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iPrism Web Filter is the only Internet filtering solution
on the market that uses a one-hundred percent human-reviewed
database, known as iGuard. This means that each site rated by
iGuard has a higher degree of accuracy when compared to heuristic
analysis or blended classification technologies, resulting in
better enforcement of your acceptable use policy and increased
ability to mitigate risks.
Flexible Policy Creation
iPrism Web Filter lets administrators create policies based
on website category, user, and time of day providing very fine-grained
control over web access by end-users. This flexibility is necessary
to balance your company's need to regulate bandwidth and acceptable
use against users' desires. "Video snacking" is the name of
the new phenomenon where employees will eat lunch at their desks
and watch videos online. iPrism lets administrators allow this
without letting it become an all-day problem.
Over 80 Categories for Maximum Flexibility
iGuard categorizes sites into more than 80 groups and allows
the creation of custom categories for flexible policy setting.
You receive daily database updates and hourly updates on sites
that contain spyware, malware, and phishing. In addition to
the typical categories for restricting access to adult content,
gambling, dating and the like, iGuard also categorizes Anonymizer
websites, so users can't avoid policy enforcement through anonymous
surfing; malware sites, to keep users from having their computers
infected; and web-based email and IM sites so you can control
personal email and IM use, if necessary.
Automated Rating Protocol and SafeSearch
iPrism Automated Rating Protocol (iARP), sends your organization's
most frequently accessed unrated URLs directly to the iGuard
analyst team at St. Bernard where they can be categorized and
added to your database in order to create local filters. This
not only further refines the filtering process, it can also
reduce management costs. SafeSearch blocks thumbnail images
on Google searches, an important consideration for schools where
students need protection or any organization wanting to avoid
the legal ramifications of objectionable Web images in the workplace.
Automatic Updates Keep you Secure
iPrism keeps your organization protected from new URLs by
sending updates to your database automatically every day. The
critical Security category covering spyware, malware and phishing
is updated hourly.
Filtering Categories:
The following categories (long descriptions) are
maintained in the iGuard database.
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Questionable |
Copyright Infringement |
This category refers to sites that offer
media, software, MP3, DVD movies or any
other copyrighted materials that are bootlegged
or illegally available for purchase or download.
This category is often blocked to protect
iPrism owners from liability caused by the
download and installation of bootlegged
software. Note that this category does not
refer to sites that are specific to computer
hacking. |
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Computer Hacking |
This category refers to any site promoting
questionable or illegal use of equipment
and/or software to crack passwords, create
viruses, gain access to other computers,
and so on. This includes any site that offers
instruction on how to hack as well. This
does not include legitimate security information
sites that are focused on the prevention
of hacking. |
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Intolerance/ Extremism |
This category refers to any site advocating
militant activities or extremism. This includes
groups with extreme political views and
intolerance to individuals and/or groups
based upon discriminating or racial distinction. |
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Questionable |
This category refers to sites that are considered
questionable in nature and may involve illegal
activities, but do not fall under another,
more specific "questionable" category. These
are sites that could contain information
about conspiracy, scams or any other suspected
fraudulent behavior or activity. |
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Profanity |
This category refers to any site that contains
profanity of any kind that is NOT classified
under the SEX category. These are sites
that have language that would not be permitted
in common social situations. This may include
swearing, blasphemy, vulgarity or any dialog
with malicious intent. It should be noted
that this category should also contain sites
with language that implies profanity like
some jokes, poems, letters, greeting cards,
etc. |
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Tasteless |
This category refers to sites that contain
information on subjects such as mutilation,
torture, horror, grotesque or any behavior
that may be considered inappropriate for
public audience. This will not include pornography,
nudity, or sites dealing with sexuality,
which have their own specific classifications. |
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Weapons/Bombs |
This category refers to any site promoting
the use of weapons and/or bombs and the
making of bombs. This does not include sites
related to gun control (social issues). |
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Violence |
This category refers to sites that contain
visual representations of or invitations
to participate in violent acts. This may
include war, crime, pranks, hazing, etc.
