Clearswift Websecurity 2.0

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Anyone who spends any time online cannot have failed to notice. People are using the Web in new ways; ways that make the brochure-ware of the early Web experience look and feel decidedly flat.

Nearly all Web 2.0 applications started life as consumer-focused services, only later finding their way into the enterprise.
But unlike many consumer 'toys', Web 2.0 actually delivers impressive benefits to the enterprise, including:

Streamline collaboration within and beyond the enterprise
Accelerating search and information retrieval
Capturing knowledge assets and facilitating knowledge transfer
Speeding application development and deployment
Communicating with stakeholders in new ways

Some of these benefits are 'soft'. Others are quantifiable. But all combined to earn the attention of line-of-business managers and IT strategists' alike, examples include the ability to:

Stop virus and malware infections from Web downloads including web-based email and Web 2.0 services
Block surfing of illegal, inappropriate or dangerous websites
Prevent confidential data leaks through Web mail, Web file transfers and Web 2.0 services
Block illegal and unauthorized downloads
Reduce productivity loss due to non-work-related Web browsing
Protect your brands and corporate reputation
Prevent regulatory breaches and litigation

Securing Web 2.0: Are your web applications vulnerable?
The definition of Web 2.0 is still being debated despite extensive discussion, most agree on the vulnerability of Web 2.0 application to hackers and their predecessors.