Internet Watch Foundation

Below is a list of IWF members that offer filtering solutions to both home and professional internet users.

 

As the IWF is an independent incorporated charity, limited by guarantee we cannot recommend any specific company. We have not tested any of these companies but we have listed them to offer internet users a choice to select the company that best meets their needs.

 

 

 

Marshal8e6 is a global provider of secure Internet gateway products for organizations of all sizes. Marshal8e6 provide comprehensive content security across multiple delivery platforms, including software, appliances and Software-as-a-service (SaaS). Their security portfolio delivers the tools necessary to manage messaging, Web and endpoint security, data leakage prevention and common policy administration/integration across multiple threat vectors, all under a common management/reporting console.  Click here for further information.

 

AdaptiveMobile is a Mobile Security Filtering provider. The AdaptiveMobile Content Filtering Engine (CFE) allows an operator to offer web and WAP access filtering to its corporate and individual subscribers. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat’s family of appliances and client-based solutions – deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centres – provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organisations to optimize security and accelerate performance for all users and applications. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

Brightfilter is a new generation intelligent parental control solution, delivering dual protection for family members and home computers when surfing online.  Brightfilter is a software manufacturer specialising in Web Content Filtering - also known as parental control software. This solution enables parents and guardians to control the content viewed by children online, such that the wealth of the internet is made available. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

CensorNet Ltd was established in 2005 to focus entirely on developing and promoting the CensorNet™ range of products. CensorNet provides web filtering and content control for organisational enforcement of acceptable usage policy for internet access, thus allowing instant compliance and security. CensorNet also supplies a filtering product for residential broadband internet service providers. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) protects and preserves the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has over 16 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection and IP Reputation solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection™), the Commtouch Detection Center analyses billions of email messages per week to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the internet. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

Detica is a specialist business and technology consultancy focused on turning complex information into relevant and actionable intelligence. Most of Detica's work is in the information-intensive areas of security, fraud containment, risk management, regulatory compliance and customer management. They deliver a broad range of services including strategy formulation, people and process change, and the delivery and support of technology solutions. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

Fortinet is a provider of multi-threat security systems that enable secure business communications and deliver security, performance and total cost of ownership available. Click here for further information.

 

Image Analyser Ltd develops Image recognition technology which can identify inappropriate or pornographic images in digital data transmission. The company incorporates proprietary ‘best of breed’ image analysis technology and individuals who possess years of experience in the IT security market. The company was formed to provide technology globally, on an OEM basis to major IT software and hardware vendors across a broad range of market sectors, including Email and Web, telecommunications, online storage etc. The company's goal is to provide world class technology and customer service. The company has offices in the UK, US and Asia Pac. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netclean provide filtering solutions for business, ISP and NGOs.  Products including Netclean Proactive and Whitebox. 

Whitebox is currently the only commercial system specifically designed for ISPs to block child sexual abuse and other illegal Web sites across multiple networks.  The system can also be used to block unwanted web access thoughout networks or even groups of networks such as across muliple ISPs within a country or region.  Click here for further information.

 

 



Netintelligence delivers web based fully managed, internet security services for consumers and businesses. Netintelligence offers the next generation of internet security products - the 'Online' security service. It provides a comprehensive internet security service delivered direct to the endpoint via the internet connection, protecting laptops and desktops and enforcing policies in real time, regardless of whenever or wherever they connect to the web. Click here for further information.

 

Netsweeper provides internet filtering solutions to guard against online internet abuse. Providing secure, productive internet experience, protected from harmful, malicious and inappropriate content. Netsweeper provides intelligent, network-based web filtering technology to corporations, internet service providers, educational institutions, government organisations and OEM partners around the world. Click here for further information.

 

  

Optenet provides a complete suite of security services that includes web filtering, antispam, antivirus and firewall functionalities, for internet service providers, mobile telecoms and corporations.
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RuleSpace is a supplier of Parental Controls filtering software for ISPs, Home Users, OEMs, and Search Engines. RuleSpace provides the Contexion Services product family, an internet infrastructure that powers software and hardware solutionswith automated web content recognition technology and services that instantly recognise web content and facilitate the delivery of relevant web information. Solutions powered by Contexion Services enable Network Access Vendors, ISPs and Software Vendors to deliver meaningful and appropriate information to users as they surf the web. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

ScanSafe has grown to be the global leader in SaaS Web security.  Web scanning in real-time, blocking of malware and web filtering of inappropriate content.  Scansafe control, protect and secure instant messaging traffic and applications, such as IM and VoIP addressing, as threats increase with the coverage of internet services.  Click here for further information.

  

Secure Computing®, a global security solutions provider, has been securing the connections between people and information for over 20 years. Specialising in delivering solutions that secure these connections, Secure Computing helps customers create a trusted environment both inside and outside their organisations. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sentry Parental Controls provides real-time information and alerts to parents allowing them to pro-actively monitor their children's online activities from almost any computer or mobile phone, anywhere in the world. Click here for further information.

 

 

The SmoothWall suite of versatile security solutions currently safeguards over a million SME, education and enterprise users worldwide. With pioneering Dynamic Content Analysis technology, SmoothWall’s Guardian web filters enable managers to effectively monitor, control and block in an advanced and affordable way. Click here for further information.

 

 

 Sophos, a UK security firm, develops protection against viruses, spyware, spam and policy abuse for business, education and government. Click here for further information.

 

 

 

Websense is a web filtering provider of web and desktop security software. Websense products increase employee internet productivity and secure organisations from emerging internet threats by providing a proactive critical security component that complements traditional security solutions. Websense delivers flexible, integrated policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop. Click here for further information.

 

 

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