THE WEBSENSE SOLUTION

Government and public sector agencies choose the Websense product line because of its ability to integrate with a variety of enterprise-level Internet appliances, as well as for its robust master database, which includes more than 20 million Web sites, in more than 50 languages, classified into more than 90 categories. In fact, Websense software is used in more than 500 government organizations.

State and local government agencies rely on the Internet to perform critical services for their customers. Websense software provides a flexible tool with which to manage internet use according to time of day, department, and users and groups. The software automates the organization's written internet usage policy, taking the burden off managers and IT administrators.

Because of the unmatched breadth of the Websense Master Database and the fact that customers are sent automatic updates of new Web sites daily, government agencies never have to worry about employees surfing for illicit material or wasting valuable network resources.

With Essential Information Protection from Websense, state and local government can:

• Prevent government workers, schools and libraries from accessing inappropriate content or downloading malicious code that could expose the agency to potential risks
• Provide state and local officials with the tools to manage: who can transfer sensitive information, where it can go and how it can get there, to help protect sensitive information from hackers and from inappropriate use
• Avoid the high costs associated with inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information due to external threats or internal leaks

EDUCATION SOLUTIONS

Websense products are used by thousands of schools and universities worldwide. Websense products allow educational institutions to transparently monitor, report on, and manage Internet, protocol, and application usage.

In the UK, Websense is accredited with approved Internet Filtering Product certification by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta). As an approved supplier, Websense is certified to provide schools with Web security and Web filtering solutions in line with national strategies and regulations on safe Internet use in education. Read more...

THOROUGH WEB FILTERING WITHOUT COMPROMISING RESEARCH CAPABILITIES

As more and more schools and universities use the Internet as part of their core curriculum, educational providers must implement security measures that promote access to safe enriching sites while blocking dangerous or inappropriate content. Students, staff and faculty need a safe online environment to communicate with each other over email, IM or the Web to conduct research and collaborate on projects. Flexible and highly accurate Web filtering is possible because of the Websense Master Database. Websense also enforces the safe-search capabilities of major search engines. And even when not using safe search, Websense products can block inappropriate thumbnail images in Google search engine results.

FLEXIBLE POLICY SETTING

Websense permits school IT administrators to customize Internet usage policies by user, group, workstation, or network. Thus, it is easy to enable faculty to access a different range of sites than students.

HELPS COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW AND AVOIDANCE OF LEGAL LIABILITY

Laws like the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) can penalize schools that don't use Web filtering software by withholding federal Internet and computer funding. Websense meets CIPA criteria.

Another legal concern for educators is lawsuits brought by concerned parents and organizations. Installing Websense software on your network limits legal liability by blocking inappropriate and objectionable material. Failure to mitigate inbound threats like spam and malware as well as prevent outbound leaks of student data or employee information can result in exposure of students to child predators, reduction in federal funding due not non-compliance with CIPA, and potential lawsuits.

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CONSERVE EXPENSIVE NETWORK BANDWIDTH

MP3s, streaming video, and online chats require a great deal of bandwidth and can seriously affect a network's speed and performance. Websense products allow schools to block sites with bandwidth-intensive content, thus improving overall network performance.

As students become more sophisticated at circumventing acceptable use policies, district administrators and supervisors must upgrade their technology to ensure the students are protected from hackers, predators and inappropriate content. The risks from these threats are growing and existing protection within schools and libraries is no longer adequate.

With Websense Essential Information Protection, educational institutions can add protection to help:

• Prevent students, staff and faculty from accessing inappropriate content or downloading malicious code
• Protect student, staff, faculty and research information from compromise, theft or inappropriate use
• Protect schools (and the taxpayers that fund them) from lawsuits due to the inadvertent disclosure of student records due to a security breach