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

How it Works

Protecting the network with Websense Hosted Email Security is easy. Simply point MX records to the Websense data centers, and all email is filtered before it reaches the network, providing significant bandwidth and storage savings. Websense data centers are load-balanced, redundant, highly available clusters located in 10 locations worldwide. The hosted service is certified to ISO27001 standards to provide the highest degree of global and localized security, privacy, and confidentiality. Backed by industryleading service level agreements, Websense provides spooling and disaster recovery provisions as standard elements of the service.

Websense Hosted Email Security also works hand-in-hand with Websense Hosted Web Security to provide integrated email and Web protection enabling organizations to optimize their email use and to safely leverage the power of Web 2.0 technology.

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

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Websense Hosted Email Security Diagram

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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.

Documentation:

Download the Websense Hosted Email Security Datasheet (PDF).

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