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One of the better corporate network security products to hit the market is from Vericept. Their system provides intelligent content filtering and analysis of corporate Internet traffic. It filters and captures data that matches pre-defined patterns that would indicate undesired behavior by its users. The tools can be used to transparently detect violations of a companies acceptable use policy for the Internet. This could include dissemination of corporate financial information and intellectual property as well as downloading porn, pirated software, unauthorized chat, instant messaging, FTP's, and bulletin board posting.

A number of our customers have expressed interest in this product as a result of compliance issues driven by GLBA, Sarbanes Oxley and HIPPA.

One of the first steps in evaluating Vericept is an exposure assessment in which we install a system pre-loaded with the Vericept software and capture data for a specific period of time. Unlike any other product we've handled, the Vericept tools practically sell themselves. Companies are literally shocked at the results of the exposure assessments.

Many companies are now legally required to protect customer and partner data. Vericept provides a mechanism to detect security breeches in a much more manageable fashion that previous tools. And a side benefit is that companies now have a reliable way to detect Internet abuse by their employees thus avoiding embarassing and potentially costly consequences.