helps and assist users to evaluate seemingly innocuous websites - such as Database filtering, which is not able to restrict users to access seemingly innocuous domains
  • Does not depend on other websites blacklists/whitelists
  • Blocked sites can be requested for review by the user
  • Dynamic Content Recognition allows sites to be reviewed on every visit - sites will not be filtered once compromised images are not available the very next day
  • Parents/Administrators will only be denied to sites defined within the Global Policies. Global Policies are sites deemed as unsolicited by Government agencies in the respective countries. Apart from Global Policies, Parent/Administrator's access will not be affected or denied by Engine filters and Custom filters
  • Child/User access however will be restricted by Global policies, Engine filters and Custom filters
On Corporate Level :
  • Save Bandwidth for companies and reduce the burden on IT equipment required
  • Prevent and restrict access to harmful and malicious sites/content
  • Prevent sexual harassment and eventual lost of corporate reputation
  • Reduces the possibility of hosting illegal content on company servers