Forcepoint Bandwidth Optimizer

Forcepoint Bandwidth Optimizer (BWO) enables Bandwidth Optimizer helps conserve and better
utilize network bandwidth by:

organizations to optimize their network bandwidth
· Increasing available bandwidth during peak
resources by prioritizing and managing network traffic in times on the network.
real-time. As network traffic reaches preset thresholds, · Dynamically adjusting to real-time network
BWO blocks new non-business-related uses and thereby conditions through dynamic policy enforcement.
ensures that business-critical applications have priority Enhanced bandwidth management translates
access to network resources. into key benefits for companies:
· Improves employee productivity via improved network
The challenge of bandwidth usage performance for business-critical processing.
· Increases user satisfaction through faster network speeds.
Banner ads, streaming audio and video, peer-to-peer file sharing, and other
· Ensures network bandwidth is prioritized
such applications are placing increasing demands on network resources.
for “business-use first.”
Consider the following:
Limit access to bandwidth heavy websites by setting
· Over 72 percent of Internet users utilize high bandwidth thresholds for specific user groups.
Internet applications including instant messaging,
Block streaming media applications by protocol
downloading music, and watching video clips. when bandwidth is low.
· 44% of corporate employees use streaming media.
· 74% of weekday Internet radio listening occurs between 5 am and 5 pm.
While some network traffic is easy to classify as non-critical to business,

much of it, including streaming media, may or may not be work-related.
Internet management policies that simply block all bandwidth-intensive
applications at the corporate firewall may be counter productive.
The Bandwidth Optimizer solution

Bandwidth Optimizer provides a sophisticated management tool
for the allocation of network bandwidth.
BWO enables the network administrator to:
· Set bandwidth thresholds for non-business-related

websites, such as shopping and entertainment, and higher
thresholds for work-related sites.
· Manage bandwidth allocated to instant messaging sites by

setting thresholds that are appropriate to specific users or
groups, allowing chatting when ample bandwidth is available.
· Manage bandwidth allocated to streaming media by blocking
those applications when the network is running at near capacity.
Key Features and Benefits User- and time-based policies – Set different bandwidth limits by
user, group, workstation, network, and time of day. For example,
Flexible filtering options – Set bandwidth limits by network protocol, website
during business hours, the management team may be given a
category, or user group. For example, block new requests for Real Networks
higher bandwidth threshold than the sales department, while
® RealPlayer™ when total network utilization exceeds 75% but allow
everyone is allowed full access after 5 pm.
Microsoft ® Windows Media Player™ for the marketing team at any time.
Bandwidth thresholds can also be set for custom protocols and URLs. Dynamic policy enforcement – Forcepoint Enterprise
automatically monitors network bandwidth levels and
Multiple bandwidth limit types – BWO supports two types of real- dynamically allows and denies network application requests. No
time thresholds on protocols and web page categories: administrative intervention is required.
· Limit-based on total outbound network traffic – Denies
new requests for bandwidth when total outbound traffic Forcepoint Bandwidth Optimizer system
exceeds a predefined threshold. For example, allow requirements
access to shopping-related web pages until total network Bandwidth Optimizer is an add-on module to Forcepoint Enterprise
utilization reaches 80%, or allow streaming media when
and requires deployment of the Forcepoint Enterprise Network Agent.
total traffic is less than 50% of total bandwidth.
· Limit-based on per-application bandwidth usage – Denies

new requests for a specific application when the total
bandwidth being used by that application exceeds a
predefined threshold. For example, allow employees to use
Microsoft Windows Media Player until total Media Player
traffic exceeds 20% of the capacity of the Internet connection.
When a bandwidth limit is reached, Forcepoint Enterprise

automatically disallows new requests until bandwidth demand
drops below the threshold level, thus assuring that business-
critical Internet applications will run at full speed. Existing
network connections are unaffected.
Desktop, Laptop, and Servers Firewall / Cache / Proxy / Router Internet
HTTP/S, FTP Traffic, P2P, IM &
Other Network Traffic
Forcepoint Master
Database
Core Database
Network Agent with Premium Groups
CPM Client Agent
Bandwidth Optimizer Protocols
Executables
Normalized Applications
Forcepoint WebCatcher™
Enterprise® AppCatcher™
Policy Engine ProtocolCatcher™
Desktop Network Gateway

Policy Enforcement Policy Enforcement Policy Enforcement
Central Management Console and Reporting

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Forcepoint Bandwidth Optimizer (BWO) enables Bandwidth Optimizer helps conserve and better

utilize network bandwidth by:

· 74% of weekday Internet radio listening occurs between 5 am and 5 pm.

While some network traffic is easy to classify as non-critical to business,

The Bandwidth Optimizer solution

BWO enables the network administrator to:

· Set bandwidth thresholds for non-business-related

· Manage bandwidth allocated to instant messaging sites by

· Limit-based on per-application bandwidth usage – Denies

When a bandwidth limit is reached, Forcepoint Enterprise

Desktop, Laptop, and Servers Firewall / Cache / Proxy / Router Internet

HTTP/S, FTP Traffic, P2P, IM &

Other Network Traffic

Desktop Network Gateway

Central Management Console and Reporting

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