Websense Web Filter
With granular categorisation of Web sites into 90+ categories, Websense Web Filter (formerly Websense Enterprise) provides the ability to develop and deploy a flexible, comprehensive Internet-use policy for businesses from 250 to over 250,000 users in a wide range of integration points, including Citrix environments. Combine this with its customisable, industry-leading reporting tools and you have complete visibility into your Web usage.
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Websense Web Filter integrates seamlessly with leading network infrastructure products to offer unequaled flexibility and control over Internet usage. Now with Websense Web Filter v7, the world's best Internet filtering software just got better.
- Improve productivity - Control access to non work-related Web sites and applications during work hours
- Reduce legal liability - Help guard against inappropriate content from entering the network
- Optimise IT resources - Preserve bandwidth by protecting against intensive Web sites and applications such as streaming media
Master Database
At the heart of Websense is the Master Database of URLs, which assigns individual Web pages to categories, such as Religion, Entertainment, and Sex. You can choose to block or permit access to these categories individually. The Websense Master Database currently contains 4 million Web sites, covering 1 billion Web pages. It automatically updates itself everyday to provide the most up to date database on the market.
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 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 provides the widest range of compatibility to ensure smooth and efficient integration with your existing security solutions.
Interesting Statistics
- 30% to 40% of Internet access is non-business related (IDC Research)
- 70% of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the hours of 9am to 5pm
- 92% of Charles Schwab's on-line customers trade from work
- 60% have disciplined or fired employees based on Internet Access issues (Strategic Surveys Int'l)
- 84% of employees have unlimited access to the Internet
