Spector 360 will automatically record:

• Emails (including webmail)
• Web Sites Visited
• Chats/Instant Messages
• File Transfers
• Online Searches
• Program Activity

• Screen Snapshots
• Keystrokes Typed
• User Activity / Inactivity
• Documents Saved/Printed
• Keyword Alerts
• Network Activity /Bandwidth Use

Spector 360 will stamp out abuse with cutting-edge email recording capabilities designed to ensure that you have a clear record of all email being sent and received from company premises. In addition to recording business standard MS Exchange and Outlook email, Spector 360 includes industry-first web mail capturing. This includes web mail services such as Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Internet Email.

Whenever an email is sent or received, Spector 360 creates a hidden duplicate (including file attachments) and stores it away for later review. Spector 360 also keeps a copy of deleted email.

Recorded email attachments can be securely transferred to the Data Vault using data encryption.

If you want to limit the amount of email recorded, this tool has a filtering capability so emails can be captured when they are sent or received or if there is a particular pattern detected in the To/From/Subject/Body. Other controls allow you to filter email based on the format used or if attachments are detected.  In addition, there are granular settings to filter based on attachment characteristics such as size.   If you only want to capture email from a specific source you can filter the emails received from designated account types such as MS Outlook, Hotmail, AOL, MS Exchange, or IMAP

The  Web Site Recording tool in Spector 360 will continually  monitor every web page that is accessed by the computers  on your network and save a record of those URLs and domain  names.

Spector 360 will also track every file  and program download that occurs over the Internet (such  as file/music swapping services, software download sites,  pornographic images, etc.)

Spector 360 is significantly more sophisticated  than the History feature of your web browser, providing  you with important details including: Time of Last Visit,  Duration of Time on the Web Site, Active Time on Web Site,  Total Number of Visits to the Web Site, Page Title and more!

Additionally, you can use the Spector 360 Control Center to create a Whitelist of web sites that your student or staff members are permitted to view. Any web site not included in this list will be blocked. Alternately, you can create a Blacklist of web sites that they are not allowed to visit. If the web site is not included in this list, they will be able to access it. These policies can be customized for different student or staff members.

With Spector 360’s advanced and  intuitive Web Site recording, you will get a quick yet exact  picture of each student or staff member’s web surfing behavior, which  is also used by the Dashboard to formulate trend data across  your organization.

Spector 360 ensures that all Chat and Instant Messages are automatically recorded to provide you with an information trail of every computer-based conversation that is taking place within your company or with your customers. Spector 360 records the name of all parties involved in a Chat/IM session and saves a complete copy of the conversation. This information is recorded for AOL, MSN, ICQ, and various other Chat/IM programs.

Scan Chat and Instant Messages for Keywords

IRC Capture  MSN Capture  AIM/ICQ Capture AOL Capture  Yahoo CaptureXMPP Capture  Capture Web IMs  Capture OSCAR80  Capture MSN Exchange

There  are multiple serious security concerns for businesses when  student or staff members use company computers to download files from the  Internet, transfer files across the Internet and access  peer-to-peer services which are loaded with pornographic  images, Spyware, Adware, and pirated music, video and software.

One major concern is whether student or staff members are sending company  confidential information over the Internet.

Another concern is whether student or staff members are placing the company  at legal risk by downloading copyrighted materials, like  music, movies and commercial software. In addition, there  is potential risk when an student or staff member downloads pornographic  images that will reside on company computers and may be  viewed by another student or staff member who would consider such material  highly offensive.

Finally, any time a file is downloaded, there is great  risk that Spyware and/or Adware will be installed, especially  where P2P services are involved. (Dell Computer Corporation  has identified Spyware as its single biggest source of technical  support incidents, because Spyware will redirect web browsers  and eventually slow computers down to a crawl, not to mention  the potential for security breaches. Most Spyware enters  into computers via downloads from the Internet.)

Spector 360 records Files Transferred over the Internet by  keeping track of HTTP, FTP and P2P file transfers. You will  be able to see who is downloading or uploading files, what  file protocol is being used, which service is being used,  the name of the file being transferred and the type of file  being transferred (audio, image, video, software, document).

