nFilter
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The facts
Each one read from nFilter's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI categorization
- Its AI-driven technology scans content from billions of websites and allows or denies URLs in real time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Listed deployment options include in-line appliance, cloud agents, hybrid cloud, Layer 7, VM infrastructure, DNS, GRE tunneling, and IPSec.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- Deployment options include in-line appliance, cloud agents, hybrid cloud, Layer 7, VM infrastructure, DNS, GRE tunneling, and IPSec.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The vendor documentation says Netsweeper can integrate with Microsoft AD, Novell LDAP, Apple LDAP, OpenLDAP, or RADIUS Accounting to assign users to filtering policies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- The vendor describes nFilter for school districts, public agencies, telecoms, and governments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Netsweeper describes nFilter as serving school districts, public agencies, telecom providers, and governments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Multi-tenancy
- One deployed solution can manage multiple schools, divisions, subscribers, and other user groups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Performance
- The vendor says nFilter supports filtering on multiple 100G links without impeding network performance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Policy management
- Administrators can centrally manage policies across networks and delegate policy management to people or groups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- nFilter is AI-driven web filtering software that categorizes content in real time and helps organizations protect users and meet regulatory requirements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- nFilter filters web content to protect users from harmful content and cyber threats and help organizations meet regulatory requirements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- The product offers standard or customizable logging, reporting, and analytics tools for policy and monitoring.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SafeSearch
- For education, it blocks inappropriate or explicit content across Google, Bing, and YouTube search.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scale
- Netsweeper says nFilter can support filtering on multiple 100G links and is designed for high-throughput networks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search integration
- Its education SafeSearch feature blocks explicit content across Google, Bing, and YouTube.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- A Netsweeper announcement says its UK public cloud data centre was certified to ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and PCI-DSS; the announcement is dated December 16, 2022.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security operations
- Netsweeper recommends security sign-off before production, ongoing reviews and audits, and says package updates must be scheduled and tested rather than being automatic.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Social media controls
- Administrators can apply granular access policies to social media apps based on criteria such as age, grade, job title, group, and time of day.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Netsweeper directs existing customers to contact support for assistance and offers a free product demo by request.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Threat filtering
- It scans content from billions of websites and can block threats including CSAM, cyberbullying, malware, ransomware, phishing, and online radicalization.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- The Hague, Netherlandschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Remote-device companion
- Netsweeper says its separate nClient product extends nFilter policies to remote devices, including when they are offline, without requiring a VPN.checked 11 Oct 2026
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