Based on SSP SECURE WEB ANTI VIRUS with the anti-virus proxy solution, the PROFESSIONAL product offers even more comprehensive protection than the BASIC. SSP WEBFILTER PROFESSIONAL contains a total of 78 filter categories, in order that you can be sure of blocking all undesirable contents successfully.

Reasons in entrepreneurs point of view

Legal conformity
Cost savings due to increased efficiency
Increased IT security
Optimisation of internet performance

Examples

Protection of young trainees from pornographic or violent contents on the internet (JuSchG)
Proactive blocking of web pages sensitises personnel and thereby also reduces private surfing within the company
Containment of the risk of viruses due to the blocking of frivolous web pages
Prevent copyright infringements due to music and video downloads

Studies and press releases

Sterling Commerce:
60% of employees surf at least once daily for private purposes whilst at their place of work. On average, every employee spends 3.2 hours a week on the internet for non-company purposes. This results in a loss of 17 working days per year for each employee, and accounts for total losses of approx. 52 billion Euros.
PC Welt:
Employees surf regularly on social networks such as Facebook or MySpace, utilise instant messengers or load videos onto the company PC.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
40 % of all internet sites that are accessed in the workplace can be attributed to private use.

Costs caused by private Email- and Internet usage at work

Number of employees with internet access	30 employees
Average cost per hour per employee	€35.00 / h
Average time for private surfing	30 min / day
Without a web filter private surfing and web mailing on the internet costs the company	€ 52500 / day € 10,500.00 / month (20 days) € 123,375.00 / year (235 days)

Excerpt of the standard filter categories

(additional maintenance of white and blacklists possible)

Adult / Mature Content
Alcohol
Alternative Sexuality / Lifestyle
Arts / Entertainment
Auctions
Blogs / Personal Pages
Brokerage / Trading
Business / Economy
Chat / Instant Messaging
Computers / Internet
Cultural / Charitable Organisations
Education
Email
Financial Service
For Kids
Gambling
Games
Government / Legal
Health
Humour / Jokes
Illegal Drugs
Job Search / Careers
Military
News / Media
Newsgroups / Forums
Nudity
Open Image / Media Server
Pay to Surf
Personal / Dating
Political / Activist Groups
Pornography
Real Estate
Reference
Religion
Restaurants / Dining / Food
Search / Engine / Portals
Sex Education
Shopping
Social Networking
Software Downloads
Sports / Recreation
Streaming Media / MP3s
Travel
Vehicles
Violence / Hate / Racism
Weapons
Web Advertisement
Web Applications

Benefits

Adherence to the legal regulations
No technology ageing
No maintenance costs
No training required
Simple evaluation and administration
Latest systems around the clock
Technology from market leaders
No hardware investment
Professional service and support
Redundant systems as standard