Spector 360 records online searches from any web site where known search techniques are used. Spector 360 looks for standard searching techniques, captures the search phrase entered by the student or staff member, the search results URL, and other information. Using the Dashboard, you can tell whether the student or staff member actually accessed the web site as a result of an online search. Use the information to understand why an student or staff member is at a web site. For example, find out whether an student or staff member is searching a job web site for professional growth information or to find a new job.

Spector 360 includes a monitoring tool that provides a clear and concise overview of the programs being used on your office PCs. Spector 360 will track the day and time a program is launched and the total duration of activity in that program. Program specific information is also recorded including the window title.

Imagine surveillance cameras pointed directly at every PC on your company network, filming all Internet and general PC activity, and storing this in a secure area for later review. That is the idea behind the Snapshot Recorder tool in Spector 360.

Spector 360 takes hundreds of snapshots every hour on each networked PC, very much like a surveillance camera. Snapshots are taken of whatever is on the computer screen at the frequency you choose – as often as once per second.

That means you get detailed visual recordings of all chat conversations, instant messages, emails typed and read, all web sites visited, all programs run, all keystrokes typed – all activity on all computers.

Snapshot Recording is the most powerful way to visually record and review everything they do online and offline.

Spector  360 includes a sophisticated keystroke logger that saves  keystrokes by application, date and time.

With Spector 360, you will know what  was typed, where and when it was typed, and you will also  know WHO typed it because Spector 360 keeps a record of  who is logged into the computer.

The Spector 360 Keystroke Recording tool will document every key typed on the PC keyboard. Spector 360 not only captures standard alphanumeric keystrokes, but also records "hidden" characters and keystroke combinations, such as the Shift and Ctrl key, as well as those keystrokes that aren’t typically displayed on the screen such as when a password is typed echoing back asterisks on the screen.

This Spector 360 Recorder collects information on the activity  and inactivity of the student or staff member. Events such as when they  log in, when they use the mouse and keyboard, and when they  are not active on the computer are all recorded. Events  that could potentially skew this information are also recorded  such as an explicit clock change.

User Activity/Inactivity Recorder Features:

Intellectual  Property Theft and the leaking of Company Confidential information  has become an increasing security threat for companies in  recent years as technology has made it relatively easy for  student or staff members to copy files to floppy disks, Zip disks, CDs,  DVDs, USB drives, Memory sticks or to simply print out these  documents and transport them off company premises.

Spector 360 includes a Document Tracking feature which allows  you to determine whether files/documents may be exiting your  company via removable media such as floppy, zip, CD, DVD or  USB storage devices and memory sticks. The Document Tracking  feature also allows you to track documents that are printed  and who is copying or printing potentially sensitive files  or documents.

Keyword Detection & Reporting allows you to specify  words or phrases that might signal an immediate threat to  the safety and integrity of your network systems, intellectual  property, student or staff members or customers. Keywords can also be used  to indicate when an student or staff member might be involved in an activity  that is not condoned by your company or is in direct violation  of an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

Create a list of "on alert" words or phrases  and Spector 360 will continually monitor keyboard typing,  URLs, incoming and outgoing emails, chat conversations and  instant messages for these terms.

When a keyword or phrase is detected, Spector 360 immediately  jumps into overdrive. Snapshot frequency is automatically  increased to ensure that every detail of the offender’s  actions is captured as evidence. Additionally, Spector 360  collects information regarding the offense and sends an  instant keyword alert via email to the specified IT administrator  or appropriate compliance manager.

Each keyword alert contains the following information:

The keyword that was detected

The time the keyword was detected

The current user logged in to Windows

Additional detailed information

Spector 360 also reports on the top keyword alerts issued  and the top student or staff members violating the keyword alert policy.

Spector  360 records information about all Internet connections made  on a computer. You will be able to see at a glance which  applications are connecting to the Internet, when the connections  are made, the Internet address they connected to, what  ports are being used, and the amount of network bandwidth  consumed by those connections.

This Internet connection activity can provide valuable  insight into:

• Which student or staff members may be violating company policy by consuming  network bandwidth with streaming media, file downloads,  or other Internet activity.
• Applications connecting to the Internet which you may  not have been aware of and which could have security implications.
• Which Internet resources are most often connected to.

Armed with this information you may decide to block access  to TCP ports or Internet domains, remove offending applications  from computers, or tighten your company’s Acceptable  Use Policy (AUP).