A violent act may be considered any activity
that uses physical force designed to injure
another living being. |
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Mature Humor |
This category refers to any site that contains
mature themes and humor that may not be
suitable for children, but do not contain
pornography or strong profanity. These sites
may contain a limited amount of "PG-13"
profanity without a profanity rating. |
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Anonymizer |
This category refers to sites that allow
the user to surf the net anonymously. It
also refers to sites that allow the user
to send anonymous emails. This also includes
sites providing proxy bypass information
or services. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Society |
Alt/New Age |
This category refers to any site relating
to the advocacy and/or information pertaining
to the occult (i.e.. witchcraft, voodoo,
black arts) astrology, ESP or similar forms
of telepathy, fortune telling, out-of-body
experience, magic, spirituality, and UFOs.
Note that common horoscopes found in daily
newspapers are not a part of this category.
Any site that relates to new age meditation
practices or the study of new age principles
should be included in this category. Note:
Occult will be defined as anything pertaining
to any system claiming use or knowledge
of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
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Art/Culture |
This category refers to any site relating
to the arts or culture. Culture includes
the beliefs, customs, practices, and social
behavior of a particular nation or people.
The arts include the creation of beautiful
or thought-provoking works, for example,
in paintings, pictures, drawings, or writings.
Sites falling into this category include
virtual art galleries, museums, architecture,
contemporary and fine art. |
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Government |
This category refers to any site that is
associated with governments and/or their
militaries. This includes federal, state,
county, city and local governments as well
as any government agency. This does not
include general information about a specific
geographical location (state, city, etc)
- these sites should be classified as Travel.
A strong indication is a domain identifier
of either "gov" or "mil". |
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Politics |
This category refers to any site that is
associated with political advocacy of any
type or the opinions of the government.
This includes any site promoting or containing
information on any political party, pro
or con. This includes registered and officially
recognized political parties. Sites that
inform or promote an election of any political
office receive this rating. It does not
include official government sites. |
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News |
This category refers to any site that is
associated with online newspapers, headline
news sites, news wiring services, personalized
news services and mainstream publications.
Some online magazines will be given this
rating along with another (i.e. www.wired.com
will be news and Science & Tech). This does
not include Usenet (classified as discussion
forums). |
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Classifieds |
Sites that offer and advertise ads for barter
or sale of merchandise or services. |
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Religion |
This category refers to any site that pertains
to mainstream religions, religious activities
or participation. This includes information
relating to any common religious organization.
This is a stand-alone category. |
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Cult |
This category refers to any site that advocates
or discusses information relating to the
use of or membership in cults. Cults are
defined as a group or movement exhibiting
great or excessive devotion or dedication
to some person, idea or thing. Cults employ
unethical, manipulative or coercive techniques
of persuasion and control designed to advance
the goals of the group leaders, to the detriment
of the members, their families or the community.
Sites that relate to the practice or advocacy
of common religions do not belong here as
well as any site that serves to educate
on the perils of cult activity. |
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Alternative Lifestyle |
Sites that contain information relating
to gay, lesbian or bisexual lifestyles.
This excludes sites that are about social
issues or contain sexual content. Sites
that promote the lifestyle but are of business
or professional nature are not included
in this category. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Social Issues |
Social issues |
This category refers to any site that that
contains information regarding issues that
are considered controversial by a society.
Examples of these are site that provide
information on abortion, euthanasia, gun
control, drug legalization, suicide, immigration,
civil/human rights and gay (or anti-gay)
sites. |
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Family Issues |
This category refers to any site that deals
with issues specific to the family, including
divorce, adoption, parenting, marriage,
domestic violence, child abuse, father's
rights, child custody, incest and fertility.
Also included in this category are sites
that offer counseling to the above examples. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Business |
Specialized Shopping |
This category refers to any site that sells
a specific item(s) or product(s) that can
be purchased using the Internet or telephone
with minimal effort using information on
the site. This rating is sometimes accompanied
by another rating depending on the subject
matter of the items sold. |
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Dining/Restaurant |
Sites that list, review, promote, market
or advertise food service and eating establishments.
