Businessweek

Websense, Inc. provides Web, email, mobile, and data security solutions designed to protect an organization's data and users from external and internal threats, including modern cyber-threats, advanced malware attacks, information leaks, legal liability, and productivity loss. The company’s customers deploy its subscription software solutions on standard servers or other information technology (IT) hardware, including its optimized appliances, as a software-as-a-service (otherwise referred to as a cloud-based or ‘Cloud’ service) offering, or in a hybrid hardware/Cloud configuration. Its products and services are sold worldwide to provide content security to enterprise customers, small and medium sized businesses, public sector entities, and Internet service providers through a network of distributors, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Products and Services The company’s products could be grouped into four categories, such as Web security and filtering solutions that protect against Web-based malware and targeted cyber-attacks, and prevent access to inappropriate content; email security solutions that filter phishing, spam, malicious links, inappropriate images, and malware from inbound email; mobile security solutions that protect against data loss and the theft of intellectual property, through a Cloud security service that analyzes inbound and outbound data communications; and data security solutions that discover the location of sensitive data within the network, monitor and prevent the movement of sensitive data in outbound Web and email traffic and at the desktop or laptop to enforce policies and prevent information leaks. The company integrated the management of its advanced Web, email, and data security solutions on the TRITON management console to deliver policy management across Web, email, and internal network communications. Collectively, these products allow IT administrators to protect against modern cyber-threats, targeted cyber-attacks, and information leaks, as well as mitigate the risks of legal liability and productivity loss associated with unmanaged Web use. The company’s Web and email security software solutions are available installed on standard servers or other IT hardware, including pre-installed on a Websense-optimized appliance, as Cloud offerings, and in hybrid hardware/Cloud configurations. Its data security technologies are available as functionality integrated within its TRITON Web and email security gateways and Cloud offerings, or might be implemented separately as server-based software. The company sells subscriptions to its software and Cloud products in 12, 24, or 36 month durations, based on the number of seats or devices managed. Websense TRITON Solutions The company’s TRITON security platform provides advanced content security by integrating its Web, email, and data security technologies in a single unified security architecture designed to reduce security risks, improve compliance, protect data, improve productivity, and mitigate legal liability at a reduced overall cost of ownership. At the core of the TRITON architecture is the advanced classification engine (ACE), which analyzes inbound and outbound Web and email traffic using advanced analytics and contextual awareness to identify and classify security threats, sensitive internal data, and inappropriate content in real-time. The TRITON management console unifies policies and enforcement across an organization for Web, email, and internal network traffic, creating a security profile. The company’s TRITON content security solutions include Web, email, and combined security gateways with or without integrated data loss prevention, along with functionally equivalent Cloud solutions, Websense-optimized appliances for mid-sized and enterprise-class organizations, and enterprise data security solutions. TRITON Web Security Websense Web Security Gateway is a Web security solution that combines traditional Web filtering with content scanning and classification using the company’s ACE Classification Engine. The ACE Classification Engine uses analytics generated by its Thre