Websense Accolades

Websense CSO named a 2012 Top Security Executive by ExecRank

April Tellez — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:05:00 GMT

ExecRank has named Jason Clark, Websense chief security and strategy officer, to its prestigious 2012 Top Security Executives list. With more than 10,000 security executives in the United States, Clark ranked eighth out of 150 security executives honored.

This impressive recognition is a result of two years of research and feedback from top chief information security officers (CISOs) and CSOs. Each candidate's ranking was determined by a performance-based algorithm in 24 key areas. ExecRank evaluated how each executive developed and implemented security processes that significantly minimized risk within their organization.

For more information on this award, please click here.

Fiaaz Walji Named CRN 2013 Channel Chief

April Tellez — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:05:00 GMT

UBM Tech Channel's CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs has named Websense's Fiaaz Walji to its prestigious list. This accolade recognizes executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization. These powerful leaders evangelize and defend the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.

As the Canadian country manager for Websense, Walji demonstrated channel leadership, partner dedication and outstanding customer experience commitment. Under his leadership, the company experienced year-over-year profitability and increased customer retention within Canada. Websense Canada also increased sales and technical headcount, training, and enhanced renewal and new business margins through its partner deal registration program.

"Recent high-profile targeted attacks against news outlets underscore the need for a unified security solution that integrates security intelligence across web security, email security, data loss prevention and mobile security," said Walji. "Any company with IP is a target. Real-time defenses, combined with unified security technology, are essential to stop multi-stage attacks and prevent data loss. I'm honored to be part of this community of leaders recognized for bringing security innovation and excellence to our partners and their customers."

Savvy security partners recognize that criminal advances in developing highly targeted multi-stage attacks has increased the need for better visibility and correlation of events across the IT infrastructure. The better an organization can piece together the warning signs of a multi-stage attack, the faster it can stop or even prevent data theft. Fiaaz has been instrumental in educating the Websense partner community on the latest threats-like those detailed in the 2013 Websense Threat Report.

For more than 10 years, Channel Chiefs have been selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue and public support for the importance of IT channel sales.

Websense Takes Home Best Web Content Management and Best Regulatory Compliance at the 2013 SC Magazine Awards US

April Tellez — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:05:00 GMT

The wins continue to pile up for Websense at the SC Magazine Awards US. This year, we took home two awards:

- Best Web Content Management Product for Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere (WSGA)

- Best Regulatory Compliance Solution for Websense Data Security Suite

The SC Magazine Awards US is highly acclaimed in the information security industry. The winners are chosen from a distinguished panel of judges including SC Magazine's editorial team and esteemed security professionals hailing from both the private and public sectors. This year, a vast number of entries were received so the competition was intense.

Winning two awards demonstrates Websense's global leadership and universally recognized achievements in innovative information security practices and solutions. This industry recognition is yet another testament to the fact that Websense stops more threats, and we can Prove It!

The GTDC Gives Websense the Gold

April Tellez — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:15:00 GMT

Websense and partners get the gold! The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) has awarded Websense the Gold Rising Star Ranking in the software companies category. This award recognizes Websense's exceptional sales growth through U.S. distributors over the past year and is a testament to the continual success in the IT channel.

The GTDC is a worldwide non-profit industry association comprised of the IT industry's top wholesale distributors.

Winning the Gold Rising Star Ranking confirms Websense's dedication to maintaining a strong position in the marketplace, enhancing channel operations and maximizing partners' revenue potential through ongoing product and service innovations.

Websense Wins Best Security Management Award at SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012

Talia James — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:55:00 GMT

Websense has continued its worldwide winning streak at the 2012 SC Magazine Awards Europe. Earlier this year Websense won three awards in the SC Magazine Awards US 2012. And last week, Websense won Best Security Management for Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere.

The SC Awards Europe are widely recognized as the most coveted and prestigious awards for the European information security industry. This year’s organizers reported that they received a record number of entries this year.

Winning the Best Security Management Award recognizes the power and effectiveness of Websense solutions in an ever-changing world with more social networks, an increasingly mobile workforce, and sophisticated modern malware.

A three-peat for Websense at the 2012 SC Magazine Awards

Talia James — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:27:00 GMT

Once again, Websense has been recognized for three awards at the annual SC Magazine Awards. This year, we won all three for:

- Best Enterprise Security Solution

- Reader’s Trust Award for Websense Web Security Gateway

- Best Corporate Security Blog

It is great to win in three different categories and to be recognized for exceptional enterprise protection and research of advanced attacks and evolving threats.

Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere won the award for Best Enterprise Security Solution in the U.S. Excellence Award category and the award for Best Web Content Management Solution in the U.S. Reader’s Trust category. And the Websense Security Labs Blog won the award for Best Corporate Security Blog in the U.S. Social Media Award category. The awards were presented on February 28, 2012 at the SC Magazine Awards Gala in San Francisco.

The product awards are a testament to the foundations that allow us to claim that nobody in the world stops more threats:

- The research and prevention expertise of the Websense Labs

- ACE (the Websense Advanced Classification Engine), along with the ThreatSeeker Network

- The TRITON architecture that products like Websense Web Security Gateway (along with email, mobile, and DLP solutions) are built upon.

Websense won by demonstrating the effectiveness against advanced malware of its real-time content analysis and unified security intelligence to a hand-picked expert panel of judges and the 2012 Reader Trust Voting Panel.

The winner of this blogging category was determined by online votes from the general public, demonstrating that the Websense Security Labs blog is a trusted source for up-to-date and useful information on the latest outbreaks, threats, and other valuable security topics.

Websense® TRITON™ Wins Best Solution for Enterprise Content Protection at the Channel Awards 2011

Talia James — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Websense® TRITON™ recently won the "Best Solution for Enterprise Content Protection" at the Channel Awards 2011. For the 9^th year, Grupo Editorial M.A. and its business partners in Latin America presented the Channel Awards to honor the leading technology products in Latin America. More than 700 products were evaluated in more than 100 specific categories by a panel of expert judges. The awards recognize excellence in technology products and services in the region...

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EMA Positions Websense as a Leader in Email Security

Patricia Hogan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:00:00 GMT

It’s good to go with a leader, so you’ll be happy to hear that Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) just positioned Websense as a Value Leader—the highest rating possible—in its 2011 EMA Radar™ Report for Hosted Message Security Services.

Not only was Websense selected as a leader for email security, but we also received the prestigious award of ‘Best Hybrid Strategy’ for the new Email Security Gateway Anywhere product. The report is a strong validation for our TRITON content security strategy, which integrates web, email, and data security across cloud and hybrid platforms. So whether you want it SaaS or on-premise, or a combination of the two, we have the choice for you.

In addition, you get the world’s best, analyst-recognized enterprise DLP baked right into the solution. So not only do you get the best protection from inbound threats, but you also have protection against company data loss.

Click here for a copy of the report. You’ll learn how embracing the cloud will help you efficiently manage email security.

San Diego Magazine Selects Dave Baker as a Top Tech Executive

Matthew Mors — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:46:00 GMT

We'd like to take a moment to congratulate one of our own on a great achievement. Websense's Dave Baker, vice president of IT, was recently honored in San Diego Magazine’s Top Tech Exec Awards. Dave (pictured in the center, with a V5000 appliance) won the “public company” category, the most competitive of all. Overall, more than 150 technology leaders in San Diego were nominated, and nine were named honorees.

Dave was recognized for his overall leadership, assistance in developing and testing Websense revolutionary TRITON Content Security Solution, while also spearheading more than 75 recent projects. His projects included implementing several critical Websense business intelligence capabilities, which integrated multiple departments, improved sales communication, and increased visibility into Websense’s customers and profitability.

Congratulations to Dave and his team for continuing to contribute to Websense capabilities and for helping to ensure that our customers stay ahead of the latest IT security threats.

Websense® TRITON™ Wins Best Content Security at 2011 SC Magazine Awards Europe

Talia James — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:07:00 GMT

Websense® TRITON™ has been named winner of the Best Content Security Award at the SC Magazine Awards Europe. The judging panel chose Websense TRITON as the best content security solution for its ability to enable businesses to extend the protection it offers to remote offices and mobile workers. This is due to the integration between the cloud-based and on-premise platforms through Websense TruHybrid deployment for unified management of threats. It also utilizes Websense TruWeb DLP and TruEmail DLP capabilities to cover data loss from the web and through email.

This news comes hot on the heels of another Content Security accolade: earlier this year Websense was named the winner of the Best Web Content Management Product in the U.S. Reader Trust category of the 2011 SC Magazine Awards.

These awards are recognition that the security landscape has changed and that older perimeter-based solutions are no longer sufficient or effective against modern malware. 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.