Assurance Data - Mitigating IT Risk through Storage, Security and Internet Management Solutions

1.	Immediate productivity loss due to a company Internet Network Breach from an employee viewing a malicious Web site.
2.	Costly and time consuming harassment lawsuits from inappropriate Internet content being viewed in your workplace.
3.	Over 72% of internet users use high-bandwidth applications, including instant messaging, downloading music, and watching video clips. 44% of corporate employees use streaming media.
4.	Rogue websites that can download key lossers, spyware, etc. to employee desktops.
5.	74% of weekday internet radio listening occurs between 5 am and 5 pm.
6.	SPAM, SPYWARE, VIRUSES all clog systems and either stop them dead or slow them to a crawl.

No one doubts the added value access to the Internet can have for a company. The problem of late, however, is that such high-speed connections bring on a whole host of productivity issues. Employees spend time shopping online, listening radio or watching TV when they should be working. Malicious code, SPAM and other risks can have a significant impact on a person's ability to work productively.

Assurance Data has assembled a group of products that is focused on mitigating these risks. Our products that have a direct impact on productivity include:

Internet Content Management	Websense
Spyware	Websense, Webroot
Mobile Malicious Code	Websense
Bandwidth Management	Websense, Allot
Instant Messaging	Websense, Facetime, Allot
Compliance	Websense, Facetime
Legal Liability	Websense, Facetime, Symantec
SPAM	Symantec, Borderware
Firewall	Ironport, Sentinel, Juniper