Granular Control of Applications Organizations of all sizes rely on various applications for daily business operations, but how do you ensure only sanctioned applications are being used on your network? With WatchGuard Application Control, you have the power to limit application usage, and keep unproductive, inappropriate, and dangerous applications off your network. Minimize Risk and Maximize Productivity It’s never been easier to decide who, what, when, where, why and how applications are used on your network. WatchGuard Application Control tightens security across your extended network and adds productivity safeguards that go straight to your corporate bottom line. It enables IT administrators to easily monitor and control access to web and business applications, enforcing policies, increasing employee productivity, and protecting their networks from potential threats as a result of risky application usage. Administrators also have the ability to block subfunctions within applications, including file transfers, media and chat functions, and peertopeer connections. Guarantee Bandwidth for BusinessCritical Applications Applications can use a lot of bandwidth, limiting the available bandwidth for important business applications. Ensure dedicated bandwidth is available at all times for businesscritical applications by setting throttle limits. Administrators can set throttle limits to ensure these critical applications are always available for the entire organization or even a specific group of employees. Enforce Granular Policies Enforce policies on over 1,800 applications. Quickly and easily select to allow, block, or restrict access to applications based on a users department, job function, and time of day using a centralized dashboard. WatchGuard Application Control gives administrators the granularity needed to meet their organization’s needs by enforcing specific policies per user or group. Complete Visibility into Application Usage Get realtime and historical visibility into the applications being used on your network, including the top applications, categories, and userspecific data. You can also generate detailed reports for indepth analysis across your entire network. Use this information to demonstrate compliance, evaluate employee needs, and refine acceptable use policies.
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