FaceTime Communications has introduced Socialite, a security management and compliance solution for social networks.

Socialite provides granular control of applications like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and is available as a software-as-a-service deployment (SaaS) or as an on-premises solution as a module of FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway.

As a hybrid solution it offers the ability to define an on-network policy and a roaming policy for people off-network.

Socialite offers content controls for more than 1,000 social networks to ensure compliance with a variety of rules and regulations. In Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, the three key social networks, Socialite enables control for 95 distinct activity and content features. Socialite can also moderate and archive content shared on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to ensure that only pre-approved content is shared.

"The corporate environment is no longer limited to the corporate network, creating challenges in control and management of conversations as they move beyond the firewall. Coupled with ever changing regulatory and compliance standards, the management of collaborative communications is becoming increasingly complex," says Kailash Ambwani, CEO of FaceTime Communications.

"Socialite addresses these challenges by offering comprehensive control and management over the wide variety of social media channels, integrating seamlessly with existing IT infrastructures."

It promises the ability to establish a single corporate identity and track users across multiple social media platforms, as well as data leak prevention and the ability to manage access to features, such as who can read, like, comment upon or access 95 distinct features on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

It can capture all posts, messages and commentary made to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter in context, as well as exporting to an archive of choice for ediscovery.

Socialite is available now as a yearly SaaS subscription starting at $US12 per user per month for 100 users or as an on-premise deployment for $US5,000 for 100 users.