Internet access control is a common practice in companies and increasingly important and necessary. In a general context, two main points should be observed in the management of internet use in corporate environments: data security and team productivity !
In the vast majority of incidents or safety failures, the gateway to attacks or virus installation are users who cannot identify possible risks and end up clicking fake email messages or malicious internet links.
Regarding team productivity, managers need to avoid waste of time or lack of focus of employees with activities on the Internet that are personal or not related to the work. Unfortunately this is a common practice in companies. A survey points out that employees spend only 43% of the time of work week on duties they were hired to do.
In view of this, we decided to bring 6 reasons to use Lumiun Box in your company's internet access control to protect and improve the focus of the team.
1. Increased productivity of employees
The internet is the main villain against the focus and productivity in the office. The waste of time is so much that according to a survey , office officials are interrupted on average 14 times a day on the internet. Worse is that after an interruption, the employee may take more than 20 minutes to return to the original task.
Without any control or internet access policy, it is normal for employees to use a part of the time by accessing personal email, social networking profiles, YouTube videos, WhatsApp messages, or researching issues of interest.
Therefore, control of internet access to companies is a fundamental policy in team management as it reduces the waste of time and increases the focus of the employee. Consequently, their tasks are performed with greater concentration, maintaining the quality of work developed.
With Lumiun Box , it is very easy to block websites and categories that are not part of the company's scope of work or any specific sector. First, you organize network equipment in groups that can be identified by the names of the sectors (commercial, financial, board) or simply by goals (blocked, moderate, VIP).
With equipment distributed in their respective groups, it is time to apply blockages and release from websites and categories. Lumiun Lumiun Box offers 34 categories so you can create the best rule according to your needs.
How about blocking the categories that are champions of waste time at work?
- Social media
- Games and bets
- Shopping
- Internet communication
- Pornography and Nudity
There is also the possibility of release categories and websites by schedules. Find the best period for a break and configure the release of social networks and shopping sites, for example.
2. Protection against internet threats
High -speed internet, always connected equipment, online and interconnected systems, cloud data and data storage, all this has been contributing to companies, especially small and medium, can significantly increase their competitiveness in the market. However, along with all this technology and services available, there are the safety risks that the Internet “offers”, which requires companies to take action to improve the company's internet security and protect information from your business and customers.
The search for tools and solutions for internet safety increases as new cyber attacks are reported. And Lumiun Box can be a quick alternative to deploy and also at low cost.
Lumiun Box control panel , you can create a safety layer on your network with few clicks. The main objective is to restrict access to potentially insecure websites that can somehow threaten information security. Lumiun Box panel security menu we have the level of reputation and harmful websites . Next we will better understand each one.
In Lumiun Box, each site has a reputation level ranging from 0 to 100. This level is based on various security parameters and indicates if the site has any threat to users. The higher the level, the safer the site.
Now, let's imagine that an employee tried to access a particular site, and this one has no block restriction. That is, according to the rules he would be free to be accessed. However, when configuring the reputation level as low, medium, high or too high the Lumiun Box will check if the site has the minimum reputation to allow access. As a result, many sites that could damage your network devices are blocked, avoiding damage such as infected information or equipment.
In addition to blocking by reputation level, you can also add more security by blocking the categories of harmful websites. They are: access, hacking, keyloggers, malware, spyware, phishing and fraud.
These categories are fed daily by Lumiun systems that seek open sources and services paid by new sites that fit the categories listed above. Thus, if your company has Lumiun Box with halted harmful websites, it will be protected against any new suspicion that appears on the internet around the world.
And to finish the security reason, Lumiun Box firewall functionality . Lumiun Box Firewall you can create an additional safety layer on your business network simply and practically.
Firewall acts as an additional layer of attack protection and increases the safety of the network, equipment, systems and information of the company. Normally firewall is one of the main defenses in the perimeter of a private network, being an essential component in protecting unwanted traffic and invasion attempts.
To facilitate configuration, the Lumiun Box has predefined settings , which are basic rules sets to start the firewall deployment. There are also rules models, which facilitate the creation of new blocking or release rules based on characteristics such as protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP), ports (individuals, lists or ports) and IP addresses and destination of traffic, including host addresses, networks and addresses.
3. Control of team access from home office
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the vast majority of companies have been forced to adapt with employees working remotely in their homes. For this, it was necessary to include various online tools to help management of the entire team.
Software for task control, communication, video conferencing and remote access were the most sought after. However, a year after the beginning of the pandemic, many managers have the difficulty of maintaining their productive team without the same internet control in the local office.
Lumiun Box 's business VPN is a great solution, specifically for small and medium -sized companies that want to offer employees remote, safe and, if necessary, monitor access on the Internet, improving the focus and safety of the employee.
A great advantage of Lumiun Box business VPN regarding other corporate VPN solutions is that it applies to employees who are working remotely, the same rules for protection and monitoring of internet access that exist in the company's internal network. This remains in force the existing internet use policy in the organization, aiming to improve information security and employee productivity.
4. In accordance with 2 LGPD principles
Many Lumun visitors and customers ask: How Lumiun Box LGPD law ?
As we know, companies that collect personal data from customers and employees need to adopt some conduct in accordance with the 10 principles that guide the law in question. Unfortunately, there is no “Swiss knife” tools or software that will solve everything quickly. To comply with this law, in addition to tools, it will be necessary to implement other processes.
However, with Lumiun Box implemented as a solution to protect devices (computers, cell phones, servers) connected to the Internet against cyber attacks, your company is in accordance with two principles: safety and prevention .
See more details in the article: In accordance with LGPD security and prevention principles .
5. Faster Speed and Internet Control
With the growth of broadband via fiber optic and high competition from providers, the speed and bandwidth are no longer recurring problems for companies.
However, some great providers have begun to implement a franchise system to limit the band consumed per month. If you do not pay attention to the "girl letters" of the contract, you may end up "missing" internet for the days of the month or get a scare in the fee with excess spending.
We know the impact that an internet connection has the performance of workplace activities. Especially when your company invests in a quality connection and cannot enjoy these benefits, on the contrary, the network operation becomes a problem and limits the execution of activities by the team.
With Lumiun Box , simply and quickly, you can monitor the bandwidth of each device and apply rules to limit speed or block the most consuming sites.
Often, excessive traffic on some equipment may be generated by some type of viruses, which hidden and without the user, continually makes communication requests on the Internet, which may even consume all traffic. When monitoring, it is also possible to identify infected machines so that the problem is isolated and solved.
6. Real -time monitoring and reports
Last but not least, it is the monitoring of reports to confirm the actions of productivity and safety blocks that we indicate in the previous reasons.
Lumiun Box report module helps save time and find information that can be very useful for network security and employee productivity.
Every day millions of data pass through Lumiun Box. With that in mind, we have created the reporting tool to turn data into valuable information that can help managers and the company's network responsible for decision making. In addition to all the advantages, this novelty 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 will find ready -made reports that inform in real time all accessed sites (DNS), doors and protocol access logs (firewall) and internet consumption (speed).
In addition to the ready reports, we provide a tool called “Reporting Builder”. With this tool it is possible:
- Create a custom report according to the desired information.
- Schedule the period to generate the report: daily, weekly or monthly.
- Set the email to receive the reporting of the completed report.
And to make it easier, we created a custom report gallery that generates useful information for managers' decision making.
Was it motivated?
It doesn't spread much, but I heard that the Lumun team is releasing 15 days of free , without commitment, for small and medium -sized companies. In this way, it is comfortable to try the solution without the need for a risky initial investment.
Any questions you can leave in the comments or contact us via email alex@lumiun.com .
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