Madness of March 2018…snow, cold, and of course, basketball!

March Madness has begun and it is an exciting year already for basketball lovers. Knowing some of the games have been “nail-biters” this year, employees are definitely checking out highlights or even streaming a whole game on your network. WalletHub says, “unproductive workers during March Madness amounted to an estimated $6.3 billion in corporate losses.”

This year, have the choice to allow your employees some freedom to watch and enjoy! CyBlock Filtering and Monitoring Suite will help monitor and protect your business, blocking sites known for malware, proactively controlling bandwidth consumption, and keeping productivity flowing, while allowing responsible viewing.

With Wavecrest’s Bandwidth Management in CyBlock, there are numerous ways to be able to control access when you need to. With Real-Time Data Usage Monitoring, you will be able to easily view current data usage for the entire enterprise, detect unexpected spikes that could indicate excessive data use, or just observe the last 5, 10, or 15 minutes of real-time updates.

You can also make sure the critical business operations remain functioning efficiently, even during the games, by using the Bandwidth Throttling features. Be more restrictive as the noncritical usage gets higher by setting one of the automatically triggered, higher-usage policy thresholds to throttle more or even block. E-mail alerts will keep you informed wherever you are. Once a policy is activated, policy-specific traffic is throttled or blocked, allowing business-critical applications (VoIP, CRM, etc.) to continue operating as needed.  

Betting on the games has become increasingly popular. “According to the Gaming Association, 10 percent of adults — or roughly 24 million — reported spending nearly $3 billion in the past year on basketball pools alone,” notes cbssports.com. A more impactful example might be from WalletHub, “2x more is wagered on March Madness than the Super Bowl.” Be aware of what your employees are doing online, gambling sites are not just a legal issue but also tend to carry many security risks.

Security risks are numerous this time of year. March Madness search results have had a history of being known for malware in past years, and this year will likely be no different. As your employees search for brackets or results, CyBlock blocks traffic to the constantly growing number of sites that generate and/or promote malware. Keep out viruses, Trojan horses, phishing attacks, and more.

March Madness has become a way of life. Decide how your company will handle the traffic and proactively manage it by letting CyBlock help protect and secure your business and your employees. Find out more about all the Web management product lines at Wavecrest Computing.

About Wavecrest

Wavecrest has over 20 years of proven history of providing reliable, accurate Web-use management and Advanced Log File Analyzer products across various industries. Managed Service Providers, IT specialists, HR professionals, Forensics Investigators, and business managers trust Wavecrest’s Cyfin and CyBlock products to manage the human factor in business Internet usage — managing cloud services, reducing liability risks, improving productivity, saving bandwidth, and controlling costs. Trusted by large government and commercial organizations such as US-CERT Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Justice, USPS Office of Inspector General, National Grid, Johns Hopkins, and a growing list of global enterprises and government agencies. We are a proud long-term GSA contract holder. For more information on the company, products, and partners, visit Wavecrest.