Controlling internet access is a common practice in companies and is becoming increasingly important and necessary. In general, two key aspects 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 gateway 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 causing employees to lose focus on personal or unrelated online activities. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in companies. Research shows that employees spend only 43% of their workweek on tasks they were hired to perform.
With this in mind, we've decided to bring you 6 reasons to use Lumiun Box to control your company's internet access, in order to protect and improve your team's focus.
1. Increased employee productivity
The internet is the main culprit in reducing focus and productivity in the office. Time is so wasted that, according to one study , office workers are interrupted an average of 14 times a day online. Worse still, after an interruption, it can take employees more than 20 minutes to return to their 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 for 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 performed.
With Lumiun Box , it's easy to block websites and categories that aren't part of your company's or a specific department's scope of work. First, you organize network devices into groups that can be identified by department name (commercial, finance, management) or simply by purpose (blocked, moderated, VIP).
With the devices assigned to their respective groups, it's time to apply website and category blocking and enabling. Lumiun Box offers 34 categories so you can create the best rule for your needs.
How about blocking the categories that are the biggest time-wasters at work?
- Social media
- Games and bets
- Shopping
- Internet communication
- Pornography and nudity
You can also allow categories and websites to be accessed by time slots. Find the best time for a break and configure the access period for social media and shopping sites, for example.
2. Protection against internet threats
High-speed internet, always-on devices, online and interconnected systems, cloud services and data storage—all of this has helped companies, especially small and medium-sized ones, significantly increase their competitiveness in the market. However, along with all this technology and available services, there are security risks that the internet "offers," which require companies to take steps to improve their internet security and protect their business and customer information.
The demand for internet security tools and solutions increases as new cyberattacks are reported. Lumiun Box can be a quick and low-cost alternative to deploy.
Lumiun Box control panel , you can create a layer of security for your network with just a few clicks. The main objective is to restrict access to potentially unsafe websites that could somehow threaten information security. The Security menu of the Lumiun Box includes Reputation Level and Harmful Sites . Let's take a closer look at each of these 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 an employee trying to access a specific website, and it has no blocking restrictions. In other words, according to the rules, it would be free to access. However, by setting the reputation level to low, medium, high, or very high, Lumiun Box will check whether the website has the minimum reputation to allow access. This blocks many websites that could harm devices on your network, preventing damage such as data theft or infected devices.
In addition to blocking based on reputation level, you can also add additional security by blocking harmful website categories. These include: Access anonymizers, hacking, keyloggers, malware, spyware, phishing, and scams.
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 emerge on the internet worldwide.
And to top it off, Lumiun Box firewall feature . With the Lumiun Box , you can create an additional layer of security for your company's network, simply and conveniently.
The firewall acts as an additional layer of protection against attacks and increases the security of the company's network, equipment, systems, and information. Typically, the 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 facilitate configuration, the Lumiun Box has Predefined Configurations , which are sets of basic rules to start the firewall's deployment. It also includes rule templates, which make it easier to create new packet blocking or allowing rules based on characteristics such as protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP), ports (individual, lists, or port ranges), and source and destination IP addresses, including host addresses, networks, and address ranges.
3. Controlling access for home office staff
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the vast majority of companies have been forced to adapt to having employees work remotely from home. This required the inclusion of several online tools to help manage the entire team.
Software for task management, communication, videoconferencing, and remote access were the most sought-after. However, a year after the pandemic began, many managers are struggling 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 over other corporate VPN solutions is that it applies the same internet access protection and monitoring rules to employees working remotely as those on the company's internal network. This maintains the organization's existing internet usage policy, improving information security and employee productivity.
4. In compliance with 2 principles of the LGPD
Many Lumiun visitors and customers ask: How Lumiun Box help our company comply with the LGPD ?
As we know, companies that collect personal data from customers and employees must adopt certain practices in accordance with the 10 principles that guide the law in question. Unfortunately, there's no "Swiss Army knife" tool or software that will solve everything quickly. Compliance with this law requires implementing other processes in addition to tools.
However, with Lumiun Box implemented as a solution to protect devices (computers, cell phones, servers) connected to the internet against cyberattacks, your company is compliant with two principles: security and prevention .
See more details in the article: In compliance with the LGPD Security and Prevention principles .
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 companies.
However, some major providers have started implementing a data cap system to limit bandwidth consumption per month. If you don't pay attention to the fine print in your contract, you may end up with a "lack of internet" for certain days of the month or a surprise when you see a monthly fee increase due to excess charges.
We know the impact an internet connection has on workplace performance. Especially when your company invests in a quality connection and fails to reap the benefits. Instead, network performance becomes a problem and limits your team's ability to perform their tasks.
With Lumiun Box , you can quickly and easily monitor the bandwidth consumption of each device and apply rules to limit speed or block the websites that consume the most.
Excessive traffic on some devices can often be generated by some type of virus, which, hidden and unnoticed, continuously makes internet communication requests, potentially consuming all the traffic. Monitoring can also identify infected machines, allowing the problem to be isolated and resolved.
6. Real-time monitoring and reporting
Last but not least, monitoring reports to confirm the productivity and security blocking actions we outlined in the previous reasons.
Lumiun Box 's reporting module helps you 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 this reporting tool to transform this data into valuable insights that can help managers and network managers make decisions. In addition to all the benefits, this new feature is available for all plans: Professional, Corporate, and Enterprise.
Lumiun Box reports are based on three main sources: DNS, Firewall, and Speed. This means you'll find ready-made reports on the dashboard that provide real-time information on all websites accessed (DNS), port and protocol access logs (Firewall), and internet usage (Speed).
In addition to pre-built reports, we offer a tool called "Report Builder." This tool allows you to:
- Create a custom report based on the information you want.
- Schedule the period to generate the report: Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
- Set the email to receive notification of the completed report.
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?
I haven't shared it much, but I heard that the Lumiun team is offering a 15-day free trial , no obligation, for small and medium-sized businesses. This way, you can easily try out the solution without the need for a risky initial investment.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments or contact us via email at alex@lumiun.com .
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