Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001
Two Utah companies offer technology solutions to combat
one of the greatest challenges facing families, schools,
and companies today -- pornography on the Internet
As concern over the availability and effect of online pornography creeps closer to the top of Utah's list of critical issues, Cerberian Inc. and Satel Inc. independently offer easily implemented protections for homes, schools, and businesses.
Recently the Utah State Information Technology Commission, a legislative subcommittee, embarked on a campaign to evaluate the problem and recommend remedies.
On Thursday, July 19, 2001, the commission will hold the second of two meetings dedicated to evaluating the issues and solutions surrounding online pornography. At the meeting, which runs from 1-4 p.m., Satel and Cerberian have been asked to discuss commercially available programs designed to combat Internet pornography.
"Pornography can have a devastating effect on families and children," said Jeff Smith, chief executive officer of Cerberian Inc. "Our mission is to give parents a simple yet powerful means to protect family members from inappropriate Web sites. Additionally, our service allows companies to protect the investment they've made by granting enhanced control over how employees use the Internet."
"Satel is pleased to have helped Cerberian prove the technical viability of the Cerberian Internet Manager," said Kib Pearson, president of Satel Inc. "Now that the service is in production, we plan to offer it as a companion to our own e-mail filtering solution to every organization that uses our HardNOC data center.
"It's exciting to see technology in place that allows all the good that the Internet offers to rise to the top while skimming away all the bad."
In a long-standing relationship, Satel partnered with Cerberian to develop the first prototype of the Cerberian Internet Manager and currently hosts the service in its HardNOC data center.
Upon proving the feasibility of the Web-based, intelligent, and highly flexible solution, Satel moved into offering Cerberian Internet Manager as a companion to its own e-mail filtering service for managed services customers.
Cerberian Internet Manager
Cerberian provides families and businesses with a simple solution that helps them responsibly manage, protect, and serve their Internet experience. Cerberian Internet Manager addresses the primary concern of home Internet users -- the safety of family members.
It also deals with the four key Internet abuse challenges facing businesses today: liability, safety, loss in productivity, and drain on bandwidth. Cerberian Internet Manager is a scalable, easily managed, and simply deployed solution that moves Internet management beyond simple blocking and filtering by proactively evaluating the content of requested URLs.
Cerberian technology determines the site's appropriateness before allowing a user to view it.
Cerberian is an online, subscription-based solution (hosted in the Satel HardNOC data center) that blocks inappropriate sites and reports to parents on the family's use of the Internet.
Instead of purchasing off-the-shelf solutions that are based on ineffective first-generation filtering methods and require installation and frequent upgrades, parents can simply sign up online for Cerberian's monitoring and blocking service, which provides the most broad and accurate filtering available today and allows parents to customize filtering parameters according to preference.
About Cerberian
Cerberian Inc. is a private company founded in April 2000 to provide the world's best Internet management service designed to help businesses improve productivity, free up bandwidth, and control Internet access. The company's mission is to manage, serve, and protect the Internet experience in the workplace and at home.
Cerberian offers the first totally Web-based, outsourced Internet management service that monitors, manages, and reports on Internet activity.
For more information about Cerberian, readers can go to www.cerberian.com or send e-mail to info@cerberian.com.
About Satel Inc.
Founded in 1994, Satel Inc. is a security solutions provider that specializes in designing and implementing information security solutions. As skilled and knowledgeable architects of security design, training, and risk assessment, Satel is quickly becoming a recognized leader for providing cutting-edge security solutions for small- to medium-sized enterprises.
Satel's products and services are ideally tailored to the banking, legal, technology, and medical markets. The company's core competencies include managed security services, hardened Internet access, security consulting services, secure co-location and hosting, IT services, and contract staffing.
With unparalleled expertise in harnessing the power of security technology and a customized approach to client problem solving, Satel makes identifying, understanding and managing security risks possible and affordable. Organizations that have benefited from Satel's expertise include SLOC, Bluepoint Technologies, Cerberian, The Heart Center, Amerisys, and NIVO.
