Livia Web Protection Helps Families and Their Children Safely Explore the Internet

SAN DIEGO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Total Tech, a provider of innovative Internet security solutions, today announced the launch of Livia Web Protection, an easy-to-use Web filtering solution for the home that safeguards families from online dangers while helping parents manage how their children use the Internet. Livia was developed to help parents keep children from accessing explicit online material, while protecting the entire family from new Web-based dangers such as spyware, malicious code and other threats.

Built on industry-leading Web security technology from Websense, Inc. that safeguards more than 42 million employees worldwide, Livia delivers a secure, simple to use approach to Internet protection. With a few clicks of the mouse, Livia allows families to set Web filtering policies by restriction level. Within minutes, parents can protect their children from pornographic and violent content, while securing their home systems from threats such as identity theft, phishing, and malicious code or malware.

"By building our software on the proven Internet intelligence provided by Websense, Livia provides business-class Web protection for families and their home PCs," said Ken Hamilton, CEO for Total Tech. "With access to the Websense database of categorized Web sites, Livia is updated on a continual basis, providing real-time protection from the thousands of unwanted and dangerous Web sites that are discovered each day."

With Livia Web Protection, parents have the option to select from pre-defined Web filtering policies that are based on different levels of protection relative to the age of their children and overall browsing habits. Once filtering levels are set, browsing to specific Web pages is either allowed or blocked, based on the category of a Web site. For example, if pornography is blocked and a child accidentally browses to an adult Web site, access to that Web site will be automatically denied and a block Web page will appear on the screen. Should parents prefer to block or allow more access, making changes to filtering policies is quick and easy.

"Prior to installing Livia, I was always concerned with what types of Web sites my children would go to when I was not around," said Kerry Cooper, father of two from San Diego. "We all know an accidental click on an email link or mistyping a Web address can send to you to shocking and completely inappropriate content. Livia allows me to rest easy knowing that should one of my children mistakenly be taken to one of these pages, access will be blocked."

Once downloaded, an installation wizard goes step-by-step through policy settings and user accounts on an end-user's computer. Because there is no complex installation associated with Livia, the software automatically configures the computer and Web filtering is active. And, since Livia is a managed solution, parents don't have to worry about performance issues caused by a large application or a cumbersome Web site database download.

"Cyber criminals and hackers are aggressively turning up their attack techniques, targeting both the enterprise and home user," said Leo Cole, vice president of marketing, Websense. "Total Tech is using the Websense Web security platform to build an innovative solution for consumers. We encourage our channel partners to use Websense to deliver innovative solutions to their clients."

    Benefits of Livia Web Protection:
    --  Ease of installation -- up and running in minutes, instantly
        protecting your home computer and family Internet access
    --  Streamlined setup and deployment -- using a Web-based user interface,
        quickly change which Web filtering policies are active and running
    --  Intuitive and Easy to use -- once policies are set, families can rest
        assured that Livia is working hard to provide the best home protection
        available
    --  Customizable Web filtering policies -- use pre-set Web filtering
        levels based on age group for individual family members
    --  Comprehensive, accurate management of Web usage -- receive the most
        comprehensive, accurate Web protection available using the Websense
        database of more than 40 million Web sites
    --  Real-Time Security Updates(TM) -- Livia uses up-to-date Web protection
        with Real-Time Security Updates(TM) from Websense and free product
        upgrades
    --  Browsing activity reporting -- create detailed reports that show sites
        visited, time spent online and more

Livia Web Protection is available today from Total Tech. For more information, please visit http://www.liviaweb.com.

About Total Tech

Founded in 2004, Total Tech is a provider of innovative Internet security solutions for the business and consumer markets. The company provides proactive critical network and Internet security solutions that complement and support traditional security measures. Total Tech products and services are maintained by certified technical professionals that are committed to supporting the needs of our customers. For more information, please visit http://www.1totaltech.com or http://www.liviaweb.com.