6 reasons to use Lumiun Box for internet access control

Controlling internet access is a common practice in companies and is becoming increasingly important and necessary. In general, two main points should be considered when managing internet use in corporate environments: data security and team productivity !

In the vast majority of security incidents or breaches, the entry point for attacks or virus installation is users who fail to identify potential risks and end up clicking on fake email messages or malicious links on the internet.

Regarding team productivity, managers need to avoid wasting time or distracting employees with personal or unrelated work-related online activities. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in companies. Research indicates that employees spend only 43% of their work week on the tasks they were hired to perform.

With this in mind, we've decided to highlight 6 reasons to use Lumiun Box for internet access control in your company, in order to protect and improve your team's focus.

1. Increased employee productivity

The internet is the main culprit against focus and productivity in the office. The waste of time is so great that, according to research , office workers are interrupted an average of 14 times a day by the internet. Worse still, after an interruption, it can take the employee more than 20 minutes to return to the original task.

Without any type of control or internet access policy, it is normal for employees to spend some of their time accessing personal email, social media profiles, YouTube videos, WhatsApp messages, or researching topics of interest.

Therefore, controlling internet access in companies is a fundamental policy in team management, as it reduces wasted time and increases employee focus. Consequently, their tasks are performed with greater concentration, maintaining the quality of the work developed.

With Lumiun Box , it's very easy to block websites and categories that are not part of the company's work scope or a specific department. First, you organize the network equipment into groups that can be identified by department name (commercial, financial, management) or simply by objectives (blocked, moderated, VIP).

With the equipment distributed into their respective groups, it's time to apply website and category blocking and unblocking. Lumiun Box offers 34 categories so you can create the best rule according to your needs.

How about blocking the categories that are the biggest time wasters at work?

• Social media
• Games and betting
• Shopping 
• Communication via the internet 
• Pornography and nudity

There is also the possibility of allowing access to specific categories and websites by time slots. Find the best time for a break and configure access to social media and shopping websites, for example.

2. Protection against internet threats

High-speed internet, always-connected equipment, online and interconnected systems, cloud services and data storage – all of this has contributed to enabling companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to significantly increase their competitiveness in the market. However, along with all this technology and available services, there are security risks that the internet "offers," requiring companies to take steps to improve their internet security and protect their business and customer information.

The search for tools and solutions for internet security increases as new cyberattacks are reported. And Lumiun Box can be a quick and low-cost alternative to implement.

Lumiun Box control panel , you can create a security layer on your network with just a few clicks. The main objective is to restrict access to potentially unsafe websites that could somehow threaten the security of your information. The Security menu in the Lumiun Box includes Reputation Level and Harmful Sites . We will explain each of these in more detail below.

In Lumiun Box, each website has a reputation level ranging from 0 to 100. This level is based on several security parameters and indicates whether the website poses any threat to users. The higher the level, the safer the website.

Now, let's imagine that a collaborator tried to access a specific website, and this website has no blocking restrictions. In other words, according to the rules, it would be free to access. However, by configuring the reputation level as low, medium, high, or very high Lumiun Box will check if the website has the minimum reputation to allow access. This way, many websites that could harm devices on your network are blocked, preventing damage such as data theft or infected equipment.

In addition to blocking by reputation level, it is also possible to add more security by blocking categories of harmful websites. These include: Access anonymizers, Hacking, Keyloggers, Malware, Spyware, Phishing, and fraud.

These categories are updated daily by Lumiun's systems, which search open sources and paid services for new websites that fit the categories listed above. Therefore, if your company has Lumiun Box with the harmful website categories blocked, it will be protected against any new suspicious sites that arise on the internet worldwide.

Finally, regarding security, the Lumiun Box also offers a Firewall . With the Lumiun Box , you can create an additional layer of security on your company's network, simply and easily.

A firewall acts as an additional layer of protection against attacks and increases the security of the company's network, equipment, systems, and information. Typically, a firewall is one of the main defenses at the perimeter of a private network, being an essential component in protecting against unwanted traffic and intrusion attempts.

