Email Recorder

Spector CNE 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 CNE 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 CNE creates a hidden duplicate (including file attachments) and stores it away for later review. Spector CNE also keeps a copy of deleted email.

Chat/Instant Message Recorder

Spector CNE 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 CNE 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.

Keystroke Recorder

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

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

The Spector CNE Keystroke Recording tool will document every key typed on the PC keyboard. Spector CNE 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.

Web Site Recorder

The Web Site Recording tool in Spector CNE 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 CNE 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 CNE 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 CNE Control Center to create a Whitelist of web sites that your employees 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 employees.

With Spector CNE’s advanced and intuitive Web Site recording, you will get a quick yet exact picture of each individual’s web surfing behavior.

Program Activity Recorder

Network Activity Recorder

Spector CNE 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 TCP ports are being used, and the amount of network bandwidth consumed by those connections.

This Internet connection activity can provide valuable insight into:

• Which users 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 Internet use policy.

File Transfer Recorder

There are multiple serious security concerns for businesses when employees 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 employees are sending company confidential information over the Internet.

Another concern is whether employees 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 employee downloads pornographic images that will reside on company computers and may be viewed by another employee 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, as spyware will redirect web browsers and eventually slow computers down to a crawl, not to mention the potential for security breaches. Most spyware comes into computers via downloads from the Internet.)

Spector CNE 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).

For companies especially concerned about intellectual property theft, see the Document Tracking feature of Spector CNE.

Document Tracking Recorder

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 employees 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 CNE 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.

Snapshot Recorder

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 CNE.

Spector CNE 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.

Keyword Detection & Reporting

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, employees or customers. Keywords can also be used to indicate when an employee 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 CNE 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 CNE immediately jumps into overdrive. Snapshot frequency is automatically increased to ensure that every detail of the offender’s actions are captured as evidence. Additionally, Spector CNE 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:

1. The keyword that was detected
2. The time the keyword was detected
3. The current user logged in to Windows
4. Additional detailed information