Websense Security

Introduction: Websense Enterprise Network Security

Employee Internet Management (EIM) for Your Enterprise

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Websense Enterprise v5 is the world's leading employee Internet management (EIM) software solution for managing employee use of computing resources, ranging from Internet access to desktop application use. Implemented by more than 18,100 organizations worldwide, and preferred by the Fortune 500, Websense Enterprise delivers a comprehensive software solution that analyzes, manages and reports on employee Internet access, network activity, software application use and bandwidth utilization.

Websense Enterprise helps your company:

• Conserve IT resources
• Limit legal liability
• Boost employee productivity
• Reduce risk of security breaches
• Enforce acceptable Internet and application use policies

WEBSENSE ENTERPRISE

Websense Enterprise, the industry-leading web filtering solution, improves employee productivity, reduces legal liability, and optimizes the use of IT resources. Websense Enterprise integrates seamlessly with leading network infrastructure products to offer unequaled flexibility and control.

WEBSENSE ENTERPRISE ALLOWS YOU TO:

• Set up flexible internet use policies. Choose between Allow, Block, Continue, Quota, Block by Bandwidth, and Block by File Type options for managing web access; filter sites based on time of day.
• Set policies for file types and over 50 application protocols, including email, file transfer, remote access, streaming media, instant messaging (IM), and peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols.
• Set policies based on users/groups defined in Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Sun Java System Directory Server and Novell eDirectory accessed via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or defined in the Websense RADIUS agent.
• Use powerful, industry-leading analysis and reporting tools to analyze and track internet use throughout your organization.
• Scale from 50 to 250,000+ users with full reliability and accuracy.
  

Understand Your Network Usage Patterns With Websense Reporter

Websense Reporter works in combination with Websense Enterprise as a comprehensive, easy-to-use reporting tool that helps you evaluate employee Internet use at your company.

How Websense Works ?

Websense is based on pass-through filtering technology, the most accurate, reliable and scalable method of Internet filtering. Pass-through filtering requires all requests for Web pages to pass through an Internet control point such as a firewall, proxy server or caching device. Websense is integrated with these control points and checks each request to immediately determine whether it should be allowed or denied. All responses are logged for reporting purposes.

Websense filters Internet content by working in conjunction with the Websense Master Database of more than 4 million sites, organized into 80+ categories, including MP3, gambling, shopping and adult content. You can choose to block, permit, limit by time-based quota or postpone access to individual categories by user, group, workstation or network.

New sites are added to the database daily, and Websense Enterprise automatically downloads updates to the database every night to ensure you're keeping up with the rapid evolution of the Internet.

Websense Enterprise

There are six components of Websense Enterprise that work together to ensure the effective implementation of your Internet Access Policy:

1. Websense Enterprise v5, EIM: a software product that integrates with a variety of hardware products and allows you to set policies consistent with your existing Internet Access Policy

   Included with every Websense Enterprise subscription is the Websense v5 Language Pack that provides translated report templates, block pages, and Web page category names in seven languages.

2. Websense Enterprise v5 for Small and Medium Businesses, which provides the power and functionality of an enterprise EIM solution in an easy to install, stand-alone software product

3. Websense Enterprise v5, CAM: Client Application Manager (CAM)T, an add-on module to Websense Enterprise, proactively manages desktop applications using a unique software categorization and user-policy management tool. From high-risk applications such as hacking tools, to security threats like instant messaging and spyware, to the bandwidth drain of peer-to-peer file sharing, CAM allows control of applications based on management specifications.

4. The Websense EIM Database: the industry's most accurate, largest and up-to-date categorization of the World Wide Web, consisting of 1 billion Web pages organized into 80+ categories of Web content

5. Websense EIM Reporting Tools: Websense Reporter and Websense Explorer Easy-to-use reporting tools that provide reporting you evaluate employee Internet use at your company

6. WebCatcher: Use WebCatcher to optimize the Websense Database for your needs. Sites visited at your company that are unrecognized are automatically sent to Websense for review. Appropriate sites are then added to the database. By using WebCatcher, the Websense database will adapt to the surfing patterns of your company, ensuring that sites visited by employees are categorized and can be managed.

Websense Enterprise Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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