The software is currently being used by the US's Federal Credit Union to give administrators a better sense of who visits its Web site. IT managers will be able to use firewalls to monitor Internet usage in future.
Distributed firewalls allow network administrators to monitor real-time traffic over the LAN by sending reports back to the administrators' PC. Internal hacking is widely recognised as presenting the greatest risk to company security because it...
Corporate administrators have clamoured for features - similar to those found on email servers - that offer a layer of security against hackers and provide tools to monitor and archive text exchanges.
Their computers, meanwhile, are sandwiched in six-foot-tall racks in central computing rooms that are managed by information technology administrators. Software management tools also let administrators dedicate spare disk space on different...
The European Union recently amended the legislation to remove the time limits individual governments can demand ISPs retain the data for. While ISPs do collect some data on their users for billing and administrative costs, the EU legislation could...
Parental controls designed to let parents limit and monitor computer usage, including setting time limits, restricting websites that can be visited and generating reports on computer usage. Tighter control over removable storage devices lets system...