Cisco adds Web Filtering to VPN Client

In news that might have been hidden by their Security Appliance announcement, Cisco also announced that their VPN Client, now called "AnyConnect" is adding services from ScanSafe, their Cloud service that offers web filtering.

It's an interesting development and a timely one given yesterday's discussion on Mac vulnerability. It provides another avenue for those users who are browsing without the advantage of a Secure Web Gateway to get protection from malicious websites, malware and spyware.

If you're not using the Cisco VPN client, you can also still get this protection on a corporate basis using clients offered by web security companies like Blue Coat and Websense, both of whom offer clients for remote workers surfing the web from hotels and other web access points.