Google Web Security will not be included with Google Apps. But the new feature will allow companies to monitor web traffic without requiring a corporate VPN. Further utilizing its Postini acquisition last year, Google announced today that the company will offer a web security product. Google Web Security promises to allow companies to monitor users’ internet usage and prevent malware from entering the corporate network without having users log on to a VPN.RELATED LINKS Analysis: Salesforce’s Addition of Google Apps Shows Google’s Intent to Enter Business Software Market Can Google Apps Crack the Fortune 500 and Large Enterprises? Capgemini Will Watch Your Back on Google Apps Google Web Security will provide companies with malware protection, URL filtering, and IT-friendly features such as reporting and policy enforcement, says the company. The service will cost $36 per user per year. It will not be an automatically included feature when companies buy Google Apps, Google’s Web-based productivity suite. In basic terms, Google Web Security will install a driver on a user’s computers. When he logs on to a site or uses the Internet, information is sent to the service (which is powered by Postini and uses technology from ScanSafe) and scans sites for mal-ware. The service parcels out harmful malware before it has a chance to reach the end-users computer. “We screen out the bad stuff and hand off the good stuff,” says Tim Johnson, a product marketing manager at Google. “It also doesn’t introduce any latency.” Johnson says the service will be especially important for remote workers, because they will not have to actively log into a VPN to have the service work properly. To get the service for remote workers, however, costs an additional $12 per user per year. Google has also leveraged its Postini acquisition to add security for enterprise e-mail back in February. Johnson says Google Web Security will integrate with the console Postini customers have used to monitor e-mail security. Google made two other partnerships over the past year in its effort to prove its value as a vendor with large enterprises. First, back in September, Capgemini, the consulting firm, announced it would provide support for customers using Google Apps. In April, Salesforce.com, the large SaaS CRM vendor, said it would support Google Apps for free to any of its customers who wanted it. The partnerships might be aimed at quelling the worries of enterprise CIOs who have so far shown a reluctanace to embrace Google Apps. In this year’s CIO consumer technology survey, nearly 50 percent of respondents said they would not consider buying Gmail, Google’s e-mail system, for their organizations while 33 percent they were unsure. Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by BMC BMC on BMC: How the company enables IT observability with BMC Helix and AIOps The goals: transform an ocean of data and ultimately provide a stellar user experience and maximum value. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by BMC The data deluge: The need for IT Operations observability and strategies for achieving it BMC Helix brings thousands of data points together to create a holistic view of the health of a service. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership how-to How to create an effective business continuity plan A business continuity plan outlines procedures and instructions an organization must follow in the face of disaster, whether fire, flood, or cyberattack. Here’s how to create a plan that gives your business the best chance of surviving such an By Mary K. Pratt, Ed Tittel, Kim Lindros Dec 07, 2023 11 mins Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe