CyberPatrol SiteSURV Web Filtering

Submitted by vendor: barb.r
Last updated: 12/11/2010
About Company
Company Name: 
CyberPatrol LLC
Number of URLs Company Has Categorized: 
37,000,000+
Links to Third Party Reviews: 
Library References (include Contact Info): 
Additional Comments About Company: 
CyberPatrol is a pioneer and leader in the Parental Control software market. Launched in 1995, CyberPatrol is one of the most trusted named in parental controls software. The CyberPatrol products are specifically developed for ease of use to help protect families, schools and libraries, and businesses from threatening online activity. CyberPatrol is recommended regularly as the product of choice for online safety by many parent and computer magazines. Its award-winning filtering software is relied upon and trusted by parents, schools, libraries and businesses around the world.
URL to product: 
http://www.cyberpatrol.com/cpnetfilter.asp
Platform and Pricing
Type of Product: 
Hosted
Platforms Supported: 
Works on PCs and Macs
Does Company Offer Library Discounts?: 
Yes
Cost of One Time Fee (for 50 users): 
n/a
Cost of Annual Subscription (for 50 users): 
$725.00
Complete Pricing Schedule: 
Filtering Technology
Process for Categorizing a Site: 
Our SiteCAT system crawls the web 24/7 categorizing content on the web. Sites may be submitted by customers for human review/update. As sites our crawled, our automated system performs several types of analysis on the content of the site to determine a category. Some sites are also flagged for human review. These sites are manually reviewed/updated by our human researchers.
Percentage of Category Decisions Reviewed by Human: 
Description of Each Content Category with Example URLs: 
Categories Vendor Recommends for CIPA Compliance: 
Granularity of Your Block List: 
Block by top level domain
Examples of Each Item Selected Above (Granularity): 
Domains may be specified in the custom block list by domain name. Sub-domains can also be specified. Example: "somesite.com" - Blocks all content on somesite.com. Example: "chat.somesite.com" - Blocks access to chat.somesite.com, but allows access to www.somesite.com, products.somesite.com, etc.
Frequency of Updates to Blocked Site List: 
Hourly
Description of How Updates are Applied: 
This is a completely hosted system. No updates are required for customers.
Block Page Displayed or Blocking Transparent to User: 
Displayed
Additional Comments on Blocking: 
Items that Can Be Included on Block Page (if applicable): 
There is a generic block page
Category causing the block
Does filter provide dynamic filtering of pages as they are accessed?: 
No
Does content filtering work on a weighted system controlled by administrator: 
Yes
Describe how dynamic content filter can be changed by administrator, if applicable.: 
Can filter by file type: 
General Administration
Can Have Multiple User/ Filter Profiles: 
Yes
Additional Comments on Filter Profile Options: 
Admin Can Selectively Enable Categories: 
Yes
URLs in Each Content Category Are Viewable: 
Provide URL Lookup: 
Keyword Blocking: 
Admin Cannot Disable
Admin Can Remove Sites From Category: 
yes
Users Can Recommend URL Recategorization to Company: 
Yes
Admin Can Modify Categorization of URL: 
No
Admin Can Add New Categories: 
No
Admin Can Add Sites to a Category: 
No
Admin Can Block Images But Not Text Within a Category: 
Reporting Capabilities: 
Integrates with Directory Service (LDAP, Active Directory or NDS): 
Can import URLs to Always Allow List: 
Can import CSV file of URLs
Number URLs One Can Add to Always Allow List: 
Under 500
Overriding
Can Filter be Turned off at the Workstation: 
No
Describe Process and Options Available for Turning Off Filter at Workstation: 
Blocked Page Can Be Overridden by Admin: 
No
Describe Process and Options For Overriding a Blocked Page: 
Admin Can Turn Filter Off for a Period of Time: 
Yes
Process and Options for Turning off Filter for a Period of Time: 
Additional Comments on Overriding Options: 
Internal