Internet-based applications have grown in popularity over the last few years
beyond using the browser to surf websites. Even with corporate usage policies, many
companies are
unable to curb and regulate the use of those applications. Recent findings show that
75% to 80%
of corporate users ignore their company’s endpoint usage policies. To avoid significant
risk, the
Application Control feature provides a security technology that automates the discovery
of
popular Internet applications and allows administrators to control them by using policies.
Deep Edge provides both visibility and
control for almost 1000 application types running across any port, including applications
using
custom clients (Skype, BitTorrent, P2P) or leveraging Web 2.0 technologies within
the browser
(social networking, web mail, and streaming media sites).