Comprehensive Web Content Security
Enforce protection and productivity policies and block inappropriate, unproductive and even illegal web content with Dell™ SonicWALL™ Content Filtering Service (CFS) and Dell™ SonicWALL™ Content Filtering Client (CFC). Use the dynamic rating and caching architecture of CFS and its granular tools to create and apply web use policies that allow or deny end users access to websites that contain objectionable web content. Extend the enforcement of those internal policies to laptops located outside the firewall perimeter and block unwanted internet content with the CFC. For a deeper level of web usage visibility, send data from the content filtering services to the Dell SonicWALL Analyzer traffic analytics and reporting package, and leverage its graphs, charts and data search functionalities. Because you can configure and manage the content filtering services directly on your firewall, you’ll strengthen your security and save money by eliminating the need for a costly, dedicated filtering server.

Protection and compliance for schools and libraries.
Protect students from inappropriate and harmful web-based content with Dell SonicWALL CFS, and ensure that your organization is eligible for eRate funding by using CFS to ensure compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Set custom policies for students and teachers by time of day, and provide the reporting necessary to comply with CIPA mandates with Dell SonicWALL's Global Management System (GMS) and Analyzer reporting package.

In addition to external regulation compliance, CFS helps you reduce the liabilities that may incur when inappropriate content is allowed into the network.

Productivity and security for businesses.
Reduce the risk of infection by viruses, Trojans, adware and other malware by using CFS to restrict access to websites containing unproductive or dangerous content.

Protection and productivity beyond the perimeter.
Control the websites your employees or students can access with their IT-issued computer behind your firewall with Dell SonicWALL CFS. The Content Filtering Client enables you to extend that same control to any location – no matter how the device connects to the internet. For Windows and Mac OS laptops used outside the firewall perimeter, the Content Filtering Client addresses safety, security and productivity concerns by allowing your company to block harmful and unproductive web content. The client is automatically deployed and provisioned through a Dell SonicWALL firewall. In addition to controlling web-based access for roaming devices, the Content Filtering Client can be configured to automatically switch enforcement to the internal policy once the device reconnects to the network firewall.

An easy-to-manage solution.
URLs, IP addresses and domain ratings are cached locally on the firewall to reduce response time to frequently visited sites to a fraction of a second. Enable your administrators to control bandwidth based upon CFS rating, as well as specific IP address, site or even application when CFS is combined with Dell SonicWALL application intelligence and control.

Flexibility and policy enforcement.
Enable administrators to create local or enterprise-wide policies that are specifically designed to meet their own internal requirements as well as legislative mandates. Use CFS’s dynamic rating architecture to block over 56 categories of objectionable or unproductive web content, providing a high level of transparent control, ease of administration and granular policy enforcement. Add flexibility by letting administrators go beyond categories to create custom block and allow lists for specific domains or hosts. Apply policies to individuals or defined groups (e.g. students and faculty) and set to block automatically downloadable files or apply filtering by time of day.

Caching and performance.
Enable administrators to block sites automatically and by category with CFS’s high-performance web rating and caching architecture. Because the caching feature stores URL ratings locally on the Dell SonicWALL firewall, you can reduce response times to a fraction of a second. Filter inappropriate web content and enhances performance by filtering out download sites for MP3s, streaming media, freeware and other files that consume tremendous amounts of bandwidth and are often the source of spyware and other malware.

Visibility and reporting.
Deploy Dell SonicWALL Analyzer reporting software with CFS to run granular reports that summarize web activity details. Use the joint solution to easily create and deliver customized real-time and historical reports in a variety of formats, and also gain fast insights through “at-a-glance" reporting capabilities.