Websense Email Security

Overview:

Websense® is known for safeguarding the Web with best-in-class Web security. Now, the same research and intelligence that made Websense a recognized leader in Web security forms the backbone of powerful email security.

Today’s Web and email threats are more invasive and abundant than ever with attack volumes surging to new heights. Threats are also becoming more complex, and converging with over 85 percent of unwanted emails now containing a URL link.*

At the same time, preventing loss of confidential information is one of the top challenges that many businesses face and managing data leaks via email is of eminent concern. Insufficient outbound protection can result in legal liability, damage to a company’s reputation, and violation of compliance regulations.

Websense provides best-in-class Web 2.0 intelligence that is essential to email security in the current complex threat landscape. With Websense Email Security customers are ensured leading protection from converged email and Web 2.0 threats, with security powered by the intelligence of the ThreatSeeker™ Network. The software-based solution allows for sophisticated policy controls and reporting to manage outbound compliance and acceptable-use risk. With Websense Email Security organizations receive powerful protection against complex inbound and outbound threats while enabling a consolidated security strategy with the trusted leader in Essential Information Protection™.

Websense Email Security enables customers to:

• Increase protection with leading security from converged email and Web 2.0 threats, backed by the power of the Websense ThreatSeeker Network
• Enforce outbound compliance and data loss protection with granular and highly accurate content filtering to help organizations achieve better corporate governance
• Gain visibility through powerful reporting that includes a customizable dashboard to monitor email usage, interactive drill-down reports, and automatic report scheduling and delivery

How It Works

Websense Email Security provides unparalleled protection by means of the ThreatSeeker Network—the technology foundation for Websense Web, data, and email security solutions. The ThreatSeeker Network provides the intelligence that underlies Essential Information Protection by delivering real-time reputation analysis, expanded behavioral analysis, and actual data identification.

The Websense ThreatSeeker Network adaptive security technology uses more than 50 million real-time data collecting systems that continuously monitor Internet content—including new and dynamic content—for emerging threats. That intelligence is fed into Websense Web security, messaging security, and data loss prevention solutions. As a result, Websense is able to adapt to the rapidly changing Internet at speeds not possible by traditional security solutions and basic email filtering solutions.

Key Features:

Email Security Gateway Anywhere is the only email security product anywhere that offers embedded, enterprise-class data loss prevention (DLP) that:

• Screens incoming email for blended threats that contain links to malicious websites, invasive script, or other Web threats
• Lets you set extremely granular policy controls to guard against outgoing malicious or accidental data loss
• Gives you enterprise-class accuracy without extra expense and complexity of multiple vendors, dashboards, or equipment
• Boosts performance up to three times when compared to other vendors by intercepting all spam and other unwanted email in the cloud, freeing up your servers and preserving bandwidth

Only Websense offers TruEmail DLP™

Some vendors offer a "DLP-lite" imitation that plagues you with false positives and negatives, rendering it nearly useless. Other vendors sell costly standalone DLP boxes that are endlessly complex to deploy and never work quite right. Only Websense delivers TruEmail DLP™ technology, a highly accurate, enterprise-class feature that provides:

• Over 1,000 built-in policy rules
• Natural language processing
• Data fingerprinting
• File matching
• Categories and dictionaries

TruHybrid = More power to you.

Websense TruHybrid™ integrates on-premise and in-the-cloud deployment into one powerful solution that safeguards incoming and outgoing email:

• Inbound: Since up to 85% of your inbound email is spam, we filter it in the cloud, relieving your servers of 85% of their current email workflow.
• Outbound: You get exceptionally granular policy control and reporting for enforcement of outbound DLP using on-premise appliances.

With TruHybrid deployment, you get:

• Maximum security with TruEmail DLP
• Maximum efficiency, combining in-the-cloud and on-premise setup
• Maximum resiliency: If a network outage hits your servers, we queue your incoming email in the cloud, then deliver automatically when you're running again

 

 

ACE combines strategies to knock out new threats.

The Websense Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) detects blended threats, Web scripts, and dynamic attacks by combining a host of detection methods. Powered by the Threatseeker® Network, ACE uses more than 50 million real-time data collecting systems that include these technologies:

Real-time security classification PreciseID™ technology data identification Antispam Reputation services URL filtering Multiple antivirus solutions Websense email security is the only email solution that includes integrated global Web security intelligence and enterprise DLP.

 

One dashboard. You drive.

Our TRITON™ Console puts control at your fingertips. One easy-to-use dashboard gives you:

• Role-based control over data
• Easy expansion to additional security options
• Simplified administration across Web, data, and email for lowest TCO
• Maximum visibility and control through the world's best reporting

Apply DLP policies across Web and email channels from a single location.

 

Reports? No problem.

