Controlling internet access is a common practice in companies and is increasingly important and necessary. In a general context, two main points must be observed when managing internet use in corporate environments: data security and team productivity !
In the vast majority of incidents or security breaches, the gateway to attacks or virus installation are users who are unable to identify possible 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 lack of focus on the part of employees with activities on the internet that are personal or unrelated to work. Unfortunately, this is a common practice in companies. Research shows that employees spend only 43% of their working week on the jobs they were hired to do.
With this in mind, we decided to bring you 6 reasons to use Lumiun Box to control your company's internet access, in order to protect and improve the team's focus.
1. Increased employee productivity
The internet is the main villain against focus and productivity in the office. The waste of time is so much that according to research , office workers are interrupted on average 14 times a day on the internet. What's worse is that after an interruption, it can take the employee more than 20 minutes to return to their original task.
Without any type of internet access control or policy, it is normal for employees to spend part of their time accessing their personal email, social media profiles, YouTube videos, WhatsApp messages or researching topics of interest to them.
Therefore, controlling internet access in companies is a fundamental policy in team management, as it reduces wasted time and increases employee focus. Consequently, your tasks start to be performed with greater concentration, maintaining the quality of the work carried out.
With Lumiun Box , it is very easy to block websites and categories that are not part of the company's scope of work or a specific sector. First, you organize network equipment into groups that can be identified by the name of the sectors (commercial, financial, management) or simply by objectives (blocked, moderated, VIP).
With the equipment distributed in their respective groups, it is time to apply the blocking and releasing of sites 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 wasted time at work?
- Social media
- Games and bets
- Shopping
- Internet communication
- Pornography and nudity
There is also the possibility of releasing categories and sites by time slots. 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 services and data storage, all of this has helped companies, especially small and medium-sized ones, to significantly increase their competitiveness in the market. However, along with all this technology and services available, there are security risks that the internet “offers”, which requires companies to take steps to improve the company's internet security and protect the information of their business and customers.
The search for internet security tools and solutions increases as new cyber attacks are reported. And the Lumiun Box can be a quick alternative to implement and also at a low cost.
Lumiun Box control panel , you can create a layer of security on your network with a few clicks. The main objective is to restrict access to potentially insecure websites that may in some way threaten the security of information. Lumiun Box panel we have the Reputation Level and Harmful Sites . Below we will understand each one better.
On Lumiun Box , each website has a reputation level that ranges 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 site.
Now, let's imagine that an employee tried to access a certain website, and it has no blocking restrictions. In other words, according to the rules it would be free to be accessed. However, when configuring the reputation level as low, medium, high or very high, Lumiun Box will check whether the site has the minimum reputation to allow access. As a result, many websites that could harm devices on your network are blocked, preventing damage such as information hijacking or infected equipment.
In addition to blocking by reputation level, it is also possible to add more security by blocking harmful website categories. They are: Access anonymizers, Hacking, Keyloggers, Malware, Spyware, Phishing and fraud.
These categories are fed daily by Lumiun's systems that search open sources and paid services for new sites that fit into the categories listed above. This way, if your company has Lumiun Box with harmful website categories blocked, it will be protected against any new suspicions that arise on the internet around the world.
And to conclude the security reason, Lumiun Box Firewall functionality . With the Lumiun Box you can create an additional layer of security on your company's network, in a simple and practical way.
The firewall works 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 Settings , which are sets of basic rules to start firewall deployment. It also contains rule templates, which facilitate the creation of new rules for blocking or releasing packets based on characteristics such as protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP), ports (individuals, lists or ranges of ports) and source and IP addresses. traffic destination, including host addresses, networks, and address ranges.
3. Control of team access in the home office
Since the start of the pandemic, the vast majority of companies have been forced to adapt with employees working remotely from their homes. To achieve this, it was necessary to include several online tools to help manage the entire team.
Software for task control, 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 team productive, without the same internet control that they had 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, secure access and, if necessary, monitor internet access, improving employee focus and security.
A great advantage of Lumiun Box 's Business VPN over other Corporate VPN solutions is that it applies the same rules for protecting and monitoring internet access to employees who are working remotely that exist on the company's internal network. As a result, the organization's existing internet usage policy remains in force, with the aim of improving information security and employee productivity.
4. In compliance with 2 LGPD principles
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 need to adopt certain behaviors 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, 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 complies 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 broadband via fiber optics and high competition from providers, speed and bandwidth consumption are no longer recurring problems for companies.
However, some large providers have started to implement a franchise system to limit the bandwidth consumed per month. If you don't pay attention to the “fine print” of the contract, you could end up “missing” internet for the days of the month or be shocked with the monthly fee due to excess expenses.
We know the impact that an internet connection has on the performance of activities in the workplace. Especially when your company invests in a quality connection and is unable to enjoy these benefits, on the contrary, the functioning of the network becomes a problem and limits the execution of activities by the team.
With Lumiun Box , you can simply and quickly monitor the bandwidth consumption of each device and apply rules to limit speed or block the websites that consume the most.
Often, excessive traffic on some equipment may be generated by some type of virus, which, hiddenly and without the user realizing it, continually makes communication requests on the internet, which can even consume all the traffic. By monitoring, it is also possible to identify infected machines, so that the problem can be isolated and resolved.
6. Real-time monitoring and reporting
Last but not least, is monitoring the reports to confirm the productivity and security blocking actions that we indicated 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 pieces of data pass through Lumiun Box every day. With this in mind, we created the reporting tool to transform data into valuable information, which can help managers and those responsible for the company's network in decision-making. In addition to all the 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 will find ready-made reports on the panel that provide real-time information on all websites accessed (DNS), port and protocol access logs (Firewall) and internet consumption (Speed).
In addition to ready-made reports, we provide a tool called “Report Builder”. With this tool you can:
- Create a personalized report according to the desired information.
- Schedule the period to generate the report: Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
- Set the email to receive notification of the finished report.
And, to make things even easier, we created a gallery of personalized reports that generate useful information for managers’ decision-making.
Were you motivated?
It's not widespread, but I heard that the Lumiun team is offering 15 days of free , no-obligation trials for small and medium-sized companies. This way, you are comfortable trying out the solution without the need for a risky initial investment.
If you have any questions, you can leave them in the comments or get in touch via email at alex@lumiun.com .
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