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IT Support Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

The ease and simplicity of use. It's the type of product that you can work your way around pretty easily. The GUI is mostly clean, clear and simplistic. The support team is excellent and is very responsive to any questions you may have. They have an excellent knowledge of their product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

I feel like there are a lot of manual entries at times to avoid false negatives. It's not an issue as such with Censornet, but you can end up with quite a big list of custom allowed URL's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Censornet Web Security to provide a safe and secure web browsing experience to both staff and students in the Education sector and to fall in line with safeguarding practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Censornet Web Security Overview

What is Censornet Web Security?

Censornet Web Security protects your organisation from web-borne malware, offensive or inappropriate content and manage time spent on websites that impact productivity. Powered by a unique architecture that ensures lightning fast response times for all users no matter where they are in the world.

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CensorNet's web security is designed to provide a safe Internet experience for all the people within an organization enabling control of all aspects of web access quickly and effectively.


Seller Details
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Censornet
Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
Basingstoke, England
Twitter
@censornet
1,914 Twitter followers
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71 employees on LinkedIn®

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Vo Nhu T.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
0.0 out of 5
"Rigid Reporting and Analysis"
The reporting feature need some improvement to provide a picture of incidents. There is lack to resolve issues. The implementation option for Chrom...
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Jeremy C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy setup Web filtering"
drag and drop rules creation! really a great feature, to buuild rules uis a no brainer, just chose what you wish to bolck/allow and click submit
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Tamsyn R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Fantastic product"
Easy to use and deploy, our customers are very pleased with the functionality and reports.
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VT
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

The reporting feature need some improvement to provide a picture of incidents. There is lack to resolve issues. The implementation option for Chromebooks is not ideal for environments with users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

The detailed level of monitoring and control sometimes feel overwhelming making it difficult to navigate and configure settings. There is no flexibility in terms of reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security has had an impact on our business operations. It gives the issue of employees accessing websites while providing protection, from malware attacks. Its interface is not user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GF
Director Of IT & Digital
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

Censornet's Web Security product has proven to be a powerful and effective platform that has quickly helped to bring robust control to the web activity undertaken within our organisation.

Its clean and easy-to-use interface means the set-up of the service is relatively quick and painless, with solid reporting options to report and measure what our user base is doing and accessing.

The service is backed by a fantastic support group - nothing has been too much trouble when we have asked for help. All in all, it is a great value / high-performing product that does what it says on the tin - really well! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

Nothing too concerning at the moment - we continue exploring its capabilities and learning the product's ins and outs. This is a question to answer in a few months when we have a fuller view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Censornet Web Security has helped to simplify the way we control web access, has reduced the very painful management of rules on our firewalls, and allows us to be more agile with the access to and flow of web traffic in and out of our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JC
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

drag and drop rules creation! really a great feature, to buuild rules uis a no brainer, just chose what you wish to bolck/allow and click submit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

I think reporting can be enhanced to give a better view of what occuring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to monitor/block/allow/warn en a granualar level rather than just blocking everything on the firewall Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GG
Helpdesk Manager
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

Simple to implement and simple to use, backed up by a really great support team at Censornet, who will repeatedly go out of their way to find the answer to any questions you have regarding the use of their product, regardless of whether the question is directly relating to their product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

The implementation option for Chromebooks isn't ideal, unless you're using the Chromebooks in a single-user environment, or are happy for the device to use device-based filtering rather than user-based. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitoring and filtering web access within an education environment, allowing safeguarding of students and staff alike. Allow reporting on individual users/groups/devices where necessary and scheduled reports for the safeguarding team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Director of Information
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

A rules-based solution gives you the control to control at any level. The product becomes a highly tuned and agile solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

This one does require work but the effort quickly pays off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Protecting the organisation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TR
Operations manager
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

Easy to use and deploy, our customers are very pleased with the functionality and reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

The limitations in the web products can all be improved using CASB so no dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitoring and blocking potentially unsafe websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James M.
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Security Specalist
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What do you like best about Censornet Web Security?

Great door opener and end users find this user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Censornet Web Security?

I do not know of any issues with the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Censornet Web Security solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping customers use the web with confidence and adding a solid security layer to their infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.