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CyberPatrol uses a combination of advanced filtering technologies to provide the most effective and powerful Internet filtering available. After installation, the following product components function based on the default filter setting for the environment and user type you chose at installation:
Site Categorization List
A list of websites that have been carefully researched by our team of professional researchers and categorized according to type. The list is automatically updated on a weekly basis, representing thousands of new sites each week, making it current, accurate and relevant. You can tell that a site is blocked because it is in the list, and the on-screen blocking message will read 'The website is inappropriate'. Due to the size and performance constraints on client workstations, it is not possible to rely solely upon a CyberLIST for Internet filtering. That is why we have developed leading edge dynamic technologies to ensure even the newest of websites are captured by CyberPatrol. These include:
Modular Categorization Engines
SiteCAT analyzes Web sites on a number of levels using individually activated modular engines that include; Regular Expression Engine, Script Engine (dynamically loads C# script files), Keyword Engine, and Link Analysis Engine. Each is capable of reaching decisions using embedded scoring algorithms. SiteCAT uses its own Core Result Engine to categorize sites using all the gathered information. Using modular engines makes it easy for CyberPatrol to develop and add new modules as Internet threats change.
Continual Scanning
SiteCAT continually scans the Internet and categorizes web sites at the rate of over one million sites per day. The SiteCAT database currently contains over 22 million domains representing approximately 220 million individual URLs. As new domains are found through links in existing known sites they are automatically added to the database and scheduled to be crawled. We continually scan the Internet categorizing web sites assuring you the most complete and up to date protection available.
Research Review
SiteCAT’s Site Review Tool (SRT) is used by company and partner researchers to review sites and classify them when automated means cannot determine the classification. The Site Review Tool is a self contained web browser and voting tool. Users load a site list from the SiteCAT Master Database and review each site one at time voting on their categories. They can automatically review the source, reference links, and any included information found by SiteCAT. This human reviewed information is immediately incorporated into the machine analysis to improve our classification of web sites.
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