Technical Details

GIP

Gateway Intrusion Prevention

Application layer firewall

Detailed analysis at both packet (DPI) and application stream level to detect and block malicious activity, with advanced management and policy control options. The ultimate level of gateway protection.

Netguard IPS

Prevent intrusions into your local network by stopping known exploits and vulnerabilities. Fully customisable according to your specific IT policies.

Brute force detection

Automatically drops connections from those hosts that are trying to force their way through the Netbox, thus preserving your internet connection throughput.

Protocol-neutral
AV scanning

Scan for viruses across all ports and protocols to completely protect your network at the gateway.



CCS

Content Control System

Web filtering

Next generation category web filtering incorporates a hybrid local and cloud database to offer instant local look-ups, combined with almost real-time auto-categorisation of new sites from the cloud.

Cyber bullying prevention

Netbox Exchange Plug-in provides scanning, logging and reporting of all inbound and outbound email with full content filtering and policy controls.

SafeChat

A unique feature incorporating Netbox Blue's Unified Content Scanning and Reporting Engine, giving schools the ability to control all forms of electronic communications and apply content rules as necessary.

Laptop Agent

Delivers a safe and secure environment for students internet activity, while outside the physical boundries of the campus. Installed on every school laptop, replicating policies from the central Netbox settings, provides the ability to comprehensively monitor all internet usage on the school network outside of school grounds.



IACS

Internet Access Control System

User authentication

Seamless user authentication via Active Directory with multiple AD group support and Novell's eDirectory to provide full tracking and reporting of user internet activity. Account for users usage even if they are using Citrix or Terminal Servers.

Quota management

Manage, charge and account for internet usage via user and group quotas. Guard against network abuse and protect against excess usage penalties.

Web proxy server

Caching of web pages to reduce download costs for frequently accessed sites and Anti-Virus scanning at the web proxy to protect user's browsing time.



ECCS

Email and Communications Control System

Anti-virus and
anti-malware

Proactive protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, adware, phishing, root-kits and other malicious threats.

Advanced spam filtering

Internet-level blocking prevents spam download from the internet and advanced filtering technologies avoid false-positives.

Email hosting and gateway

Integrated email server provides simple email management and redundancy for enterprise email servers.



CME

Communications Management Engine

Network monitoring

Detailed analysis and control of network use for administrative control and productivity management. Add any network monitoring query to scheduled reports to automatically be aware of exactly what's occurring on your network.

Traffic shaping

Intelligently prioritize bandwidth-hungry and critical traffic, maximising the efficiency of available bandwidth.

Bandwidth aggregation*

Combine multiple links for inexpensive additional bandwidth demands and fault tolerance (PipePlus®).

ISP failover*

Automatic real-time redundancy of internet links to protect against link failure (PipePlus®).

USB 3G wireless integration

Simple, auto-detection of your USB 3G wireless card enables the Netbox to have a cost-effective redundant internet solution. Fully compatible with (PipePlus®) for automatic internet link failover.

VPN

Optimised, unlimited site-to-site and remote access support with built-in data acceleration.

Full reporting suite

Extensive internal storage capacity facilitates comprehensive, automated reporting via web and email, in real-time or scheduled, designed specifically for schools.



SMAD

SecurED Management Advantage Platform

Single GUI

The SecurED solution is controlled through a single pane of glass. All reporting, policies and analysis is controlled through this easy to use interface.

Remote access

Secure remote access is provided for authorised education administrative or IT management via any web browser.

Semi-managed service

The SecurED solution is provided with a fully integrated update service that requires no on-site administration. This delivers up to the minute security definitions whilst also providing access to the latest global databases of threats, web site categorisation, spam threats, remote monitoring together with remote configuration backup. Unique "call-back" functionality ensures that the Netbox will remain up-to-date, regardless of the surrounding network infrastructure.

On-site hardware support

The SecurED solution is delivered on the highest quality IBM servers, with resilience options available. On-site support for hardware is delivered by IBM against pre-defined SLAs, and integrated light-path diagnostics enables rapid hardware fault resolution.