Datasheet: Websense Web Security Gateway

Web 2.0 is profoundly changing the way we work and interact. More than 90 of the top 100 Web sites are categorized as social networking or search sites, supporting dynamic or user-generated content. Many organizations are embracing the Web as a business platform, but Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and RSS feeds, render traditional security technologies such as antivirus, Web reputation, and basic URL filtering ineffective.

Web 2.0 can yield enormous benefits for organizations, including improving customer intimacy and satisfaction, and building a competitive advantage. Web 2.0, however, also bears new risks—to security, to productivity, and to legal liability. Nevertheless, organizations can significantly benefit from Web 2.0 technologies and, whether they like it or not, their employees are using these new tools and Web-based applications under the radar of IT and network security teams.

The Websense® Web Security Gateway is the industry's most accurate and effective solution for Web 2.0 content filtering and threat protection, enabling organizations to accelerate business without having to worry about security, productivity, and liability threats such as malicious, inappropriate content, and data loss.

The Websense Web Security Gateway offers:

• Visibility and control over dynamic Web content and outbound data loss, including SSL encrypted traffic
• Protection against Web 2.0 threats such as dynamic scripts
• Advanced application controls for IM, P2P, and more
• Easy-to-use, centralized management and reporting
• Integrated Web proxy and caching