WebTitan Cloud Version 4.12 Includes Location-Based Filtering Policies

TitanHQ has released WebTitan Cloud version 4.12. The new version of the award-winning 100% cloud-based web filtering solution incorporates new features at tweaks to improve the user experience and make the solution an even more attractive option for managed service providers (MSPs).

One of the most exciting new features that will benefit businesses and MSPs alike is the ability to implement location-based filtering controls, naturally accompanied by granular, location-based reports.

It was already possible to implement organization-wide filtering controls and set different policies for departments, user groups, roles, and individuals in an organization. The new feature increases the flexibility of the solution with location-based controls. The new feature will be of great benefit to businesses operating across multiple locations, where content control requirements may need to be different for satellite offices. MSPs will be able to offer location-based controls to clients and better manage web filtering for customers with a presence in multiple countries. The location controls can be applied to control content whether users are on or off the network.

As with user and role-based content controls, when a user attempts to access a web page that contravenes the policy that they have been assigned, the content will be blocked and no web page content will be downloaded – in contrast to many appliance-based web filtering solutions. The user will be presented with a customizable block screen that can incorporate the company or MSP’s branding.

There will be occasions when an individual or group needs to bypass policy controls. With WebTitan, this can easily be achieved using cloud keys rather than making changes to policies. The cloud key can be used to bypass the block pages and access content that would normally be blocked by location, company, or other policies.

To make management as easy as possible, all policies and locations are managed through a single user interface. MSPs can manage all locations and customer accounts through a single pane of glass, which improves visibility into all customers’ accounts and locations.

Also of interest to MSPs will be WebTitan’s enhanced search functionality. While it was possible to run reports to obtain information about a specific customer and their traffic, a search filter has now been added to the history page. This allows administrators to search by location name with autocomplete. When a customer account is selected, admins can get second-by-second information about all traffic within that location without having to run a location report.

MSPs already have a multi-tenant, highly scalable, brandable, and easy to use web filtering solution with multiple hosting options that can be offered to customers at an attractive price point, which is why the solution has proven so popular with the MSP market. It is hoped that the new additional features will make the solution even more useful for MSPs to allow them to better serve their SMB clients while making web filtering for SMBs even more straightforward.