10 Reasons to Analyze Sophos Log Files using WebSpy's Software
WebSpy's software transforms the raw data in log files into manageable information, providing a transparent view over organizational Internet, email and network usage. The software can import and analyze more than 200 log formats from many different vendors. WebSpy’s solutions are unobtrusive, scalable and available in different ranges to suit any organizational size or budget.
1. Powerful Drilldown Capabilities
WebSpy’s solutions are able to provide drilldown capabilities on all traffic, enabling detailed analysis and reporting.
2. Logically Group Users and Sites
Using aliases such as Departments or Usernames, web traffic can be broken down into logical reporting units, which enables easier analysis of data.
3. Investigate User Browsing 'Intent'
WebSpy’s solutions are able to demonstrate browsing intent on websites. Analyze search terms, user sessions and resources downloaded to gain insights on ‘why’ users are browsing.
4. Customizable Website Categorization
WebSpy can analyze Sophos URL categories, as well as classify web sites based on a comprehensive set of customizable keywords. You can categorize your own sites easily by adding your own unique keywords based on content category (News, Entertainment, Adult) or appropriateness (Work Related, Non-work related).
5. Filter out Irrelevant Traffic
WebSpy’s solutions can filter data that may otherwise skew results. Pop-ups and website sub-domains that can affect the accuracy of browsing behavior can be easily filtered out or aliased, giving you a far more accurate picture of how the web is being used.
6. Policy Based Reporting
WebSpy’s solutions can selectively monitor and report based on your organization’s guidelines, ensuring privacy for compliant users. Through the use of exception based reporting, or queries such as “users with sessions longer than 30 minutes”, the solutions provide information on only those users who have breached an acceptable usage policy.
7. Securely Distribute Information & Responsibility
WebSpy’s solutions allow you to securely distribute and share information with other staff members. Using WebSpy Vantage Ultimate, you can securely distribute reports and storages to department managers, who then have the responsibility of enforcing acceptable usage within their team.
8. Compressed Data Storage
WebSpy Analyzer allows you to keep more log data readily available by loading it into compressed files called “Storages”. Storages can compress a Sophos log file by approximately 90%, allowing you to store 10 times as much log data for easy analysis.
9. Flexible & Customizable Reporting
WebSpy’s solutions deliver a wide variety of predefined templates as well as fully customized reports in a variety of formats.
10. Automated Reporting
Reports can conveniently be automatically produced on daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis using WebSpy?s automated task scheduling.
