SurfControl
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet filtering Desktop security |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Patricia Sueltz, Chief Executive Officer Greg Lock Non-Executive Chairman Steve Purdham, Non-Executive Director Simon Wilson, Chief Financial Officer George Hayter, Senior Non-Executive Director Jane Tozer, Non-Executive Director Rene Schuster, Non-Executive Director |
| Products | Web filter, Email Filter, Enterprise Threat Shield, On-demand Web |
SurfControl Plc., was a British software company based in Cheshire, England. The company provided website filtering, e-mail filtering and desktop security software for both enterprise and home users.
SurfControl was acquired by Websense on 3 October 2007. The purchase price was approximately £204 million ($416 million), including deferred compensation and stock option expense. Websense plans to continue the SurfControl business until at least 2011.[1] On April 2, 2008, Websense sold CyberPatrol, the SurfControl parental control software product, to newly-formed Internet safety software company CyberPatrol, LLC..[2] According to Websense's quarterly report, they received $1.4 million in cash from the sale of CyberPatrol assets[3].
Product range
The current product range is called the Enterprise Protection Suite, and includes products for website and e-mail filtering and user security.
The key feature of the SurfControl filtering software is the ability to categorize websites and then allow or restrict users access by selecting categories.
Examples of the categories are:
- Adult/Sexually Explicit
- Advertisements & Popups
- Personals & Dating
- Proxies & Translators
- Intolerance & Hate
SurfControl also license their URL database and categorization engine to other companies such as Check Point for use in their products and appliances.
References
External links
- SurfControl's Official Website
- Test a Site with SurfControl - Allows a user to enter an address and see what category SurfControl places the site in.
- Cyberpatrol - SurfControl's web filtering software for home users. Note: Newly-formed Internet safety software company CyberPatrol, LLC acquired the CyberPatrol parental control software product, from security vendor Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN)on April 2, 2008 [1]
- Gartner analysis