ARCHIVE 2003

Webwasher AG Presents World’s First Solution For Filtering Encrypted Web Traffic

Hannover, Germany, March 12, 2003 – At CeBIT 2003, webwasher AG, a leading provider of Internet Security Software, presents a real novelty: the filtering of SSL encrypted Web traffic is now possible with the WebWasher® CSM products for Content Security Management (CSM). This means that the current biggest security gap in companies’ and public institutions’ networks can be closed for the first time – the topic of Internet security gains a whole new dimension. The WebWasher® CSM Suite, the comprehensive solution for integrated Content Security Management, is already being shown with SSL filtering at CeBIT. Shipping clearance will follow at the beginning of May.

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) allows the encrypted transfer of information between Web browser and Web server. SSL has established itself as the standard for e-commerce and has proven itself over the course of several years, for example for the transfer of highly confidential data such as credit card numbers. Today, every data transfer during online shopping, every electronic banking transaction and every e-mail entering and leaving freemail accounts is encrypted using SSL.

Up to now, it was considered impossible to apply content filtering to SSL traffic, which is usually tunnelled through an HTTPS proxy server. By means of a newly developed technology from webwasher, SSL traffic can be subjected to all filtering and security mechanisms – including URL blocking and antivirus protection. By integrating SSL filtering into WebWasher’s comprehensive Content Security Management, companies and public institutions can achieve new standards of security, which up to now appeared impossible. When WebWasher is deployed, the filtering of the SSL data does not clash with a company’s security policies – secure SSL encryption is guaranteed in spite of content filtering.

“With this breakthrough in SSL filtering, we have revolutionized Content Security Management”, said Dr. Horst Joepen, President and CEO of webwasher AG. “Our customers and partners urgently need this new technology, which none of our competitors has been able to provide. A large part of today’s Web traffic is already encrypted – the market for solutions that filter and secure HTTPS traffic will experience a rapid growth in the next few years.”