Telarus to offer Zscaler's cloud based web security

Stuart Corner
Friday, 30 April 2010 10:43

Business IT - Security

Telecoms services provider, Telarus has launched a hosted service providing web traffic filtering, based on Zscaler's technology.

The service, Telarus Hosted Proxy, is integrated into Telarus' private cloud computing platform and managed by the customer through a web browser. According to Telarus, it enables SMEs to define and apply Internet policies for staff, monitor usage at the business, department or user level, and protect against web-borne viruses and other malicious content.

"The service enables businesses to secure their remote offices without the need for on-site hardware, and view the web activity for all of their sites through a single portal," Telarus says. "Businesses can also apply corporate Internet policy for all of their employees, regardless of whether they are accessing the Internet from their head office, a coffee shop or overseas."

It adds: "The service seamlessly integrates into Telarus' Trans-Tasman MPLS network in order to provide consistently high performance with no noticeable increase in latency. As it is part of the Telarus private cloud computing platform, businesses are not required to purchase any hardware or software, taking pressure off Capex budgets.

Telarus Hosted Proxy can be configured to allow users to browse sites such as Facebook, whilst disabling their ability to post content including comments and photos, except during designated hours such as lunchtime.

By applying appropriate policies through the web interface, Telarus Hosted Proxy will block, throttle or allow access to the web as required. As the web content is returned to the browser, Telarus Hosted Proxy scans the page content for a range of malware threats before delivering clean traffic to the end user.

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