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Employee Internet Misuse Control Software
Product Overview
Websense Enterprise® is a comprehensive Internet filter for combatting the threats arising from employee use of the Internet,
network and PC desktop applications.
Built on an enterprise-class Internet filtering platform, Websense Enterprise is the preferred Web filter for the
Fortune 500, enabling companies to improve productivity and security, conserve information technology resources and mitigate legal liability.
Websense Enterprise allows you to:
- Manage employee Internet access
- Block peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing
- Block IM attachments and manage IM use
- Reduce bandwidth by managing streaming media
- Prevent spyware and malicious mobile code
- Prevent employee hacking
Websense offers the only solution that uniquely filters at multiple points - on the network, gateway and desktop -
to provide complete protection against emerging threats. Websense Enterprise allows organizations to easily assess risk areas, identify problem users, manage user and group privileges and enforce corporate policies
for appropriate use of the Internet and other computing resources.
Best-of-breed Internet filtering
Award-winning Websense Enterprise is the leading Internet filter, combining powerful flexibility with rich
functionality. The solution's unique features include:
- Provides comprehensive and accurate Internet filtering supported by a database of
URLs that is updated daily. Built using a combination of automated and human categorization, the database is dynamically tuned to real-life surfing patterns with a feedback loop of sites visited by employees at
customer sites.
- Balances work-related and personal surfing by enabling IT administrators to set
custom policies to manage employee Internet and network applications' use.
- Minimizes administrative overhead with easy-to-use centralized management of
employee computing policies using Websense Enterprise Manager.
- Enables management of non-English speaking users by utilizing translated report
templates, block pages and Web page category names in nine languages: Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Industry-leading Internet usage analysis and reporting
Websense Enterprise provides the most advanced Internet monitoring capabilities for detecting productivity issues
and security risks arising from employee Internet and application use in your organization. No other solution provides such a wide breadth of tools to isolate your risks:
Websense Enterprise® Real-Time Analyzer™- Analyze recent network traffic on-the-fly
with this real-time analysis tool, which captures a snapshot of network activity and answers important network-related questions quickly.
Websense Enterprise® Explorer™- Get easy and immediate access to employee activity
statistics with this forensics and reporting tool for IT, HR, legal and business managers.
Websense Enterprise® Reporter™- Choose from more than 80 pre-defined report templates
with this robust engine, built on Crystal Reports®and offering the ability to customize and schedule reports for distribution via email.
Enhanced Internet filtering with Websense Enterprise® Premium Groups™
The Premium Groups family of products enhances the out-of-the-box filtering capabilities of Websense Enterprise
with categories focused in different benefit areas:
- Websense Enterprise® Productivity PG™
Increase
employee productivity by managing Internet access to many of the most popular cyberslacking categories such as online advertisements, instant messaging, freeware and pay-to-surf.
- Websense Enterprise® Bandwidth PG™
Improve network
performance by controlling access to sources of bandwidth intensive downloads. This group is an Internet filter for sites that provide streaming media, Internet radio and TV, and peer-to-peer file sharing, among
others.
- Websense Enterprise® Security PG™
Minimize the risk
of security breaches by blocking spyware and MMC.
Network Management and Bandwidth Optimization
Websense offers the unique ability to extend Internet usage policy control and enforcement to the network level.
This allows organizations to:
- Manage instant messaging, peer-to-peer and streaming media applications by network
protocol.
- Set policies based on application protocols and file types with Dynamic Protocol
Management. Automated updates to the protocol list ensure accuracy and minimize administration.
Websense Enterprise® Bandwidth Optimizer™ (BWO)
- Better utilize and conserve your available network bandwidth with BWO, an add-on module to Websense Enterprise. Bandwidth Optimizer seamlessly integrates with Websense Enterprise and allows organizations to prioritize business-critical processing over network traffic used for non-work-related purposes. Network administrators can enforce richer Internet usage policies using thresholds that block personal Internet activity or application use when network bandwidth capacity limits are surpassed.
Websense Enterprise® IM Attachment Manager™ (IMA)
- Safeguard your enterprise from the largest security threat in instant messaging. IMA integrates seamlessly into your Websense Enterprise environment to allow maximum flexiblity in your management of public instant messaging use on your network. Network administrators can set policies that block sending and receiving of file attachments and minimize the possibility of viruses or worms imported via IM applications.
Desktop Security
Websense provides a final layer of Internet policy control and security at the desktop. By using Websense Enterprise® Client Application Manager™ organizations can:
- Comprehensively defend against employee computing threats that originate at the
desktop.
- Enforce computing use policies with corporate resources both online or offline.
- Complement existing investments in perimeter and end point security.
Websense Enterprise® Client Application Manager™ (CAM)
- Protect your organization from employee computing threats originating at the desktop. Client Application Manager stops emerging and blended threats from spyware, employee hacking, viruses, P2P and IM applications. Using unique software categorization technology, Client Application Manager allows administrators to enforce usage policies at the desktop and stop security threats from the "inside-out", whether or not connected to the network.
System requirements
Hardware:
- Pentium III or greater processor with 512 MB RAM or Sun Ultra 10 Processor with 512
MB RAM. Hardware requirements will vary by configuration. Please see deployment guide for additional information
Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2003® Server, Windows 2000® Server
(Service Pack 2 or greater) or Windows® NT 4 Server (Service Pack 6a or greater) or Red Hat Linux 8.0-9.0 or Sun Solaris 2.6-9
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