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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Websense Wireless Protects Minors From Inappropriate Content and Bolsters Smartphone Security
Websense(R) Wireless, a division of Websense, Inc., unveiled new software that allows wireless operators and service providers to provide advanced security features to protect both end-users and the network from malicious Web content and to adhere to regulatory, industry and government regulations designed to protect minors from inappropriate Internet content.
The new software -- the Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine -- allows operators to increase revenue streams by deploying value-added services such as customized parental controls, premium content offerings
for subscribers, enhanced wireless security identification offerings, as well as mobile advertising and marketing capabilities.
The Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine uses Websense technology that collects URLs from Internet sites and classifies them. Depending on the content filters installed with the individual wireless service provider, access to Internet sites can be allowed, blocked, or allowed only after a "continue" option is presented to the subscriber. Wireless operators, or their subscribers, can set filtering policies for more than 90 categories of Web sites, ranging from adult content to spyware.
Websense is the first company to offer reputation-based Web security protection to wireless operators and service providers through its patent-pending ThreatSeeker(TM) malicious content identification and categorization technology. ThreatSeeker's Web Reputation Scoring capability provides enhanced security intelligence to the Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine by discovering and classifying Web sites based on reputation scores and suspicious characteristics. These high-risk sites are added to a threat "watch list," so operators can block access to those sites, helping to improve an operator's security coverage against external Web-based threats.
Websense ThreatSeeker scans more than 600 million Web sites per week to give Websense the power to protect operators' mobile networks before they are compromised by security threats. With this technology, operators can provide preemptive protection from Web-based security threats -- threats typically missed by antivirus systems. Unlike approaches to wireless security that use signature-based technology, Websense seeks out threats on the Internet before customers are compromised and protects customers before patches and signatures are created.
"The increasing availability of Internet-enabled wireless devices such as Smartphones, most of which now feature broadband connectivity, is making it easier for wireless subscribers to enjoy a similar online experience that they have on their desktops. Unfortunately that also means increased exposure to online security threats and content unsuitable for minors," said Kian Saneii, general manager, Websense Wireless. "Wireless operators and Internet service providers are now seeking a reliable, proven content filtering solution to deliver parental controls while also effectively protecting their subscribers from Web-based security threats."
Wireless infrastructure providers and IP-based service providers can provide these solutions to wireless operators by leveraging the Websense Wireless URL Categorization Engine within their own technology offerings. This helps reduce management and deployment costs as compared to handset-based security offerings. The engine is specifically optimized for the environments and requirements of wireless operators and Internet service providers.
About Websense Wireless
Websense Wireless, a division of Websense, Inc. , provides a flexible, carrier-class solution enabling wireless operators to offer Internet content filtering to their subscribers. The Websense Wireless Content Filtering solution leverages market-leading Websense Web filtering and Web security technologies to address compliance requirements, increase subscriber average revenue per user (ARPU), mitigate mobile security threats, and improve the end-user experience. Wireless subscribers and operators benefit from the same award-winning protection that Websense provides to more than 25 million employees worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.websensewireless.com/.
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