Surfing the Internet has become a critical part of conducting business, however inappropriate Internet usage has led to lower productivity, inappropriate use of company resources, harassment, legal liability, and human resource issues. Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Filtering Service regulates and provides valuable insight into all Web activities allowing customers to meet new Government Regulations, HR Policies & Corporate Internet Usage Policies. Fortinet is a member of the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK working to combat potentially illegal online content and prevent access to child sexual abuse. Fortinet's Web Filtering Solutions are also CIPA certified. The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000 to address concerns about access in schools and libraries to the Internet and other information.

Web Filtering Simplified: Industry-leading ratings database with over 2 Billion rated web pages Extensive and granular ratings database with 76 categories Cost effective per-device subscription URL database is updated constantly CIPA certified Member of the Internet Watch Foundation (UK) Simple setup, fully-integrated with all FortiGate security systems Integrated industry-leading antivirus scanning Scalable and stable high-speed database infrastructure

Fortinet's industry-leading FortiGuard Web Filtering Service offers enterprises of all sizes an easy to deploy and cost effective solution to control access to inappropriate web sites that may expose businesses to potentially liable material, jeopardize network security and consume valuable bandwidth. The FortiGuard Web filtering database maintains an industry leading URL database with over 30 million rated web sites, 76 categories, and 6 classes of ratings.

As part of the FortiGuard Web filtering service database, the technology can block access to sites which may pose a risk to network security, such as P2P, phishing and spyware hosting web sites. In addition, Fortinet's per device subscription model offers simplicity in licensing over per-user licensing models

School districts deploy FortiGuard Web Filtering to meet federally mandated CIPA requirements to filter inappropriate Internet usage. FortiGuard's industry leading Web Filtering database and very granular categorized ratings allow administrators to apply very specific web access policies to different groups of users.

Today, many Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) are looking for MSSP's to provide a one-stop solution for their networking security needs. MSSP's can deploy Fortinet's Web Filtering technologies to provide web filtering capabilities for SME's wishing to control access to inappropriate web sites that may expose businesses to potentially liable material, jeopardize network security and consume valuable bandwidth.

To meet the Internet filtering requirements of CIPA, libraries can leverage Fortinet's industry leading CIPA compliant FortiGuard Web Filtering service. Unlike competing web filtering products which require a standalone server to be installed, enabling FortiGuard Web Filtering is as simple as enabling the feature on the FortiGate system.