CyberPatrol Online Protection PRO

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/cponlineprotectionpro.asp
Platform and Pricing
Type of Product: 
Hosted
Platforms Supported: 
Windows Operating System: Windows 7, Windows® Vista SP1 +, Windows® XP Home & Pro SP2 +
Does Company Offer Library Discounts?: 
Yes
Cost of One Time Fee (for 50 users): 
n/a
Cost of Annual Subscription (for 50 users): 
$1253.00
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: 
The system uses a small set of local data files. The client portion of the software manages version information for local dat files on each machine and provides automatic download and install of updates (both executable files and data files). By default, client software checks for updates once per day. The server portion of the software gets data file updates hourly. Server updates are also done automatically and require no input from customers.
Block Page Displayed or Blocking Transparent to User: 
Displayed
Additional Comments on Blocking: 
Items that Can Be Included on Block Page (if applicable): 
Does filter provide dynamic filtering of pages as they are accessed?: 
Yes
Does content filtering work on a weighted system controlled by administrator: 
N/A
Describe how dynamic content filter can be changed by administrator, if applicable.: 
Administrators of the system can provide specific data to filter for. If this data is found, the system immediately sends alert notifications to the administrator. Also, our chat filtering component comes pre-set with a large number of offensive and/or inappropriate terms. Use of these terms by a user will also trigger an immediate notification to the administrator.
Can filter by file type: 
General Administration
Can Have Multiple User/ Filter Profiles: 
Yes
Additional Comments on Filter Profile Options: 
Several "built-in" filtering profiles are provided at install. These built-in profiles will meet the needs of most customers. However, the software also allows administrators to define their own "custom" profiles that can be assigned to specific users. This saves lots of time when you need custom settings, but need to apply the same settings to several users. In addition, each individual user can have his/her own user specific custom profile.
Admin Can Selectively Enable Categories: 
Yes
URLs in Each Content Category Are Viewable: 
Provide URL Lookup: 
Keyword Blocking: 
Admin Can Disable
Admin Can Remove Sites From Category: 
no
Users Can Recommend URL Recategorization to Company: 
Yes
Admin Can Modify Categorization of URL: 
Yes
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: 
If the reporting feature is enabled, the system will send "summary reports" to the admin based on a configurable schedule (weekly by default).
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: 
Yes
Describe Process and Options Available for Turning Off Filter at Workstation: 
Since the system settings are managed via an online system, filter settings can be modified from any machine with a browser and an internet connection.
Blocked Page Can Be Overridden by Admin: 
Yes
Describe Process and Options For Overriding a Blocked Page: 
Overrides can be done at the work station by entering the password defined by the administrator when the software was installed.
Admin Can Turn Filter Off for a Period of Time: 
Yes
Process and Options for Turning off Filter for a Period of Time: 
Overrides can be set to "time out" after a period of time. When the override times out, filtering goes back to previous settings for that machine/user.
Additional Comments on Overriding Options: 
Internal