Websense Hosted Email Security

About Websense Hosted Email Security:

Blocks inbound and outbound email threats in the cloud Protection from email threats before they reach the network Reduced administrative overhead Low total cost of ownership

Websense provides best-in-class Web 2.0 intelligence that’s essential to Email Security in today’s complex threat landscape. With Websense Hosted Email Security (formerly SurfControl/Blackspider MailControl), customers are ensured leading anti spam and antivirus protection from converged email and Web 2.0 threats, powered by the intelligence of the ThreatSeeker Network. The hosted security model provides reduced costs and complexity while allowing businesses to retain control and eliminate uncertainty through industry-leading service level agreements. With Websense Hosted Email Security, customers gain mission-critical Email Security while enabling a consolidated security strategy with the trusted leader in Essential Information Protection.

Websense Hosted Email Security enables customers to:

• Reduce business costs and complexity with no on-site equipment to install or maintain, bandwidth and storage savings, no unexpected expenditures, and eased administrative overhead
• Increase protection with leading security from converged email and Web 2.0 threats backed by industry-leading SLAs and the power of the Websense ThreatSeeker Network
• Retain control with 24x7 access and flexible customization of policies, configuration settings, quarantine management, and reporting

Websense Hosted Email Security provides leading protection from converged email and Web 2.0 threats.

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Websense Hosted Email Security available packages:

• Hosted Antispam:
  Guards against converged email and Web 2.0 spam attacks and is backed by a 99 percent spam detection service level agreement.
   
• Hosted Email Security:
  Guards against converged email and Web 2.0 attacks and is backed by SLAs ensuring 99 percent spam detection and 100 percent known-virus protection.
   
• Hosted Email Security and Content Control:
  Guards against converged email and Web 2.0 attacks, enables email content control with end-to-end encryption and customized lexical analysis and is backed by SLAs ensuring a 99 percent spam detection rate and 100 percent protection against known viruses.

Websense Hosted Security Model		Hosted Antispam	Hosted Web Security	Hosted Web Security Gateway
Top-tier global data center infrastructure	Built-in failover, scalability, and disaster recovery backed by ISO27001 certification, ensuring security and data privacy.
Extensive reporting and flexible policies	Visibility and control with 24x7 access to forensic dashboard, detailed reports, and policy settings.
Spooling and disaster recovery	Ensures email is never lost, even during a planned or unplanned outage.
Websense Email Security Components
Leading protection from converged email and Web 2.0 threats	The ThreatSeeker Network stops converged email and Web 2.0 threats before they reach the network.
100 percent protection from known virus threats	Faster day-zero protection with the ThreatSeeker Network along with antivirus engines, so that that the network remains uninfected from email or Web-borne viruses.
Email content and file attachment analysis	Enables good corporate governance through content filtering for appropriate language and file attachments.
Data protection and compliance management	Helps secure confidential data and ensure compliance through email encryption and customizable content filtering.
Flexible and simple quarantine management	Provides flexibility for employee management of individual spam quarantine and black and white lists.

Demo:

Websense Hosted Email and Web Security
Fighting Threats in the Cloud

This demo provides an overview of the business challenges inherent to managing threats such as spam, malware, and data leakage over email. Through a live demo of Websense Hosted Email and Web Security, you’ll learn how Websense’s SaaS technology solves these problems while reducing business costs, reducing complexity, and ensuring the highest possible degree of protection.

Documentation:

Download the Websense Hosted Email Security Datasheet (PDF).