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iPrism v6.0 is a full-featured, dedicated Internet filtering appliance designed for high performance and reliability. As an appliance-based solution with its own hardened and optimized OS, iPrism offers award-winning Internet filtering and antivirus protection in a solution that’s completely interoperable and easy to use. With iPrism, organizations can effectively monitor, block and report on their users' Web, IM, and P2P activity.
iPrism 6.0 now includes antivirus with real-time scanning and four-factored detection that, when combined with iGuard category URL blocking, gives you multi-layered defense against Internet-borne malware. iPrism antivirus is included at no addtional charge.
iPrism 6.0 also integrates optional IM filtering into its central control management, so you can expand your filtering capabilities to include IM for your organization. Contact your St. Bernard representative for details.
For more information, see the iPrism 6.0 Release Notes
- There is no additional hardware or software to purchase, install, or manage. iPrism does not require additions to workstations, servers, firewalls or other network components.
- New h-series appliances offer a wide range of models that are designed to provide blazing throughput speeds ranging from 10 to 100 Mbps, depending on the model you choose. With hardened and optimized OS and designed to integrate managed services scalability with on-premises control, the h-Series prepares you for a comprehensive solution to all your secure content management needs -- both now and in the future.
- iPrism provides automatic operating system and application software updates. Software solutions force their customers to download and install any patches, upgrades, etc.
- Since iPrism includes both hardware and software, there is only one vendor to contact for support. Software solutions may require multiple vendor contacts depending on the issue.
- iPrism is platform-independent and works in virtually any environment. This allows iPrism to easily adapt to changing network equipment. Software vendors may not work on certain platforms or network equipment and do not easily adapt to change.
- iPrism’s ease-of-use and virtually zero maintenance requirements combine with low acquisition and renewal pricing to deliver the lowest total cost of ownership on the market.
No. iPrism filters by full URL names and includes the ability to block top-level directories while allowing subdirectories for maximum flexibility and precision control. URL-based filtering is required to properly handle virtual Web site hosting. Since many ISPs host multiple Web sites on the same server, products that block based only upon IP address will incorrectly block every site on the hosted Web server, even though some sites do not contain inappropriate content.
Prism will automatically detect IP address entry and properly handle them as if the site had been entered by URL name.
No. In the recommended configuration, iPrism controls all network traffic to and from the Internet. Any attempts to bypass the filter are blocked and logged as an access violation. In addition, Anonymizer defense that includes deep packet inspection also makes circumventing the iPrism virtually impossible.
Learn more about Anonymizers
Yes. When a user tries to access a blocked Web site, a message indicating that access was denied is displayed instead of the requested page. This page allows users with override privileges to enter a password for immediate access to the requested Web site.
You may select to have software updates automatically downloaded and applied to your iPrism or manually apply software updates when you choose. Automatic software updates are performed without any user intervention.
Yes. In addition to proactive filtering and blocking of inappropriate Internet access, iPrism provides full monitoring and logging of all successful and unsuccessful Internet accesses, giving your organization a complete profile of user activity. Comprehensive "best-in-class" reporting is built into every iPrism appliance and is included at no extra charge. For large enterprises with multiple iPrism units, centralized aggregated high-performance Enterprise reporting is available using the Enterprise Reporting Server (ERS).
Briefly, pre-defined and user-created iPrism report types include:
- Interactive – for those times when you want an on-screen report, right now
- Background – for those times when you need to multi-task while running reports, with delivery options
- Scheduled – for daily, weekly, and monthly reporting with delivery options
- Real-Time Monitor – for those times when you need to view real-time user traffic for testing or policy verification
Note: key reporting features include multi-level drill-down, column sorting, email/ftp delivery, and PDF/CSV file options. Progress status is provided for scheduled reports, and large reports are delivered in email-friendly chunks.
Multi-unit iPrism reporting options include:
- ERS – Enterprise Reporting Server provides high-performance, aggregated reporting for multiple iPrism units
See iPrism Reporting for example screen shots and more information.
You can determine on a category-by-category basis whether you want to monitor access, block access, do both or do neither. When monitoring, reports are available allowing you to show detailed site-by-site access or summary reports showing what content categories are accessed by which users.
Yes. iPrism can control access to a wide variety of other productivity and bandwidth draining services, such as streaming audio, streaming video, FTP, IRC and ICQ chat. Additionally, iPrism filters IM and P2P protocols.
iPrism also offers an optional IM filter that can be managed through central control.
Depending on the iPrism model, the appliance will have dual 10/100Mbps network interface cards, or dual Gigabit network interface cards, and is typically connected between your router and LAN. Other connection options exist to meet special needs.
Subscriptions include the following:
- Automatic, daily database updates
- Automatic operating system and minor software upgrades
- Hardware and software support
Detailed category definitions can be found at: http://www.stbernard.com/products/iprism/iprism-iguardCategory.asp
Detailed appliance information can be found at: http://www.stbernard.com/products/platforms/appliances.asp
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