Websense Accolades : market leader

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 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.

Websense Wins 2011 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award for Content Security Excellence

Matthew Mors — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:02:00 GMT

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.

Websense Channel Leadership Drives Company Growth; Four Executives Honored by CRN

Matthew Mors — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:31:00 GMT

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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New Reports Validate Websense Web Security Gateway Superiority Over the Competition

Matthew Mors — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:48:00 GMT

Today Websense revealed newly announced independent testing that confirms Websense® Web Security Gateway Anywhere™ provides the most comprehensive content security protection, besting all other security vendors in real-time detection of advanced modern malware, effectiveness and data loss prevention. Additionally, Websense was positioned as the leader in the Radicati Group Inc., “Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant 2010” above vendors including Blue Coat and Cisco.

The Miercom test called “Miercom Secure Web Gateway Effectiveness Tests” – tested Websense Web Security Gateway compared to McAfee’s Web Gateway, Blue Coat’s Proxy SG and Cisco’s IronPort S650. The testing included detection and blocking for multiple categories of real-world malware including attacks designed to exploit Rich Internet Applications and the recently discovered, complex “Aurora” types of blended threats. The test also evaluated the solutions’ abilities to correctly categorize and block objectionable content contained within Web 2.0 sites, such as blogs and social networking. Additionally, the test reviewed the solutions’ abilities to implement data loss prevention (DLP) policies, including compliance with health and financial regulations.

According to Miercom CEO, Rob Smithers: “Today organizations are looking for a secure Web gateway solution that protects them from advanced modern malware like the recent “Aurora” blended threat; but also provides dynamic content classification so that they can safely use new communication and collaboration technology like cloud-based applications and social Web tools. Only Websense Web Security Gateway was able to categorize dynamic content with real accuracy, provide comprehensive built-in data loss prevention and block advanced malware. Additionally, we found that the management of the appliance was much easier and it required less time to set up policies and create custom reports, something that is important to every organization.”

Download the Meircom independent test: Miercom Secure Web Gateway Effectiveness Tests

Download the 2010 Radicati Group, Inc., “Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant 2010” report

Key Findings

- Advanced Malware Protection – The Websense Web Security Gateway blocked nearly 99 percent of advanced modern malware threat types tested, including the complex “Aurora” type of blended threats, more than 27 percent better than the nearest competitor.

- Dynamic Content Classification - Websense Web Security Gateway provided dynamic content categorization not matched by other products in the test. It blocked more than three times the amount of dynamic, objectionable content and those found on Web 2.0 sites than other products tested.

- Management – Websense Web Security Gateway offered better management capabilities and was easier and less time consuming for setting up policies. For example, Blue Coat required five times as many configuration steps and six times more time to set up a policy than Websense.

- Reporting – The Websense Web Security Gateway offered the ability to quickly drill down from dashboard views, create policies and produce detailed investigative and customizable reports while other products tested required additional add-on reporting products.

- Data Loss Prevention – The test covered the ease of configuration and usage, completeness of capabilities and accuracy of protecting sensitive and regulated data being transmitted over the Web. This is vital in dealing with today’s threats and the risks of leveraging the Web as a communication and collaboration channel. Websense surpassed the competition in this test. No other competitor had data awareness or full coverage of basic content like PCI or SSNs. A chart of the key DLP test cases and results is included below.

Radicati Group, Inc. report, “Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant 2010” – further validates Websense leadership

The 2010 Radicati “Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant” report covers software, appliance and hosted services that protect corporate users and networks from Web-based malware, helps prevent data loss and enables organizations to manage employee use of the Web. Of the 11 Web security vendors evaluated, Radicati placed Websense as the clear leader in the “Top Players” quadrant. “Websense is unique in that it offers unified Web, email and data security, which helps organizations block advanced blended attacks, secure the use of Web 2.0 tools, as well as ensure data doesn’t leak out through the Web channel ,” said Sara Radicati, CEO of the Radicati Group. “Websense is currently setting the pace in the Corporate Web Security market with new innovations in content security.”