Internet-based applications have grown in popularity over the last few years beyond
using the browser to surf websites. Even with corporate usage policies, many companies
are unable to curb and regulate the use of those applications. Recent findings show
that 75% to 80% of corporate users ignore their company’s computer usage policies.
To avoid significant risk, the Application Control feature provides a security technology
that automates the discovery of popular Internet applications and allows administrators
to control them by using policies.
IWSVA provides both visibility and control for over 800 application types running
across any port, including applications using custom clients (for example, Skype,
bitTorrent, P2P) or leveraging Web 2.0 technologies within the browser (for example,
social networking, webmail, and streaming media sites).
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Enabling or disabling of the Application Control will not affect policies already
created. They will be synchronized between HA nodes and are included in migration
packages.
Change actions in Application Control policies and settings are recorded in the Audit
Log.
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