UserGate Proxy & Firewall 5.0 is a complex yet surprisingly easy to use solution designed to distribute Internet Access across an enterprise LAN, provide complete antivirus control, detect and prevent all external intrusions, as well as perform centralized management of all users' Internet activities, monitor real-time downloads and control traffic.
UserGate enables you to fully control your employees' website browsing habits and monitor downloads in real-time. Research by IDC reports that up to 40% of employee internet activity is non-work related. UserGate server can help boost employee productivity by giving you total control over what your employees can browse and what files they can download in real-time. Complete Internet access control is achieved through web categorization and web filtering techniques. BrightCloud tools are included, which is a 100% human-reviewed site categorization database. This gives you total control over what sites your users can browse and lets you block access to websites by particular categories, such as adult, online gaming, personal email, P2P and travel websites. UserGate also lets you monitor user downloads in real-time, and lets you block specific file-types such as mp3, mov, mpeg, etc. UserGate also scans all files for viruses, spyware and malware using multiple anti-virus engines. This significantly decreases the time for new virus signatures, thereby reducing the possibility of infection. Furthermore, UserGate lowers the risk of social engineering by blocking access to phishing websites through the use of an auto-updatable database of phishing URLs. UserGate simplifies network administration by providing centralized network management. This solution is very efficient for setting up Internet access for small and medium size networks, as well as ISP services and home-based businesses. UserGate is easily managed, does not require special training or qualifications and can be set up within minutes.