Included are catering services, dining guides
and recipes. |
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Real Estate |
Information or services related to buying/selling,
renting or financing property. |
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Automotive |
Sites that offer repair, maintenance, parts,
sale or other services. |
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Internet Services |
Site that offer services to assist in internet
communication. |
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Corporate Marketing |
This category refers to any site that offers
corporate info and product information,
but does not specifically sell their products
online. |
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Finance |
This category refers to any site that provides
investment information, stocks, bonds, mutual
funds, newsletters, tips, and firms that
offers these services (including banks). |
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Job/Employment Search |
This category refers to sites that provide
jobs or employment services. Includes temp
agencies, career resources and resume services.
Corporate sites containing a "Jobs" section
should have the specific jobs area classified
in this category. |
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Professional Services |
This category refers to business related
sites that include technical and professional
services. Normally these businesses sell
a service such as legal or consulting rather
than a product. This excludes professional
sites relating to health (doctors, hospitals,
etc) that should be classified as "Health." |
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Online Auctions |
This category refers to sites that involve
participating in online auctions, where
the site visitor can bid on various items. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Sex |
Adult Themes |
This category refers to sites that are adult
in nature and are not defined in other rating
categories. Sites that have adult themes
are those that are associated with the following
concepts: Adult oriented entertainment not
defined as Porn, sale of penis enlargement
products, erectile dysfunction products,
online pharmacies, and mail order brides.
These sites are usually intended for mature
persons. |
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Social Networking/ Dating |
Sites that offer free or paid services that
promote interaction, dating or other networking
through forums, chat, email or other methods. |
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Lingerie/Bikini |
This category refers to sites displaying
or dedicated to bikini or lingerie that
could be considered for adults only. Sites
about modeling would not be included in
this area. |
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Nudity |
This category refers to sites that provide
images or representations of nudity. They
may be in any artistic or non-artistic form
like magazines, pictures, paintings, sculptures,
etc. This category should be assigned to
those sites that display both partial and
full nudity but the images are not pornographic
in nature. |
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Pornography |
This category covers anything relating to
pornography, including mild depiction, soft
pornography and hard-core pornography. Pornography
pertains to writings, photographs, movies,
etc. intended to arouse sexual excitement.
Also, any site offering memberships that
may provide access to other pornographic
sites will fit into this category. |
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Sexuality |
This category contains sites that provide
information, images or implications of body
piercing, tattoos and any form of body art.
Sites not in this category are those that
contain images or information about sexual
acts as discussed in the Pornography and
Nudity categories. Note: This category
implies adult content in nature; therefore
a rating of 'Adult' and 'Sexuality' is not
necessary.
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Health |
Alcohol/Tobacco |
This category refers to sites that support
the use of alcohol and tobacco products.
They may be commercial sites, such as Philips
Morris and Anheuser Busch, or sites that
support the use of alcohol and tobacco related
products. This category does not refer to
sites that contain educational info about
the hazards of alcohol and tobacco products. |
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Drugs |
This category refers to sites associated
with the use, legalization or advocacy of
illegal drugs and the illegal use of prescription
drugs. Exempt from this category are sites
that attempt to relay educational information
about the dangers of drug use and sites
relating to the products of pharmaceutical
companies (should be classified as "Health"). |
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Health |
This category refers to sites that claim
to improve an individual's well being either
medically, organically or through support. |
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Adult Sex Education |
This category refers to sites that provide
sexual education information to anyone who
has graduated from high school. Topics would
include how to put on a condom, masturbation
and other adult topics such as orgasm and
ejaculation. Topics that are dealt with
in the adult themes category or sexuality
category would not be covered here. |
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K-12 Sex Education |
This category refers to sites that are associated
with sex education of children. This includes
sites that offer information about sex,
AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, human
reproduction, contraceptives, medical research
or any other sexually oriented material
used to educate. Information within these
sites may be minimal in nature as in technical
journals, dictionaries, encyclopedias or
other reference materials. Sites may also
display subtle images or graphics showing
sexual organs. Note: If a site is rated
as 'K-12 Sex Education', it must not have
any other rating.
