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WATCHGUARD APPLICATION CONTROL
Application Control — Adds Deeper Inspection Capabilities to XTM
Application visibility and control is critical to the health of your network and your business. Application Control, only available for XTM solutions, allows administrators to enforce acceptable use policies for users and groups by category, application, and application sub-functions. Using over 2,500 signatures and behavioral techniques, Application Control gives the administrator real-time and historical visibility into the use of applications on the network. The control and visibility given to the IT pro by WatchGuard Application Control helps organizations enforce acceptable use policies that are mandated by industry regulation, legal and political jurisdictions, corporate goals or culture, and the like.
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APPLICATION CONTROL IN ACTION
With Application Control, you can selectively allow, block, or restrict access to applications based on a user’s
department, job function, and time of day, and generate reports on usage. For example, you could choose to:
■ Block use of YouTube, Skype, and QQ at all times, during key business hours, or never
■ Block use of all P2P applications for anyone who is not part of the management team
■ Allow the marketing department access to Facebook and other social networking sites
■ Allow Windows Live Messenger for instant messaging, but disallow using it for le transfers
■ Limit streaming media applications to speci c times of day
■ Report on the top ten applications used in the company
■ Report on the use (or attempted use) of applications by any individual in the company.
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