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Websense Wins Top Analyst Award for Email Security
Enterprise Management Associates recognizes Websense for Best Hybrid Strategy

August 23, 2011

Email is a dangerous data loss channel that has been center stage in this year's tidal wave of targeted attacks. "Kate Middleton in bikini." "Real Osama bin Laden death pics." "Your tax return cannot be processed." It is just too easy to convince unsuspecting employees to open emails with seductive subject lines and spoofed sender addresses. Hackers know it, and they also know how to successfully spear phish executives into giving them access to confidential data.

Management and IT security are seeking guidance on which email security product will best protect them from these threats, not just to prevent malware, but also from data theft. To provide expert insight, analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recently evaluated hosted (cloud-based) messaging security options in the report "EMA Radar™ for Hosted Message Security Services." Websense earned the "Best Hybrid Strategy" accolade and "Value Leader" recognition.

"Today's threats often exploit multiple vectors to achieve a successful attack via messaging. Given this fact, the Websense strategy scored well with an insightful strategy that emphasizes the need for compatibility and integration across technologies central to message security, both hosted and on-premise," said Scott Crawford, managing research director for EMA. "Websense Email Security Gateway Anywhere is one of the most flexible and comprehensive hybrid strategies for keeping confidential data in and attacks out. Websense® TRITON™ solutions give IT security teams a choice of on-premise, in the cloud, or a combination of both embracing both email and web content filtration as well as data loss prevention. This blend of capability is strongly competitive for companies who want to combine on-premise outbound content filtering with the advantages of a hosted solution for inbound messaging."

EMA used five criteria categories to evaluate vendors, including: deployment and administration; cost advantage; architecture and integration; functionality; and vendor strength. These are the measurements that, in EMA's view, help organizations choose the best products and services in markets covered by EMA Radar Reports.

"Every email that comes in and leaves an organization is an opportunity for malware exposure or data loss," said Tom Clare, Websense director of Product Marketing. "Web security, email security, and data security can't be separate silos—they need to work together with combined security intelligence to effectively protect an organization. That's why we created the Websense TRITON solution. It unifies and consolidates our web, email, and data security to eliminate bloated duplication of systems, while sharing intelligence across these three critical channels. So our email solution, with integrated enterprise-class DLP, is an easy and effective way for organizations to protect that sensitive channel from data theft without invoking a full DLP project. And email customers benefit from web analytics, even if they don't use the web product."

Websense created Email Security Gateway Anywhere on top of more than 10 years of proven email and cloud security expertise. This uniquely effective email security is built on the TRITON architecture and features enterprise-class DLP, advanced encryption, and email archiving.

Unlike the "lite" DLP that is offered by other companies, Websense® TruEmail DLP™ uses Websense market-leading DLP technology to accurately identify confidential data, virtually eliminating false positives and negatives and delivering full workflow and reporting. It also predefines policies by region and industry, which allows for a faster path to meeting regulations and compliance. Users also benefit from Websense® TruHybrid™ deployment capabilities. Spam is filtered in the cloud before it hits customers' networks to protect bandwidth (as more than 80 percent of email is spam), and confidential data can be secured on premises before it leaves the network.(1)

About EMA

Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst and consulting firm that specializes in going "beyond the surface" to provide deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies. We deliver research, analysis, and consulting services to two key client groups: Enterprise IT Professionals and IT and Data Management Vendors.

About Websense, Inc.

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, email security, and data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, delivers the best content security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership to tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market and small organizations around the world. Distributed through a global network of channel partners and delivered as software, appliance and Security-as-a-Service (SaaS), Websense content security solutions help organizations leverage web 2.0 and cloud communication, collaboration, and social media while protecting from advanced persistent threats, preventing the loss of confidential information and enforcing internet use and security policies. Websense is headquartered in San Diego, California with offices around the world. For more information, visit www.websense.com.