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Published Monday, February 28, 2011 11:09 PM by Matthew Mors

The IT industry's next great security company, Websense delivers differentiated products that solve customer needs and offers a distribution and support channel that brings solutions to market and drives customer advocacy. The Websense® TRITON™ solutions are winning many fans and receiving rave reviews and awards for delivering the best security against modern malware at the lowest total cost. The company's TRITON Solution Customer First Initiative continues to mutually benefit Websense and its customers. And today, Websense announces that two of its North American channel leaders are recognized as CRN Channel Chiefs, a coveted industry award for those who work very closely with the value added reseller and managed service provider community to defend, promote, and execute effective partner strategies and programs.

Websense vice president of worldwide channels  Kurt Mills and Canadian country manager Fiaaz Walji are both honored for their channel leadership, partner advocacy, and dedication to ensuring that channel partners' voices are heard and their business needs remain a top priority for the company. Under Mills' leadership, Websense launched new business-building resources that led to record year-over-year growth for its managed channel partners, and a sizable increase for systems integrators and IT consultants.

Among the resources introduced last year were the TRITON Solution Technical Enablement Program, which includes the TRITON Olympian Certification, and the TRITON Solution Customer First Initiative. The Customer First Initiative is a three-pronged program with enhanced support, training, and tools; and education to help customers more effectively market, sell, and support the Websense TRITON solution.

 

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Published Friday, February 25, 2011 11:02 PM by Matthew Mors

Websense has been named the winner of the Best Web Content Management Product in the U.S. Reader Trust category of the 2011 SC Magazine Awards. Websense, a clear leader in defining the content security market and in providing uniquely effective unified content security solutions, helps companies secure content, even in the toughest environments, such as social media, mobile devices, and in the cloud. The award was presented on February 15, 2011 at the SC Awards Gala. With a record number of nominations, the 2011 SC Awards U.S. were the most robust and competitive in the program's history.

The category and award are recognition that the security landscape has changed and that older perimeter-based solutions are no longer sufficient or effective against modern malware. Going beyond simply blocking malware, the Websense® Web Security Gateway (WSG) won the Best Web Content Management Product category by proving the success and overall impact of the Websense TRITON™ solution to theReader Trust Voting Panel. The Websense TRITON solution categorizes content including data in real time, which not only blocks malware and data theft, but also enables productive and compliant use of SaaS applications and the social Web, an increasingly vital part of collaboration and communication.

Indeed, organizations no longer have perimeters that can be secured. There are branch offices, mobile devices, and remote workers that need safe access to confidential corporate information -- no matter where it's created or used. Arguably, Websense and the Websense TRITON solution has done more than any other company to enable security, productivity, and data leakage prevention (DLP) in the new era of borderless enterprises.

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Published Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:58 PM by Matthew Mors

For some companies, leading a market for three years in a row would be enough, but notWebsense, who continues to innovate their product line and anticipate their customer needs, while leading the market in a completely new direction of security. This is the case with the Websense® TruWebDLP™ capabilities that are part of the Websense Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) included in the Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere (WSGA), which provides the only real DLP capabilities for outbound communications. This radical innovation, along with TruHybrid deployment with unified on-premise and Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) management, real-time content classification and up-to-the-minute security scanning, has carried Websense once again to the top of IDC's Worldwide Web Security 2010 - 2014 Forecast and 2009 Vendor Shares report, Doc.#224801, Sep. 2010.

The IDC report further highlights Websense for:

  • Continued Web security market leadership, with market share close to 40 percent larger than the next largest vendor. 
  • Continued growth in Web security solution delivery with 256 percent SaaS growth. 
  • Superior Web security technology for inbound threats and outbound risks with the Advanced Classification Engine and TRITON™ architecture
  • Previously, Websense V-Series appliance unit growth was noted for the highest rate of growth of any enterprise class content security appliance product according to IDC

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Published Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:52 PM by Matthew Mors

Saying that you have the trust of your customers is one thing, proving it is entirely different, which is why Websense, a global leader in unified Web securitydata security and email security solutions, is proud that it has been named a finalist in multiple categories in the 2011 SC Magazine Awards. Websense® Web Security Gateway was named a finalist in the Best Anti-Malware Gateway and Best Web Content Management Product categories in the Reader Trust Award category, which honors best-in-class security products and services, as determined by SC Magazine readers. Websense was also recognized in the Excellence Award category forBest Security Company, which acknowledges companies with superior security products that help customers tackle today's pressing security challenges.

Websense products were selected from hundreds of entries submitted in more than 31 technology categories. Finalists will be reviewed and winners will be chosen by the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers -- security and technology experts from large, medium, and small enterprises from all major vertical markets.

"Websense innovations illustrate the passion and creativity the IT security industry is taking to protect valuable assets and interests," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief   Illena Armstrong. "At the end of the day it's about protecting business, and Websense was named a finalist because of their contribution to this effort."

