Industry: Manufacturing
Location: United States
Products Used: Web Filter
Kozy Shack Gets Comfortable With Web Protection
Websense® Web Filter was the only product that offered filtering, flexible reporting and tight firewall integration, while meeting all our technical requirements.
Richard Lehan, Director of Information Technology, Kozy Shack Puddings
Kozy Shack Enterprises is a family-owned manufacturer based in Hicksville, New York. The company began as a small delicatessen in the New York City suburbs more than 35 years ago. Today, Kozy Shack employs around 350 people and its products are available throughout North America, the Caribbean and Europe, in retail stores such as Wal-Mart, Publix, Albertsons, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, and Costco.
The Problem
Having grown out of the original Brooklyn deli into a more corporate setting, Kozy Shack approached Websense® seeking products for network security and increased productivity. With employees needing to use the Internet for business purposes, Kozy Shack was exposed to the risk of Web-based threats such as malware or spyware. Additionally, employee Web surfing for personal use during work time was decreasing productivity and causing bandwidth constraints.
The Solution
Kozy Shack found the solution it needed with Websense® Web Filter software. Websense Web Filter reduces the risk of security threats from spyware, malicious mobile code, phishing and other Web-based frauds. Kozy Shack also selected an optional security filtering component that adds a powerful layer of security to the network by preventing employees from inadvertently accessing websites that are infected with malicious mobile code or that are distributing spyware. Should spyware find its way to the corporate desktop, the Websense security filter stops the transmission of sensitive corporate information to external spyware host servers.
Websense Web Filter helps Kozy Shack improve employee productivity and network bandwidth. Pop-up ads are blocked and employee time spent on nonbusiness related websites is managed with quota time limits. Websense Web Filter has enabled Kozy Shack to institute highly adaptable Internet usage policies for its employees, while also protecting its network and its essential information from Internet security threats.
The Results
Websense Web Filter enables management at Kozy Shack to identify computers that have been infected with malware and block access to unauthorized applications, websites, and Web browsing proxy servers.
The software helps Kozy Shack manage Internet usage for 200 Kozy Shack associates, blocking access to adult, gambling, and most non-business streaming media sites that consume bandwidth.
“We’ve seen great success in terms of security improvements after implementing Websense Web Filter. Now we are able to indentify spyware infected computers on our network and block unauthorized Web-based services,” said Richard Lehan, director of information technology at Kozy Shack. “After the install, our bandwidth demands rapidly decreased and our associate productivity significantly increased. Websense was the only product that offered Web filtering, flexible reporting and tight firewall integration, while meeting all our technical requirements.”
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