Satel and Cerberian Lead the Fight Against Online Pornography.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 Two Utah companies offer technology solutions to combat one of the greatest challenges facing families, schools, and companies today -- pornography on the Internet As concern over the availability and effect of online pornography creeps closer to the top of Utah's list of critical issues, Cerberian Inc. and Satel Inc. independently offer easily implemented protections for homes, schools, and businesses. Recently the Utah State Information Technology Commission, a legislative subcommittee, embarked on a campaign to evaluate the problem and recommend remedies. On Thursday, July 19, 2001, the commission will hold the second of two meetings dedicated to evaluating the issues and solutions surrounding online pornography. At the meeting, which runs from 1-4 p.m., Satel and Cerberian have been asked to discuss commercially available programs designed to combat Internet pornography Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed via the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups. While pornography had been traded over the Internet since the 1980s, it was the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991 as well as the . "Pornography can have a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effect on families and children," said Jeff Smith, chief executive officer of Cerberian Inc. "Our mission is to give parents a simple yet powerful means to protect family members from inappropriate Web sites. Additionally, our service allows companies to protect the investment they've made by granting enhanced control over how employees use the Internet." "Satel is pleased to have helped Cerberian prove the technical viability of the Cerberian Internet Manager," said Kib Pearson, president of Satel Inc. "Now that the service is in production, we plan to offer it as a companion to our own e-mail filtering Email filtering is the processing of e-mail to organize it according to specified criteria. Most often this refers to the automatic processing of incoming messages, but the term also applies to the intervention of human intelligence in addition to artificial intelligence, and to solution to every organization that uses our HardNOC data center. "It's exciting to see technology in place that allows all the good that the Internet offers to rise to the top while skimming Skimming An electronic method of capturing a victim's personal information used by identity thieves. The skimmer is a small device that scans a credit card and stores the information contained in the magnetic strip. away all the bad." In a long-standing relationship, Satel partnered with Cerberian to develop the first prototype of the Cerberian Internet Manager and currently hosts the service in its HardNOC data center. Upon proving the feasibility of the Web-based, intelligent, and highly flexible solution, Satel moved into offering Cerberian Internet Manager as a companion to its own e-mail filtering service for managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality customers. Cerberian Internet Manager Cerberian provides families and businesses with a simple solution that helps them responsibly manage, protect, and serve their Internet experience. Cerberian Internet Manager addresses the primary concern of home Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f -- the safety of family members. It also deals with the four key Internet abuse challenges facing businesses today: liability, safety, loss in productivity, and drain on bandwidth. Cerberian Internet Manager is a scalable, easily managed, and simply deployed solution that moves Internet management beyond simple blocking and filtering by proactively evaluating the content of requested URLs. Cerberian technology determines the site's appropriateness before allowing a user to view it. Cerberian is an online, subscription-based solution (hosted in the Satel HardNOC data center) that blocks inappropriate sites and reports to parents on the family's use of the Internet. Instead of purchasing off-the-shelf solutions that are based on ineffective first-generation filtering methods and require installation and frequent upgrades, parents can simply sign up online for Cerberian's monitoring and blocking service, which provides the most broad and accurate filtering available today and allows parents to customize filtering parameters according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preference. About Cerberian Cerberian Inc. is a private company founded in April 2000 to provide the world's best Internet management service designed to help businesses improve productivity, free up bandwidth, and control Internet access See how to access the Internet. . The company's mission is to manage, serve, and protect the Internet experience in the workplace and at home. Cerberian offers the first totally Web-based, outsourced Internet management service that monitors, manages, and reports on Internet activity. For more information about Cerberian, readers can go to www.cerberian.com or send e-mail to info@cerberian.com. About Satel Inc. Founded in 1994, Satel Inc. is a security solutions provider that specializes in designing and implementing information security solutions. As skilled and knowledgeable architects of security design, training, and risk assessment, Satel is quickly becoming a recognized leader for providing cutting-edge security solutions for small- to medium-sized enterprises. Satel's products and services are ideally tailored to the banking, legal, technology, and medical markets. The company's core competencies include managed security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , hardened Internet access, security consulting services, secure co-location and hosting, IT services, and contract staffing. With unparalleled expertise in harnessing the power of security technology and a customized approach to client problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. , Satel makes identifying, understanding and managing security risks possible and affordable. Organizations that have benefited from Satel's expertise include SLOC SLOC Source Lines Of Code SLOC Software Lines of Code SLOC Sea Lines of Communication SLOC Salt Lake Olympic Committee SLOC sea line of communications (US DoD) SLOC Skilled Level of Care SLOC Strategic Lanes of Communication , Bluepoint blue·point also blue point n. A small oyster (Crassotrea virginica) found chiefly in coastal waters of the eastern United States and usually eaten raw. Technologies, Cerberian, The Heart Center, Amerisys, and NIVO NIVO Netwerk en Informatie voor Vrouwelijke Ondernemers (Dutch) . |
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