Our extensive report offering is easy to use and yields information-packed results that make it easy to explain to others what's going on with your email security. You'll get:

• Interactive, drill-down reports
• Automatic report scheduling and distribution
• Access and distribution control
• A huge range of predefined templates
• Capacity for custom reports

 

 

 

 

 

Features & Benefits:

 

Integrated Threat Protection
Leading protection from converged email and Web 2.0 threats	The market-leading Websense URL database is updated in real time to ensure proactive protection against converged email and Web 2.0 threats.
Layered antivirus protection	Powered by the ThreatSeeker Network zero-hour technologies and antivirus engines to provide extensive, integrated threat protection from one vendor.
Powerful antispam protection	Websense Email Security uses antispam protection that takes advantage of in-depth knowledge of Web and email-borne attacks. Extensive security research and intelligence gives Websense Email Security customers a solution that protects from converged threats.
Shared reputation intelligence	Websense Email Security integrates the reputation intelligence of the Websense hosted infrastructure and market-leading Web security products to provide deep connection-level management on incoming email to reduce server load and ensure comprehensive zero-hour protection.
Outbound Compliance and Data Loss Prevention
Compliance dictionaries and rules	Out-of-the-box HIPAA, GLBA, PCI, and state data privacy rules, with over 100 pre-packaged dictionaries in 12 languages, makes it easy to meet compliance requirements. Configurable dictionaries and lexical analysis allow administrators to define what is proprietary and prevent sensitive data loss. Policy-based encryption provides the flexibility to encrypt emails based on content, sender or destination.
Data Security Suite integration	Organizations can guard against costly and embarrassing data loss by integrating with the leading solution, Websense Data Security Suite, available separately. It provides deep content inspection for outbound emails to ensure confidential data doesn’t end up in the wrong inbox.
Reporting
Visibility through reporting	Websense Email Security reporting delivers unmatched visibility of email usage and related threats. With a customizable dashboard, interactive drilldown reports, automatic scheduling and emailing of reports and secure, delegated access to reports, Websense Email Security reporting provides technical staff and business managers alike with the visibility they need to take control of email use.
Layered Protection
Websense Hybrid Email Security	Websense Hybrid Email Security combines Websense Hosted Email Security in the cloud, and Websense Email Security at the gateway. This layered, hybrid deployment saves bandwidth and storage space, and ensures a level of predictability by filtering out the bulk of spam outside of the corporate network.

Websense Email Security also offers the following optional modules:

• Websense Virtual Image Agent:
  The Virtual Image Agent (VIA) is a powerful tool that can filter explicit adult images from email traffic and help reduce potential legal liabilities. Using intelligent scanning technology, it classifies images and handles them in accordance with an organization’s email acceptable use policy.
• Websense Antivirus Agent:
  The Antivirus Agent (AVA) uses virus scanning software from McAfee to protect an organization’s email server and network from email-borne viruses. AVA complements the two antivirus solutions included with Websense Email Security to provide powerful protection from malware.

Deployment Options:

 

All three Websense® email products – Email Security Gateway Anywhere (ESGA), Hosted Email Security (hES), and Email Security (ES) – give you protection against:

• Traditional email threats such as spam, phishing, and viruses
• Blended threats that combine email, Web, and data
• Data loss through email

Websense products also offer: :

• Single console setup
• Easy upgrade to expand coverage
• Significant cost savings over multiple independent solutions

 

Refer to the chart below to see which of our three packages best fits your needs.
Product	Why it's unique	Who might choose this package
Email Security Gateway Anywhere	Websense exclusive: This is the only email security product anywhere that offers embedded, enterprise-class data loss prevention (DLP) that: Screens incoming email for blended threats that contain links to malicious websites, invasive script, or other Web threats Lets you set extremely granular policy controls to guard against outgoing malicious or accidental data loss Gives you enterprise-class accuracy without extra expense and complexity of multiple vendors, dashboards, or equipment Boosts performance up to three times when compared to other vendors by intercepting all spam and other unwanted email in the cloud, freeing up your servers and preserving bandwidth Also includes all Hosted Email Security features listed below	Companies who want the most comprehensive and lowest-cost DLP coverage available anywhere for email.
Hosted Email Security	Ensures consistent availability of email delivery, with workflow operating on enormous, reliable, and redundant in-the-cloud servers Runs automatic spooling of email in case of outages in your systems Provides these additional security features: 99% detection level for spam 100% detection level for known viruses Content filter for data loss prevention Server-to-server encryption	Companies looking for basic email security at reduced operational costs.
Email Security	Offers multipurpose protection against wide-ranging risks, including: Spam, viruses, and phishing Malicious Web links within email Employees who email confidential information New and ever-evolving attack strategies Offers extreme granularity in configuration, controls, and preferences – plus the option to run on dedicated hardware or in a virtualized environment. Available as software running on either Websense V-Series appliances or your own servers Includes optional add-ons for additional cost: Websense Image Analysis: Advanced algorithms analyze images embedded in or attached to emails in real-time for inappropriate content such as pornography Websense Advanced Email Encryption: Encrypts email from end-user to end-user based on policy, protecting confidential communications with business partners and customers Websense Email Archive: Gives employees unlimited mailbox size for archived Outlook or Notes email, plus accelerates e-discovery by letting you easily search and retrieve messages within seconds	Companies who want comprehensive web security without the headaches of on-premise deployment, maintenance, and upgrades. Deployment options include: Software on-premise, with the Websense V5000™ appliance OR Software on-premise, with Websense software installed on local servers

 

Documentation:

Download the Websense Email Security Datasheet (.PDF)