SurfControl Plc., was a British software company based in Cheshire, England. The company provided website filtering, e-mail filtering and desktop security software for both enterprise and home users.
Founders Steve Purdham and Rob Barrow, Patricia Sueltz, Chief Executive Officer Greg Lock Non-Executive Chairman Syed Imran, Non-Executive Director Simon Wilson, Chief Financial Officer George Hayter, Senior Non-Executive Director Jane Tozer, Non-Executive Director Rene Schuster, Non-Executive Director
SurfControl was acquired by Websense on 3 October 2007. The purchase price was approximately £204 million ($416 million), including deferred compensation and stock option expense. Websense plans to continue the SurfControl business until at least 2011.[1] On 2 April 2008, Websense sold CyberPatrol, the SurfControl parental control software product, to newly formed Internet safety software company CyberPatrol, LLC.[2] According to Websense's quarterly report, they received $1.4 million in cash from the sale of CyberPatrol assets.[3]
The current product range is called the Enterprise Protection Suite, and includes products for website and e-mail filtering and user security.
The key feature of the SurfControl filtering software is the ability to categorize websites and then allow or restrict users access by selecting categories.
Examples of the categories are:
Adult/Sexually Explicit
Advertisements & Popups
Personals & Dating
Proxies & Translators
Intolerance & Hate
SurfControl also license their URL database and categorization engine to other companies such as Check Point for use in their products and appliances.
Referencesedit
^Press release 3 October 2007 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^"Websense, Inc. - Quarterly Report". Investor.websense.com. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^John Leyden (23 July 2006). "SurfControl Snaps Up Blackspider". The Register. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
External linksedit
SurfControl's Official Website
January 01, 1970
surfcontrol, british, software, company, based, cheshire, england, company, provided, website, filtering, mail, filtering, desktop, security, software, both, enterprise, home, users, formerly, software, technologies, company, typesubsidiaryindustryinternet, fi. SurfControl Plc was a British software company based in Cheshire England The company provided website filtering e mail filtering and desktop security software for both enterprise and home users SurfControl Plc formerly JSB Software Technologies PLC Company typeSubsidiaryIndustryInternet filteringDesktop securityFounded1997HeadquartersCongleton Cheshire EnglandKey peopleFounders Steve Purdham and Rob Barrow Patricia Sueltz Chief Executive OfficerGreg Lock Non Executive ChairmanSyed Imran Non Executive DirectorSimon Wilson Chief Financial OfficerGeorge Hayter Senior Non Executive DirectorJane Tozer Non Executive DirectorRene Schuster Non Executive DirectorProductsWeb filter Email Filter Enterprise Threat Shield On demand Web SurfControl was acquired by Websense on 3 October 2007 The purchase price was approximately 204 million 416 million including deferred compensation and stock option expense Websense plans to continue the SurfControl business until at least 2011 1 On 2 April 2008 Websense sold CyberPatrol the SurfControl parental control software product to newly formed Internet safety software company CyberPatrol LLC 2 According to Websense s quarterly report they received 1 4 million in cash from the sale of CyberPatrol assets 3 Prior to being acquired by Websense SurfControl acquired a British cloud computing company called BlackSpider Technologies Limited in July 2006 for 19 5m in cash 4 Product range editThe current product range is called the Enterprise Protection Suite and includes products for website and e mail filtering and user security The key feature of the SurfControl filtering software is the ability to categorize websites and then allow or restrict users access by selecting categories Examples of the categories are Adult Sexually Explicit Advertisements amp Popups Personals amp Dating Proxies amp Translators Intolerance amp Hate SurfControl also license their URL database and categorization engine to other companies such as Check Point for use in their products and appliances References edit Press release 3 October 2007 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Press release 2 April 2008 Websense Inc Quarterly Report Investor websense com 8 August 2008 Retrieved 11 July 2013 John Leyden 23 July 2006 SurfControl Snaps Up Blackspider The Register Retrieved 22 August 2010 External links editSurfControl s Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SurfControl amp oldid 1084246168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
