Wednesday, 9 July 2008

Gartner Positions Websense in Leaders Quadrant

Analyst Group Gartner Inc. has positioned Websense in the Leaders Quadrant of its recently released "Magic Quadrant for Content Monitoring and Filtering and Data Loss Prevention."

In the report, analysts write "We have long believed that integrated network, endpoint and discovery capabilities -- with a centralized management console capable of distributing a consistent set of policies, and providing usable event analysis and workflow for alerting on and remediating violations -- was the ultimate goal and destination of this market."

The report continues, "The 2008 Magic Quadrant gives higher rankings to more broadly capable offerings with greater depth of integration... Leaders in this market have demonstrated good understanding of client needs and offer comprehensive capabilities in all three functional areas, including network, discovery and endpoint."

"We're pleased to see that Websense is in the Leaders Quadrant for content monitoring and filtering and data loss prevention," said Robert Eggebrecht, CEO at BEW Global, a Websense channel partner.

"Websense Data Security Suite is a powerful solution, and Websense is a terrific partner for us as well as our customers. We expect to see continued growth in the data loss prevention market and in our business with Websense."

According to the report, "Gartner believes DLP is emerging as an important information security control... DLP assists management to identify and correct faulty business processes, identify and prevent accidental disclosures of sensitive data, and provide a mechanism for supporting compliance and audit activities."

"Discovering, monitoring and protecting essential information is a top concern for businesses today, and we believe Gartner's evaluation and placement of Websense in the Leaders Quadrant demonstrates the effectiveness of our vision, strategy and products in the data loss prevention market," said Leo Cole, vice president of marketing, Websense.