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Recreation |
Entertainment |
This category refers to sites associated
with passive activities - meaning visitors
are looking for "sit back and entertain
me" sites such as those dealing with theatre,
online comics, anime, amusement parks, clubs,
etc. |
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Gambling |
This category refers to any site that presents
information about gambling for the purpose
of advocating its practice. These sites
can provide instruction on any gaming activity
that involves gambling or provide actual
on-line gambling. Sites that attempt to
educate the public on the dangers and/or
cures for gambling problems do not belong
in this category. |
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Games |
This category refers to any site that is
associated with traditional board games,
role-playing games and pursuits. This includes
sites that promote game makers (Mattel),
electronic games, video games, computer
games or online games. This category includes
both game hardware & software. Also included
are tips, advice and cheat codes on playing
computer/Internet based games and web sites
hosting games and contests. |
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Hobbies/Leisure |
This category refers to any site associated
with the non-competitive active pursuits
or interests outside one's regular occupation
or an activity engaged in for pleasure and
relaxation during spare time. This would
include pet lover sites, sewing, model building/making,
woodcarving, stamp/coin collecting, mountain
biking, hiking, etc. Note that sites dealing
with competitive pursuits should be considered
as sports. |
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Television/Movies |
Sites that promote or provide content relating
to television programming or movies. Note:
Sites that contain streaming media or downloadable
files such as previews or trailers should
include the rating of digital media.
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Music |
Sites that promote music for entertainment
purposes relating to bands, concerts, festivals,
orchestras, symphonies and disc jockeys.
Note: Sites that provide mp3, streaming
or other downloadable media will also be
rated digital media.
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Digital Media |
Digital audio, video and other technologies
that can be accessible to stream, download
or share. |
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Radio Stations |
Sites whose purpose is to provide and/or
promote music, talk or sports radio. These
sites have live streams and/or archived
listening available. |
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Special Interests |
Interest groups/clubs that include environmental,
worker, social, and philanthropic organizations.
These include alumni associations and all
non-profit organizations. |
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Sports |
This category refers to any site that contains
information about sports or sports related
activities. This includes sites that provide
sports scores or games. These sites may
also contain information about sporting
events, camps, teams or outings. Sports
are defined as organized and competitive
athletics. |
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Travel |
This category refers to sites specializing
in travel and travel-related information
or activities. This includes travel destinations,
reservation services, discount travel listings,
leisure travel package listings, and special
events in various cities. Also included
are sightseeing guides, airlines and online
flight booking agencies, accommodations
and rental cars. Additional items such as
chamber of commerce or non-government information
pertaining to a given city or region can
also be assigned this category. |
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Web Log (Blog) |
Journals, diaries or newsletters that can
be updated daily usually involving personal
thoughts/opinions on internet, social or
political issues. Other categories can be
added to further classify. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Internet (web) |
Discussion Forums |
This category refers to sites dedicates
to Usenet, Usenet news, forums, newsgroups,
online bulletin board system. |
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Online Chat |
This category refers to any site that offers
access to, software for or participation
in any Internet chat forum. The notion of
chat should be associated with any online
conversation involving at least two people
that takes place in real time. If a site
offers chat as one of it's services, then
the exact location where chat is taking
place will be rated as 'Chat'. |
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Translators |
This category refers to any site that offers
the service of translating a page, URL,
or phrase into various different languages. |
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Image Host |
Sites that provide image hosting, linking
and/or sharing. This includes videos and
pictures. |
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File Host |
Sites that offer hosting, backup and sharing
of files on the internet. |
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Peer to Peer |
Sites that provide client software to enable
peer-to-peer file sharing and transfer. |
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Email Host |
Sites that provide email accounts, free
or otherwise. |
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Shareware Download |
This category refers to sites that specialize
in the downloading of *legal* software. |
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Web Banners |
This category refers to sites that provide
service links/ banners/ ads for web sites.
This could also include redirect services. |
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Web Host |
This category refers to sites that offer
web hosting services, free or otherwise.
These sites would usually offer domain names
and web spaces to host end-user web pages.
Note: Sites that offer web hosting as one
of their services would get rated as web
host only at the location where actual web
hosting is taken place.
