Web Security Software

Make the web safe with web security software

Along with email, the web is one of the most highly used business tools – and the source of nearly all security incidences and breaches. In fact, 91% of malware uses the web, and DNS specifically, to successfully execute attacks. Yet many organizations lack the technology to fully monitor DNS activity, making the challenge of securing the web even more difficult. With one of every 13 web requests leading to malware, it's important that organizations have a proven approach for securing their web gateways.

Mimecast Web security software provides a solution for monitoring the DNS layer to protect against malicious web activity, whether it's initiated by a user action or by malware, and for blocking employee access to websites that may be deemed inappropriate for business use based on policy.

Benefits of Mimecast Web security software service

With Mimecast Web security software, you can:

• Implement a proactive defense. Stop web threats before they reach your network or endpoints. Block websites that deliver malware or that are part of phishing attacks. Secure web assets by rapidly identifying threats using the latest intelligence from multiple sources. Constrain compromised devices from communicating with hackers.
• Protect workers anywhere, anytime. Apply consistent security controls to all employees on or off the network. Target policies to specific users regardless of their location or device.
• Enforce acceptable web use. Block employees from visiting sites and content that are not suitable for business purposes. Apply granular web category selections to ensure policies meet specific requirements.
• Protect guest Wi-Fi. Protect guests using your Wi-Fi services and prevent guests from accessing malicious or inappropriate sites.
• Enjoy robust visibility and reporting. See which employees are visiting what sites. Get simple and quick visualization of key metrics such as top accessed domains, site categories and block domains.

Mimecast Web Security can integrate easily with Mimecast Email Security and other Mimecast solution such as online brand protection and security awareness training to provide a complete platform for cybersecurity.

FAQs: What is web security software?

What is web security software?

Web security software is designed to protect an organization from attacks that cyber criminals launch against web applications, browsers, operating systems and networks. Web security software helps to detect, prevent and respond to attacks when they occur.

What's important in web security software?

Web security software must be able to recognize and neutralize a wide variety of threats. Common web security software includes antivirus, anti-malware and anti-spyware software as well as solutions for multifactor authentication and access control. Web filtering software that monitors activity at the DNS layer is essential for quickly identifying attacks that use DNS to successfully launch malware.

What's the most effective web security software?

There is a myriad of web security software solutions on the market today. The most effective solutions combine a variety of defenses for a multilayered approach to web security. Mimecast offers a platform that combines web security software with technologies for email security and security awareness training to effectively protect an organization against a rapidly evolving threat landscape.