Websense Continues to Set Standard for Managing Government Worker Web Use and
Protecting Against Internet-Borne Attacks
SAN DIEGO, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Websense, Inc.
(Nasdaq: WBSN), the world's leading provider of employee internet management
solutions, today announced at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C. that key
government organizations around the world are turning to Websense for web
filtering and web security solutions. Agencies such as the U.S. Department of
Justice, La Poste in France, the Minesterio de Defensa in Spain, and Saudi
Telecom in Saudi Arabia, all rely on Websense Enterprise(R) to optimize
employee productivity and defend against internet-borne attacks such as
phishing scams, spyware, and mobile malicious code.
Web access in the workplace is both a productivity tool and a source of
security breaches. Websense Enterprise ensures that an organization can
balance the value of web access with productivity management tools, while
protecting users from malicious web content. Websense has extensive
experience with large deployments and is effective in both scaling to manage
the volume of internet access requests generated by large organizations, as
well as accurately blocking websites and applications which may be infected
with malicious code or viruses.
"As the internet becomes a virtual playground for hackers, more and more
government entities are turning to Websense to safeguard their employee
computing environments -- with deployments ranging in size from 1,000 users to
more than 100,000 users," said Curt Staker, president of Websense, Inc.
"Today's government agencies need more than just porn filtering, they require
a solution which can accurately classify and manage access to everything from
productivity-draining online shopping to phishing sites and keylogging
applications, with proven scalability capabilities to manage high-volume
internet usage."
Key international government customers include:
* City of Kingston-Australia
* Communidad de Madrid-Spain
* Crown Prosecution Service-UK
* Inland Revenue-UK
* London Underground-UK
* Minesterio de Defensa-Spain
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Qatar
* La Poste-France
* Provinicia di Milano-Italy
* Regiune Puglia-Italy
* Saudi Telecom-Saudi Arabia
* UN Mission-Kosovo
* U.S. Army
* U.S. Department of Agriculture
* U.S. Department of Education
* U.S. Department of Justice
* U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
For more information about how Websense Enterprise safeguards the employee
computing environment from the latest internet-borne attacks, visit
http://www.websense.com.
About Websense, Inc.
Websense, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), the world's leading provider of employee
internet management solutions, enables organizations to optimize employee use
of computing resources and mitigate new threats related to internet use
including instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and spyware. By providing usage
policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop,
Websense products enhance productivity and security, optimize the use of IT
resources and mitigate legal liability for our customers. For more
information, visit http://www.websense.com.
(C) 2005, Websense, Inc. All rights reserved. Websense and Websense
Enterprise are registered trademarks of Websense, Inc. in the United States
and certain international markets. Websense has numerous other unregistered
trademarks in the United States and internationally. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jennifer Culter
Websense, Inc.
858 320 9511
jculter@websense.com
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CONTACT:
Media, Jennifer Culter of Websense, Inc.,
+1-858-320-9511, jculter@websense.com
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