Marshal Filtering List

Marshal Filtering List is a categorized database of more than 60 million websites sorted into 55 categories of related content.

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The Issue

To effectively manage internet access for employees, an organization must have confidence in the quality of URL categorization.

Accuracy: Sites should be recognized based on the main type of content present. For instance, general newspapers and sports news sites should be classified differently.
Granularity: Many sites have several different types of content. Each part of a site should be classified correctly.
Timeliness: As content changes, sites should be reviewed and if necessary re-categorized.
Completeness: Content in images or other special formats should be categorized. New content should be included quickly.

The Solution

The Marshal Filtering List is a database of over 60 million websites, three times larger than other popular filter lists, sorted into 55 categories. It is automatically updated every day with approximately 250,000 revised database entries. Updates are based on user submissions and personal review. When combined with WebMarshal's powerful policies, the filtering list allows you to manage user access to a range of websites and types of content appropriate to Acceptable Use Policy.

By referring to ready-made lists or categories of URLs, a Web access management tool like WebMarshal can quickly decide if a request should be allowed.

The Marshal Filtering List integrates seamlessly into WebMarshal's intuitive rule-based policy framework. Together with other tools such as real-time text content analysis and file type checking, the Marshal Filtering List ensures you are able to manage Web access appropriately.