Websense announces remote filtering capabilities

NEW DELHI: Websense, Inc., an employee Internet management solutions provider, today announced the upcoming release of its Remote Filtering technology.

Remote Filtering capabilities will be incorporated into the newest versions of Websense web filtering and web security software, expected to be available next month.

The company said in a statement that its Remote Filtering ensures secure employee Internet use anytime and anywhere, becoming a critical component of any organization's endpoint security and protection strategy.

Websense Remote Filtering allows organization to apply Internet usage policies to remote users and frequent travelers, protecting them from external security threats and managing access to objectionable web content.

Secure Internet access provided by Websense Remote Filtering not only provides protection for remote users from accessing phishing sites, sites that contain spyware, or sites corrupted with malicious code, but also reduces the cost, downtime, and frustration associated with compromised computers in the field, the statement added.