Overview

Spector 360 records user activity on computers across your network. Use it to determine where productivity, non-productivity, and breaches in security, compliance, or ethics are occurring.  The Spector 360 Dashboard is your view into the data recorded from network computers. The Dashboard lets you visualize trends (web surfing, work habits, communication), analyze use of network resources, make comparisons at a glance, and navigate into the details of a single, recorded event.

What Kind of Help Do You Need?

Use these links to get help quickly in this guide.

• How Spector 360 Works

• Getting Started with the Dashboard

• Troubleshooting

• Customer Support Contact

See Where Should You Begin? below for further directions on whether to use this or other Spector 360 guides.

What Can the Dashboard Do?

The Spector 360 Dashboard makes it easy to synchronize information recorded from network computers with your corporate goals—productivity, security, compliance, and return on investment in resources.  From executive overviews in Quick View to detailed views of each recorded event in Data Explorer, you get an instant, 360° view of what is happening in your organization. Try a few sample Scenarios to see how it works, then let the reporting begin!

• Search recorded data for a sensitive word

• Track active Web browsing

• Track employee productivity

• Track non-productive time

• Discover use of webmail (AOL, Hotmail, etc.)

• Watch email to competitors

• Configure and manage web filtering

Where Should You Begin?

Spector 360 provides Help for all users responsible for setup, configuration, and review of Spector 360 recordings.  

• If you are installing Spector 360
  Refer to the Spector 360 Deployment Guide for steps to installing Server Components at a centralized location and the Dashboard component on various managers' computers.  Learn how to successfully deploy the Spector 360 server-client installation across your network.  

• If you are configuring and administering Spector 360
  To configure and activate recording, keyword alerts, and Internet blocking on network computers, refer to the Spector 360 Administrator's Guide  Refer to this guide for help setting up and managing centrally controlled Website Filtering from the Dashboard Management tool.

• If you are setting up the Dashboard for all users
  Refer to this Spector 360 Dashboard Guide for help in setting up Dashboard login accounts with user-appropriate permissions that provide the resource groups, charts, reports, and default settings that you define for your organization. See the Management Tool in this guide.

• If you are viewing recorded data in the Dashboard
  Refer to this Spector 360 Dashboard Guide to learn how to query, retrieve, and review the data recorded by Spector 360. Generate charts and reports with summary data, drill in to individual recordings and screen snapshots, or watch trends in usage across your network. See Getting Started.

• If you are managing the recorded data
  A Spector 360 Administrator with Master Login and database maintenance permissions uses this guide to learn how to manage backup/archive/restore and other Database Management tasks.  

Related Topics

What's New

How Spector 360 Works

Logging in

Navigating in Dashboard

About Criteria

Scenarios