To simplify configuration, the Lumiun Box has Predefined Configurations , which are sets of basic rules to start deploying the firewall. It also includes rule templates, which facilitate the creation of new rules for blocking or allowing packets based on characteristics such as protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP), ports (individual, lists, or port ranges), and source and destination IP addresses of the traffic, including host addresses, networks, and address ranges.

3. Controlling team access while working from home.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the vast majority of companies have been forced to adapt to employees working remotely from their homes. This has required the implementation of various online tools to help manage the entire team. 

Software for task management, communication, video conferencing, and remote access were the most sought after. However, a year after the start of the pandemic, many managers are finding it difficult to keep their teams productive without the same internet control they had in the local office.

Lumiun Box 's Business VPN is a great solution, specifically for small and medium-sized businesses that want to offer employees secure remote access and, if necessary, monitor internet access, improving employee focus and security.

A major advantage of Lumiun Box 's Business VPN compared to other corporate VPN solutions is that it applies the same internet access protection and monitoring rules to employees working remotely as exist on the company's internal network. This maintains the organization's existing internet usage policy, aiming to improve information security and employee productivity.

4. In accordance with 2 principles of the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law).

Many visitors and customers of Lumiun ask: How Lumiun Box help our company comply with the LGPD ?

As we know, companies that collect personal data from customers and employees need to adopt certain practices in accordance with the 10 principles that guide the law in question. Unfortunately, there is no "Swiss Army knife" tool or software that will solve everything quickly. To comply with this law, in addition to tools, the implementation of other processes will be necessary.

However, with Lumiun Box implemented as a solution to protect devices (computers, cell phones, servers) connected to the internet against cyberattacks, your company complies with two principles: security and prevention .

See more details in the article: In compliance with the Security and Prevention principles of the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law) .

5. Speed ​​control and faster internet

With the growth of fiber optic broadband and high competition among providers, speed and bandwidth consumption are no longer recurring problems for businesses.

However, some large providers have started implementing a data cap system to limit the bandwidth consumed per month. If you don't pay attention to the "fine print" of the contract, you may end up "running out" of internet for certain days of the month or get a shock when you see the monthly bill due to excess usage.

We understand the impact that an internet connection has on performance in the workplace. This is especially true when your company invests in a quality connection but fails to benefit from it; instead, network malfunctions become a problem and limit the team's ability to perform their tasks.

With Lumiun Box , you can easily and quickly monitor the bandwidth consumption of each device and apply rules to limit speed or block the websites that consume the most data.

Often, excessive traffic on some devices may be caused by a virus that, covertly and without the user's knowledge, continuously makes communication requests on the internet, potentially consuming all available traffic. Monitoring also allows for the identification of infected machines, enabling the problem to be isolated and resolved.

6. Real-time monitoring and reporting

Last but not least, is the monitoring of reports to confirm the productivity and security blocking actions that we indicated in the previous reasons.

Lumiun Box reporting module helps save time and find information that can be very useful for network security and employee productivity.

Millions of data points pass through Lumiun Boxevery day. With this in mind, we created a reporting tool to transform that data into valuable information that can help managers and those responsible for the company's network make informed decisions. In addition to all these advantages, this new feature is available for all plans: Professional, Corporate, and Enterprise.

Lumiun Box reports are based on 3 main sources: DNS, Firewall, and Speed. This way, you'll find ready-made reports on the dashboard that provide real-time information on all websites accessed (DNS), access logs for ports and protocols (Firewall), and internet usage (Speed).

In addition to pre-made reports, we offer a tool called "Report Builder". With this tool you can:

• Create a customized report based on the desired information.
• Schedule the period for generating the report: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
• Set the email address to receive notifications when the report is completed.

And to make things even easier, we've created a gallery of customized reports that generate useful information for managers' decision-making.

Are you motivated now?

It's not widely known, but I heard that the Lumiun team is offering 15 days of free , no-obligation trials for small and medium-sized businesses. This way, you can comfortably try out the solution without the need for a risky initial investment.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments or contact us via email at alex@lumiun.com .