There are a few different approaches you can take to filter web content, depending on the specific use case. Many firewalls have this and some have more options like the Fortinet. and it is nice it is built in to the firewall. or advanced Cisco filtering using 3rd party filter from an ASA. see we can pick FILTER GROUPS to block, allow or monitor. Here is an OUTBOUND Policy stating the TIER GROUPS and what they can do. you can see how they match an AD group on RIGHT. Then when they surf the web, we can see they are part of TIER4 or other and block or allow sites.
so we define a AD group called TIER 4, TIER 3 etc. TIER 2 may be manager or power users and they need access to LinkedIN for marketing or facebook for marketing. but things like facebook and social are blocked, adult content, gambling etc. Everyday users get TIER1 level and can only do certain things. On the Fortinet I define TIER web filter groups. The new Cisco Meraki seems easy to do this as well.
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fortigate with the proper license will do this for you. I would look into your firewall and see what options it has. One blocked malware or ransomware infection or rather one unblocked one will prove whether or not you made a good decision. Especially if you don't advise them to use something that is a proven effective player in the industry. At the end of the day, if something happens, it will be your fault. To me, basic functions like these are things that companies need to find a way to budget for. They also can provide reporting if needed as well as over ride capabilities. Other companies provide it for very little cost and they monitor the nightmare of the ever changing landscape of safe and unsafe websites. I've done it with our Firewall and there didn't seem to be a performance issue caused. Not knowing what you find "expensive" it would be hard to point you in a specific direction, but for something that is a key part of protecting your company from malware, litigation, productivity loss etc., there is a real ROI on whatever you spend as long as you don't get something over the top. many times spam filtering and web filtering go hand in hand. It is not something that is cost prohibitive. I get trying to save money where possible, but web filtering is usually thrown in as part of something else you are paying for either as something already paid for or a minor fee. If an on-premises solution isn't possible, what cloud services are cheap and easy/minimal to manage? So far, NxF seems to be ticking the boxes, Opens a new window I'm after something that works very similar to existing services which block not only on domains but category based filtering also. Yes it is rather good but I'm after something a bit more hands-off based instead of having to continually login to a portal and block individual domains. I've heard PiHole thrown around as a solution. If there is no on-premise solution, I don't want to be spending a silly amount of money on a cloud solution. Only required to work within the company network. An on-premises solution ideally to keep costs down. I'm after some web content filtering solution (yes I know, there are countless posts about this topic). I've been digging around for a solution but not managed to narrow it down any. A bit of a discussion/question kind of post this.
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