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ScreenShield® is a complete solution for monitoring network usage and user productivity within an organization. ScreenShield is comprised of four modules:

  • Image
    ScreenShield can detect any pornographic web-page, image or video displayed on a computer, regardless of its source or the application used.

  • Word
    ScreenShield monitors all Internet content, instant messaging exchanges and files for words and phrases.

  • Productivity
    ScreenShield reports all network usage by PC and by user, and shows statistics on individual user productivity.

  • Audit
    ScreenShield performs software, hardware and drive audits; as well as Software License Management.
Problems Addressed
Most would agree that investments in IT have generated value for the enterprise and that IT plays an increasing role in relation to the efficiency and effectiveness of your enterprise.

Don't let these employee behaviors prevent your enterprise from realizing the full value from the investments made in IT:

  • Cyber slacking: games, email, chat
  • Surfing for Pornography
  • Illegal Music and Video Downloads
  • Illegal Software Downloads
  • Personal Internet Use
  • Inappropriate Bandwidth Usage
  • Inappropriate Disk Storage Usage
  • Theft of Trade Secrets

 

Benefits
ScreenShield ensures that the PCs are not misused, staff productivity is maintained and resource usage is optimized. ScreenShield achieves this by providing a comprehensive set of features and an easy to use web-based interface. Features include:
  • Inappropriate Image Monitoring
  • Web Category Monitoring
  • Chat Monitoring
  • Keystroke Monitoring
  • Document Monitoring
  • Audit Management
  • License Management
  • Application Usage Monitoring
  • Network Usage and Productivity Monitoring
  • Customizable Profiles and Schedules
  • Cascading Server Architecture
  • Resource Management
  • Customizable Engine Settings

 

Customizable Protection Modes
ScreenShield® is fully customizable and profiles can be created for both individuals and groups of users. It has four levels of protection when an incident is detected:
  • silently record violations
  • display a warning message
  • block inappropriate content before being displayed
  • lock the PC
Audits Computer Resources
ScreenShield is a one stop solution for monitoring and managing hardware, software, network usage, and user productivity within an organization. Other PC auditing software require a great deal of manual input from the administrator on the details of the hardware and software resources. ScreenShield automatically audits the hardware and software on all the PCs in the organization on a regular basis. Administrators are notified when there is a change in a PC's configuration. ScreenShield also performs drive and network audits which give detailed information of both file and network usage for any given user.
Improves Productivity
ScreenShield monitors PC idle time and can automatically hibernate or shut down machines that are left unattended for long periods. ScreenShield reports the application usage on a group and an individual basis in the form of tables and pie charts. ScreenShield allows administrators to assign productivity ratings to software, providing them a quick means of ascertaining the overall productivity of the users within their domain.
Monitor Internet Usage
ScreenShield monitors all Internet content, instant messaging exchanges and files for words and phrases indicative of sexual harassment, bullying or inappropriate subject matter. When inappropriate material is detected an incident report is generated and, if specified, access to the content is blocked. ScreenShield also monitors the users' keystrokes so that the perpetrators of the content can be identified.
Network Management
ScreenShield provides a complete web based network management package designed for use by management within the organization rather than IT administrators. The advanced access control mechanism ensures that management can only view reports and control the usage of computers for those users for which they are responsible. For IT system administrators ScreenShield provides a host of features to assist in managing the deployment of the system including Active Directory compatibility, client management, database archiving, remote administration through internet and automated client updates.

Disk Drive Scanning
ScreenShield scan drive feature analyzes all files in your PC and provides you with a report of any potentially pornographic images or videos that are present. All suspect files can be deleted with a single mouse click, thereby ensuring that your PC is free of inappropriate material. Disk scans can be scheduled for any day of the week and any time of day.

ScreenShield® takes a unique approach to identifying potentially offensive Internet images and preventing them from being displayed while you surf the Internet. ScreenShield® uses a few processes to protect you before any image is displayed on your PC.
Advanced Image Analysis
ScreenShield® captures the active window at regular intervals and extracts the images and text to analyze. Digital image processing determines if an image is potentially pornographic. Our innovative technology analyzes images with Skin Tone Detection, Texture Detection, Edge Detection, Mass Detection, Limb Detection, Face Detection.
Decision Process
Neural network technology uses the results of the image analysis and the text on the screen to decide if an image is offensive.
Image Blocking
ScreenShield® records suspected images and triggers your selected action, to warn or stop user from viewing pornography.
Text Analysis
ScreenShield®’s text analysis process uses a classifier that was developed using the Bayesian Network algorithm and implemented in ScreenShield® as a method of recognising words/phrases considered in the context of other words/phrases. This analysing technique is more accurate compared to the common simplistic keyword approach implemented in most filters and it supports Arabic, Thai, Russian, French and German.
Webpage Analysis
ScreenShield® scans the metadata and examines text in the Title, Keywords and Description field of a webpage header. It checks the website’s internet rating labels from reputable content rating body such as RSACi, SafeSurf and PICS amongst others and does an analysis of text, images, links and structure of any visited websites.

Operating System
The ScreenShield® client program runs on any of these Microsoft Windows platforms with TCP/IP network services installed:

  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows XP Home
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000

Hardware
ScreenShield® Client

  • Pentium III or higher
  • 32 MB RAM
  • 5 MB hard drive space
  • Network interface card


ScreenShield® Server and Web Administration

  • Pentium 4 or higher
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 300 MB hard drive space
  • Network interface card