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Published Monday, November 22, 2010 10:40 PM by Matthew Mors

Honored for outstanding enterprise protection of today's evolving security threat landscape,Websense, a global leader in Web security, data security, and email security solutions, was named "Information Security Company of the Year" by SC Magazine Canada on November 16, 2010 at the first-ever SC Congress Canada Awards Gala. The SC Magazine Excellence Award for "Information Security Company of the Year" acknowledges an organization with superior security products proven to help customers overcome today's enterprise-focused security attacks.

"Websense's innovations illustrate the passion and creativity the IT security industry is taking to protect valuable assets and interests," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief   Illena Armstrong. "At the end of the day, it's about protecting business, and Websense was named 'Information Security Company of the Year' because of its leadership in this effort."

Websense and other 2011 Excellence Awards winners were chosen by Canada's top security experts -- representing the wide distribution ofSC Magazine's readers, their breadth of knowledge and experience in the information security industry

 

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Published Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:06 AM by Matthew Mors

 

 

For the 8th consecutive year, Grupo Editorial M.A. and its business partners in Latin America presented the Channel Awards to acknowledge the importance of technology in Latin America. The awards, which were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Fountainbleau Hotel on Miami Beach last week, give well deserved recognition for excellence in technology products and services in the region.   

More than 400 products were evaluated in specific categories by a panel expert judges. Websense was delighted to have won the award in the Security category – Best Corporate Security solution.  The Websense Data Security Suite automatically blocks, quarantines, encrypts, audits and logs and notifies users when it detects policy violations.

Websense data security expertise features in the Websense TRITON solution, which offers users a powerful, integrated architecture of award-winningWebdata and email security technologies  in a single, flexible content security solution that provides the best security for current threats and with a level of integratiSave, but don't Publishon that saves money.

You can try Websense award winning Data Security Suite in minutes with our revolutionary DLP for Download program.

 

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Published Friday, October 01, 2010 10:40 AM by Patricia Hogan

During a recent review, CRN found Websense Hosted Security offered a solution with guaranteed availability of 99.999 percent uptime at a price that’s hard to beat! So what makes our email service stand out from the rest? According to CRN, key factors include: ease of setup and use, reliability, deployment flexibility and cost.

CRN recognized the powerful content inspection engine of our Hosted Service that not only protects corporate networks from malware found in e-mail, on Web sites, and on the destination sites of Web links traveling though e-mails, but also has the capacity to inspect outbound traffic for confidential corporate data.

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Published Monday, September 20, 2010 5:30 PM by Patricia Hogan

Year-after-year, Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com readers recognize Websense’s security leadership and industry innovation.

Approximately 1,400 voters rated products in 14 different categories and selected Websense as a winner for its outstanding data loss prevention  and messaging security technology in the 2010 Information Security Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards!

Websense Data Security Suite was given exceptionally high marks for flexible policy definition/management, detecting and preventing unauthorized user activity, and comprehensive and flexible reports. The Websense Data Security Suite automatically blocks, quarantines, encrypts, audits and logs and notifies users when it detects policy violations.

Websense Email Security received good scores across the board. Readers noted the service's integration with existing messaging capabilities as its strongest point, followed closely by its spam detection and blocking, and its end-user transparency. Archiving support was also a stand-out feature for the software-as-a-service email security, and readers liked its reporting capabilities and ease of installation.

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Published Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:00 AM by Patricia Hogan

Websense has been nominated for the Computing Security Awards, which honors the products and services that have made a positive contribution to making organizations more secure.

We encourage you to go online and vote Websense for the "Contribution to IT Security” award and Websense Data Security Suite for the "Data Leakage Prevention Solution of the Year" award. Content security is a crucial issue for organizations worldwide and Websense is dedicated to unifying Web, data and email content security solutions to delivers the best security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership.

Click here to vote for Websense, before voting closes on October 25, 2010. Thank you for your support, we appreciate it!

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Published Monday, July 26, 2010 5:31 PM by Matthew Mors

 

Great news! Four Websense channel executives have been recognized by CRN in this year’s Top Women of the Channel. The prestigious accolade honors key customer-facing female business leaders within vendor channel organizations, distributors and solution providers.

Please join us in congratulating Erin Malone, senior director of worldwide channel strategy and operations, Kristi Houssiere, director of worldwide program strategy and Americas channel operations, Jody Len, director of global alliances, and Dee Dee Acquista, director of channel sales. These four channel executives were selected for their professional contributions and accomplishments, all of which have led to record-setting growth and success in the Websense partner channel through the last year.

Malone and Houssiere were also recognized as two of the elite CRN Power 100, an exclusive list that recognizes the IT industry’s top female channel executives for reaching the highest levels of the corporate ladder based on their professional achievements and influence wielded in the technology industry. This is the third consecutive year Malone has been named one of the Top Women of the Channel and the second consecutive year for Houssiere.

 

 

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