Flexibility

• Whether you use Yahoo, MSN, AIM (AOL) or ICQ as your instant messenger at work, ICB can replace these multiple messengers and provides a single messenger.

Limits

• Allows company to determine with whom their employee can chat.
• Allows company to set the hours when browsing non-business related websites.
• Allows company to set the hours when chatting will be permitted - preventing the employee from conversing outside of the hours specified by the company.
• Forces use of Microsoft Internet Explorer while ICB is operational. Supervisor control override is just a click.
• Prevents tampering with browser restricted sites.

Blocking

• Prevents foul language from being used during a chat session.
  Built-in list of prohibited words and phrases that the company can customize.  Any language contained in the list will be masked out as *****, while the rest of the phrase will be visible.
• Protects company's proprietary information from accidentally being given out.
• Provides a customizable list of known dangerous web-based chat sites that can be blocked and is able to be edited / updated at anytime.
• Intelligent filtering technology can be set to automatically block a site if it detects instances of foul or undesirable language. The sensitivity is controlled, and is easily changed, by the company.
• Prevents video chat and audio chat from being used during chat sessions
• Prevents Peer-to-Peer network access (inappropriate access of porn videos and photos)

Notifications

• Notifies the supervisor via email each time an employee logs in or attempts to log into their chat account.
• Notifies the supervisor via email anytime someone attempts to enter a password and enter into the administrator control settings panel.

Password protections

• Prevents the employee from uninstalling Safe Chat by password protecting the uninstall process.
• Prevents any attempt to circumvent the Safe Chat protections by launching or loading other chat software applications.
• Can not be circumvented in Safe Mode.
• Allows supervisor to temporarily override Safe Chat protection to allow use of other programs.  A simple right-click of the mouse and entering of the password enables this process.

Control

• Allows company the choice to block applications from being used when work should be conducted instead of games.
• Allows company to bypass filtering and blocking by declaring certain sites as “safe” or approved.
• Allows full use of computer, while enforcing the exceptions chosen by the company.

Monitoring Activity

• Maintains a complete log of conversations, regardless of the chat network chosen.

ICB allows the company to set and enforce rules for the use of their computer by their employee.  No bad language.  No chatting with unauthorized individuals. No visiting disapproved websites.  Full chat-log history.  Protected installation – can not be uninstalled, deleted or circumvented.