Software Products for Internet Filtering

Websense's Internet filtering software products enable organizations to manage how employees use their computing resources to improve productivity and security, conserve information technology resources, and mitigate legal liability.

Websense Enterprise Product Overview

The leading employee Internet filter that combats the threats arising from use of the Internet, network and desktop applications.

Websense Enterprise allows you to go beyond Internet filtering:

• Manage employee Internet access
• Block P2P file sharing
• Manage instant messaging
• Manage the use of streaming media and other high bandwidth applications
• Prevent spyware and malicious mobile code
• Stop employee hacking

Websense Enterprise Client Application Manager

Apply a powerful layer of application filtering at the desktop for protection against blended threats, malware, virus outbreaks, spyware, peer-to-peer applications, instant messaging abuse and employee hacking for both online and offline use.

Client Application Manager allows you to:

• Block the launch of malicious or illegal software applications on desktops
• Enforce policies regarding inappropriate applications
• Manage the use of bandwidth-intensive applications
• Block employee hacking, keyboard piracy, spyware and more 

Websense Enterprise Reporting Tools

These reporting modules provide IT administrators with the most innovative and extensive Interent tracking capabilities for identifying, analyzing and reporting on Internet activity and overall risks associated with employee computing.

• Websense Enterprise^® Real-Time Analyzer™
• Websense Enterprise^® Explorer™
• Websense Enterprise^® Reporter™
• Websense Enterprise^® Explorer for Client Application Manager™

Websense Enterprise Premium Groups

Additional, enhanced Internet filtering categories for Websense Enterprise software provide targeted protection against emerging Internet threats that pose organizational productivity, resource and security risks.

• Websense Enterprise^® Productivity PG™
• Websense Enterprise^® Bandwidth PG™
• Websense Enterprise^® Security PG™

Websense Enterprise Bandwidth Optimizer

This sophisticated Internet management system enables network administrators to optimize network bandwidth resources to reduce bandwidth by allowing prioritization of network traffic.

Bandwidth Optimizer allows you to:

• Manage network traffic in real-time
• Give priority to business-critical applications
• Temporarily disable non-business related traffic
• Set network bandwidth thresholds

Websense Enterprise IM Attachment Manager

IM Attachment Manager extends existing Websense Enterprise instant messaging attachment capabilities by providing a unique and comprehensive solution that enables organizations to implement employee policies governing IM file attachments. IM Attachment Manager seamlessly integrates with the Websense Enterprise solution, leveraging an organization's existing infrastructure and requiring minimal deployment effort.

IM Attachment Manager enables the network administrator to:

• Block or allow file attachments over the most popular IM applications
• Define custom IM file attachment policies using options such as users, groups, time of day and day of week.
• Provide real-time and historical views of company risk related to employee use of IM file attachments.
• Manage IM file attachments dynamically based on total network usage with the Bandwidth Optimizer module to ensure network bandwidth availability for business-critical applications.