Websense Hosted Web Security (formerly SurfControl WebDefense) protects against malware, delivers granular Web filtering, and provides centralised policy management for any type of environment, including those with remote locations, home offices, and mobile laptops. Websense Hosted Web Security stands alone as a complete solution or can be layered with existing on-premise security to provide an additional layer of Web protection. Guaranteed by industry-leading service level agreements (SLAs), Websense Hosted Web Security eliminates the complexity and uncertainty of managing Web-based threats, while simplifying policy administration for all users within the organisation. Hosted security is hosted off the network with nothing to deploy or maintain on site, so business costs are significantly reduced.

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Key Features

• Protects against Web-based threats including viruses, trojans, worms and phishing attacks
• Prevents lost productivity through unauthorised or excessive employee Web usage
• Safeguards employees from illegal or inappropriate Web content  and protects webmail from malware threats
• Reduces legal liability of having illegal content on your network
• Reduces IT costs by optimising network bandwidth availability
• Easy, flexible and low cost deployment with no hardware or software required and minimal integration
• NTLM transparent identification with no requirement for on site hardware or software
• Single point of policy enforcement for multiple sites and roaming users with no single point of failure
• Minimised total cost of ownership
• Close integration with Websense's on-demand e-mail security solution for seamless Web and e-mail security management

Hosted Websense Datasheet

Hosted Websense History

This service was originally known and owned by Blackspider

and then was purchased by SurfControl as their on-demand services.

Websense aquired Surfcontol in 2007 and the on-demand services are now called Hosted Web and Email Security. 

In essence this is the very same quality service and it now has the backing of Websense and therefore will gain extra resources and development.