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Web Search |
This category refers to sites that specialize
or offer a Web search engine. Sites containing
links to other search engines or site-specific
search functionality do not qualify for
this rating. |
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Portals |
Sites that offer multiple web based services
to assist a users experience on the internet. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Education |
Continuing Education/Colleges |
This category refers to sites that contain
institutions/colleges offering formal course
studies for adults. College homepages will
fall into this category as well as distance
education, degree programs for part time
students, vocation and adult education. |
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History |
This category refers to sites that offer
a systematic, written and methodical record
of past events. These events are arranged
as to show the connection of causes and
effects, to give an analysis of motive and
action, etc. |
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K-12 |
This category refers to sites dealing with
the education of children. Also included
in this category are sites with the identifier
of "K12" (Kindergarten through 12th grade)
in the URL. Preschools and day care centers
also qualify for this rating. |
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Reference Sites |
This category refers to site specifically
dedicated to providing a research method
on one or more subject matters. |
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Science/Tech |
This category refers to sites that relate
specifically to education in Science and
Technology. Also included in this category
are sites relating to education with emphasis
on computers, astronomy, programming, physics,
etc. |
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Safe Search Engine |
This category refers to any search site
that is specifically targeted toward families
and children. Safe search engines will not
allow the child or family member to search
for pornography. |
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Level-1 Category |
Level-2 Category |
Level-2 Description |
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Security |
Phishing |
Deceptive websites that trick end-users
into revealing personal data such as credit
card numbers, account usernames, passwords,
social security numbers, etc. These websites
pretend to be those of common, well-known
sites such as banks and credit card companies. |
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Spyware/Adware |
Websites that are known to distribute or
contain code that displays unwanted advertisements
or gathers information about the user without
the users knowledge. This information is
oftentimes relayed to advertisers or other
3rd parties. |
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Malware |
Websites that are known to contain harmful
code that may modify a users system without
the users knowledge. |
iPrism OEM SDK:
St. Bernard is pleased to announce that the iPrism
award-winning iGuard database is now available as an
OEM software development kit (SDK) for companies requiring
a fast URL rating engine. With iGuard's proven technology
and St. Bernard's stellar technical support, you can
easily integrate the iPrism iGuard SDK into a variety
of environments:
- Security Gateways
- Hosted Services
- Security Software Solutions and more
iGuard Delivers a Powerful URL Engine
The iPrism iGuard URL database is the engine that powers
our award-winning Web Filter. Its outstanding features
can enhance your security products and save you the
time and costs associated with developing and maintaining
your own URL database:
- iGuard is the only database on the market that
is 100% human-reviewed, giving it the highest degree
of accuracy possible
- Its excellent interoperability allows iGuard
to integrate with virtually any OS. No matter what
architecture you are using, we can support you
- The SDK gives you URL ratings on the fly with
the updated databases delivered daily (hourly for
security categories) from our data centers located
in California and on the East Coast
- The cost of maintaining a URL database is high
and requires special skills. The iGuard database
has been maintained for 10 years and includes over
80 categories. This comprehensive URL database can
be easily integrated into any appliance using the
iPrism OEM SDK.
iARP - Automated Rating Protocol:
The iPrism Web Filter offers you the opportunity
to increase the relevancy of your filtering efforts
by adding unfiltered URLS to your database, automatically.
iPrism's proprietary Automated Rating Protocol (iARP™)
feature takes the 100 unrated URLS most frequently accessed
by your employees and sends them to the iGuard team
where they are analyzed, categorized and returned to
your iPrism Web Filter with your daily or hourly database
updates.
This unique feature provides added protection
for your organization:
- iARP customizes the iGuard database for your
organization by adding the unfiltered URLs employees
use every day
- It allows you to add URLs automatically, eliminating
the need to manually submit URLs you want to include
in your database
- Insures that if a site cannot be rated using
iARP, your administrator can rate it using Filter
Manager
iARP is easy to use:
- Your iPrism automatically submits the top 100
URLS that are currently unrated to the iGuard team.
If you have multiple iPrisms, there will be a top
100 from each one depending on where they located.
- Your iPrism administrator is emailed the list
of URLs as they are sent to iGuard
- After the list has been reviewed and categorized
by iGuard, it is emailed back to the iPrism administrator
so that you always know what sites are being added
- The newly rated URLs are sent to your iPrism
as part of your automatic database update
- If a site cannot be rated by the iGuard team,
a notice is sent and your iPrism administrator can
rate it using Filter Manager
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