Websense has announced that it has received two patents for the proprietary technologies that provide Web site and application classification intelligence to Websense software. These technologies help protect organizations from threats to information security and employee productivity due to unmanaged use of the Web or unauthorized applications.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Websense:
- Patent #7,194,464, entitled “System and Method for Adapting an Internet Filter,” which ensures that new or not yet classified Web sites visited by employees are categorized and added to the Websense master database
- Patent #7,185,015, entitled “System and Method of Monitoring and controlling Application Files,” which ensures that new or not yet classified applications and executables launched by employees are categorized and added to the Websense master database.
By leveraging the technologies protected by these patents, Websense software is being constantly updated with Internet and employee usage intelligence to provide unmatched protection to customers.
These two recently patented technologies are two components of the Websense ThreatSeeker technology, publicly unveiled in October 2006. In addition to the more than 100 proprietary processes and systems used by ThreatSeeker to decipher emerging and complex threats, these technologies provide an important additional layer of feedback intelligence from customers to enhance their Web security.
“These patents represent important and cutting edge innovation from Websense engineering,” said John McCormack, senior vice president of product development, Websense. “These two recently patented technologies have proven value in providing our customers with advanced security filtering, and they are important milestones in delivering capabilities that help fill the gaps left by traditional security solutions.”
Websense ThreatSeeker delivers pre-emptive protection from Web-based security threats – threats typically missed or too costly to prevent using security technologies such as antivirus and intrusion prevention systems. Unlike these approaches, Websense seeks out threats on the Internet before customers are compromised and protects customers before patches and signatures are created. As a result, organizations are automatically protected from the latest threats within minutes, without massive costs and administrative burdens and without having to guess what attacks may look like in the future.
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