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Secure Computing’s Secure Web Protects Joy Global From Web 2.0 Threats

June 2008 by Marc Jacob

Secure Computing Corporation announced that Joy Global
Inc. has implemented Secure Computing’s Secure Web (formerly known as Webwasher) security appliance. By deploying Secure Web, Joy Global
has greatly improved its network security, including protecting company
resources from emerging Web 2.0 threats. In addition, Secure Web has
provided the mining equipment supplier with flexible Web filtering and
has reduced the time and costs involved in securing employee Internet
use.

Before switching to Secure Web, Joy Global used Blue Coat’s Web
filtering solution that had several problems. First, the other product
used a signature-based desktop anti-virus solution that left Joy Global
vulnerable to malware and active code exploits targeting today’s
feature-rich Web 2.0 applications. By contrast, Secure Web protects
against threats associated with Web 2.0 by analysing the reputation of
all content entering the network. It also protects organisations from
related outbound threats such as potential loss of confidential
information.

Joy Global’s former solution also lacked adequate reporting
capabilities. Managers had to spend long hours manually matching users
with IP addresses every time they needed to investigate an employee’s
Internet use. However, Secure Web makes it easy for managers to obtain
user-based reports and information on mobile access. Also, because
Secure Web uses Joy Global’s existing authentication system, users are
no longer required to log in a second time in order to access the
Internet.

In addition, Joy Global’s former Web filter did not allow role-based
policies; Web sites had to be "blocked" or "allowed" for the entire
company. As a result, one staff member spent 50 percent of each day
responding to user requests to reclassify particular Web sites. Now,
using Secure Web, Joy Global can assign each employee an appropriate
level of access depending on his or her job function. "For those
employees that need access, my IT resource is no longer reclassifying
sites for hours a day," explained Lance. "That frees up valuable
employee time to work on more worthwhile products and reduces IT
expenses."

Lance also appreciated the fact that Secure Web combined multiple
capabilities into a single appliance, resulting in additional cost
savings. Noting that competing solutions would have required twice as
much hardware, Lance reported, "Secure Web offers all the functionality
on a single appliance, enabling us to keep the number of boxes required
for our international deployment down to a minimum."

In short, Lance believes Secure Web was the best solution for Joy
Global’s Web filtering needs: "Secure Web gave us the flexibility we
needed along with the additional security we knew we should be
implementing."


About Joy Global

Joy Global Inc. is a worldwide leader in manufacturing, distributing and
servicing equipment for surface mining through P&H Mining Equipment and
underground mining through Joy Mining Machinery. Joy Global’s products
are used extensively for the mining of coal, copper, iron, gold and
other mineral resources. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI,
and employs more than 10,000 people in offices around the world.


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