Internet-based applications have grown in popularity 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, Application Control automatically discovers popular Internet applications and
allows you to set policies that limit application access.
Cloud Edge provides visibility and
policy control over 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). Flexibly block applications or allow applications but granularly control the
activities within the application, such as uploading files, watching video, or playing
specific games.
To avoid creating multiple policies blocking a specific application, group applications
to allow one policy to block them.