Managed security services company, Network Box, now includes advanced analysis into user behaviour in-depth reporting and configuration services and enhanced protection functions.

New service functionality has been added to the Network Box appliance - the basis for the companys managed unified threat management (UTM) security service that allows businesses to:

• see exactly how long employees have spent surfing the Internet, by means of a web proxy
  
• set rules for email including validating email addresses against those on the server and dropping them if they are not valid
  
• access quarantined email and configure spam filters by each user
  
• obtain greater depth of reporting: weekly reports into all aspects of security can be tailored to provide exactly the information required, in depth
  
• see real-time attacks being launched against the Network Box via the user interface. This is known as Livewatch.

Technical upgrades to the product include:

• enhanced P2P control to enable companies to manage applications like Instant Messenger or Skype
  
• open SSL VPN gateway
  
• introduction of a flash-based operating system, to reduce dependency on hard disk
  HTTP/FTP bridge
  
• POP3 acceleration that allows accelerated access to POP3 email accounts. This is patent-pending technology for Network Box
  
• transparent SMTP that allows Network Box to scan and pass emails with no interference to service, or to act as a secondary mail exchange.

Network Box provides a managed UTM service that provides: anti-spam, anti-virus, content filtering, firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, anti-phishing, anti-spyware, VPN and VOIP protection.

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