SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SurfControl , a world leader in multi-layered threat protection for enterprises, today announced that Virtua Health is using SurfControl Web Filter for Microsoft ISA Server and SurfControl's Adaptive Threat Intelligence(SM) service to safeguard its people and IT systems against blended Internet threats. SurfControl Web Filter for Microsoft ISA Server also enables Virtua Health to enforce an acceptable use policy for managing access to inappropriate or unauthorized Internet content. As a result of deploying SurfControl Web Filter for Microsoft ISA Server, Virtua Health has improved security, reduced network bandwidth and IT costs, and significantly increased employee productivity.
Virtua Health is a non-profit, multi-hospital healthcare system that employs approximately 7,100 clinical and administrative personnel and 1,800 physicians. The Virtua Health IT infrastructure supports the system's four hospitals, a headquarters building, and several remote outpatient centers and doctors' offices. Virtua Health is actively transforming its current facilities to state-of-the-art digital hospitals for its region, relying on the use of the Internet for information management and communication. This organization-wide access to the Internet opens the system up to issues ranging from protecting sensitive data in compliance with HIPAA, to inappropriate Web site viewing, to lost employee productivity and mounting IT infrastructure costs from wasted network bandwidth. Virtua Health deployed SurfControl Web Filter for Microsoft ISA Server to deliver layered threat protection that stops blended attacks and prevents the viewing or distribution of content that violates confidentiality, compliance and legal liability requirements.
"While the viewing of inappropriate websites is a primary concern we have to address from a liability standpoint, today's Web-based threats go far beyond this single issue to include phishing, spam, spyware, and viruses -- creating an IT nightmare for our network of hospitals," said Andrew Gahm, network architect at Virtual Health. "Without SurfControl, we would be experiencing significant reductions in employee productivity, and our costs for infrastructure clean-up and additional bandwidth would skyrocket. SurfControl provides non-stop protection that requires little-to-no IT effort, while helping us meet confidentiality requirements and saving us costs in systems and support."
SurfControl and Microsoft provide Virtua Health with a fully integrated advanced application layer firewall, VPN and Web-Cache solution that stops blended threats with advanced content-filtering technology at critical gateways and control points. The solution is powered by SurfControl's Adaptive Threat Intelligence (ATI) Service which combines 24/7 threat research and analysis from the company's global team of threat detection experts, with advanced AI technologies and the world's most comprehensive Internet Threat content database. The SurfControl Internet Threat Database tracks more than 10 million URLs in 47 URL categories and 70 languages. Enterprise-class reporting and monitoring tools empower Virtua Health to maintain granular policy controls and globally consistent acceptable use policies. Virtua Health's IT department continues to improve its understanding of how Internet threats are evolving, while its security officer can address specific issues before they become a problem for the healthcare system or the employee.
"Customer successes such as Virtua Health continue to re-enforce SurfControl's position as the solution of choice for blended threat protection on the Microsoft ISA Server platform," John Murphy, vice president of marketing at SurfControl. "Using SurfControl Web Filter for Microsoft ISA Server, businesses can deploy the most advanced web filtering solution for reducing security and liability risks, while ensuring consistent security policy enforcement and minimal management burden on IT staff."
About SurfControl
SurfControl plc is a world leading Internet Security company delivering multiple layers of threat protection to shield organizations from known, emerging and customer-specific Internet threats. The Company has redefined traditional "filtering" by offering a unified Enterprise Protection Suite(TM) that continuously filters inbound and outbound Internet traffic to eliminate spam, spyware and phishing attacks, as well as Web and e-mail abuse. SurfControl provides an Adaptive Threat Intelligence(SM) service from its Global Threat Experts(SM) to respond quickly with automatic, proactive security updates to protect customers. Customers avoid significant business downtime that impacts productivity and the bottom line, while limiting legal liability and enforcing regulatory compliance and confidentiality. SurfControl has more than 20,000 enterprise customers worldwide, and employs more than 550 people in 14 offices across the globe. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit: http://www.surfcontrol.com/.
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