CensorNet

Censornet is a cloud security provider that offers an integrated cybersecurity platform designed to protect mid-sized organizations from various digital threats. The company's Autonomous Integrated Cloud Security platform combines email security, web security, cloud application security, and multi-factor authentication into a single line of defense. Censornet's system processes over one billion cyber threats daily, safeguarding millions of users globally. The platform features intelligent web filtering capabilities, covering more than 500 categories of web content across billions of web pages. It includes both the Counter Terrorism internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) and internet Watch Foundation (IWF) illegal sexual content lists, enabling educational establishments to comply with UK Home Office Prevent strategy and related regulations.

Censornet's solution provides page-level categorization, allowing for more nuanced content filtering even on reputable websites. The platform also offers real-time analysis of web pages for keywords associated with discrimination, bullying, self-harm, violence, grooming, radicalization, and extremism. Additionally, it can enforce safe search on popular search engines and supports YouTube for Schools. Censornet uses a combination of gateways and agents to protect users both on and off the network, supporting various devices and BYOD initiatives. The company's Cloud Application Security feature provides granular control over user actions within web applications, going beyond simple block and allow functionalities. As of February 2024, Censornet had cataloged 75 AI applications, allowing businesses to detect and manage the use of AI down to specific user access, prompts, and file uploads.

Key customers and partnerships

Censornet's client base includes notable companies such as Fever Tree, Lotus Cars, Parnassia Group, Mizuno, Radius Payments, Newlife Disabled Children's Charity, National Portrait Gallery, Hallmark Hotels, and Thatchers Cider. In October 2022, Censornet partnered with e92plus, a cybersecurity value-added reseller, to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) deliver enterprise-grade cyber protection for mid-market businesses. This partnership aimed to address the challenges MSPs face in delivering cybersecurity services profitably and at scale. e92plus, with its active community of 1,200 MSP partners, was set to offer Censornet's integrated cloud security platform to its network, expanding Censornet's reach in the managed services market.