Websense Hosted Web Security
Websense Hosted Web Security (formerly SurfControl WebDefense) provides centralised web malware protection and granular web filtering. The hosted deployment model provides centralised policy management for any type of environment, including those with remote locations, home offices, and mobile laptops. Hosted Web Security provides is a complete solution or can be layered with existing on-premise security to provide additional layers of web malware protection. Guaranteed by industry-leading SLAs, Hosted Web Security eliminates the complexity and uncertainty of managing web-based threats, while simplifying policy administration for all users within the organisation.
How It Works
Websense Hosted Web Security acts as a Web proxy hosted off your network. You can enable the proxy through a chained connection to your existing proxies, or by automatically directing users' browsers to the Websense service. Websense datacenters are load-balanced, redundant, highly available clusters located in eleven locations worldwide.
All Websense datacenters have been certified to ISO27001 standards to provide the highest degree of global and localised security, privacy, and confidentiality. Websense SLAs guarantee uptime and provide competitive spooling and disaster recovery provisions as standard elements of the service.
Websense Hosted Web Security is available in two modules:
Websense Hosted Web Filter
Hosted Web Filter provides comprehensive and accurate Internet filtering, including filtering for productivity and bandwidth-draining Web sites. Through granular and configurable policies, you can set enforcements to manage employee Internet access, all through a centralised, secure interface for all users in any location. Even in complex distributed environments or those with roaming users, managing Web usage policies is simple, scalable, and predictable, reducing business costs and network complexity.
Websense Hosted Web Protection
Websense Hosted Web Protection secures your networks against blended and Web-based threats such as viruses, trojan horses, worms, spyware, and other forms of malware. Websense Hosted Web Protection processes all Web content, including webmail, through the Websense service to remove malicious code before it reaches your network.
Using a combination of commercial antivirus engines, Websense ThreatSeekerTM technology, and correlated heuristics, Websense provides the best Web protection available today. And, because the protection is hosted and centralized, securing your network environment and business assets is easier than ever.
Benefits
- Protects against Web-based threats including viruses, trojan horses, worms and phishing attacks
- Prevents lost productivity through unauthorized or excessive employee Web usage
- Safeguards employees from illegal or inappropriate Web content
- Reduces the complexity of managing Web security in distributed or growing environments and for mobile users
- Protects webmail from malware threats
- Reduces the legal liability of having illegal content in your network
- Reduces costs by optimizing network bandwidth availability
- Eliminates the risk and uncertainty of managing a solution on-site
- Competitive SLAs guarantee the effectiveness of the service, provisioning for guaranteed uptime, protection from known viruses, and more
- Transparent to the end user with no noticeable latency
- Close integration with Websense Hosted Email Security solution for centralised Web and email security management
