Did you know that blocking porn from your home and office computers is not only a good idea for the very obvious reasons, but it is also recommended by computer security experts?

Online crime targets users via search engines and social networking but email and pornography have been long time favorites for malware. In a report just released by Blue Coat Systems Inc., pornography,was virtually tied with Email as the 4th most popular way to lure users to malware. It is considered best practice for businesses to actively block Pornography as part of their for Web security policy.
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Searching for images and pirated media ranks at the top of the list for possible malware delivery, and users engaging in these activities are especially vulnerable.
A single defense layer, such as a firewall or anti-virus software, is insufficient to protect against the dynamic nature of malware and the extensive infrastructure of malware delivery networks. Instead, businesses need the real-time protection and intelligence that a cloud-based Web defense can deliver as it quickly expands and adapts to new threats.

So if you need to do some extra convincing about why you need to get a web filter installed, you can explain that it is real, added protection against malware, in addition to the important benefit of filtering out pornographic content!