Websense Achieves OPSEC Certification from Check Point Software
Websense Enterprise v5 Integrates With Industry's Most Recognized Security FrameworkSAN DIEGO, Oct. 13, 2003 - Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the world's leading provider of employee Internet management (EIM) solutions, today announced that its Websense Enterprise® v5 software has been awarded OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. OPSEC certification ensures that Websense Enterprise v5 seamlessly integrates with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation solution, providing Check Point customers with advanced employee Web management at three critical points of policy enforcement - the gateway, network and desktop. As a result, Websense Enterprise v5 allows content filtering across Web pages, network protocols and desktop applications to effectively mitigate security risks, enhance overall network performance and improve employee productivity. "The Check Point OPSEC Certified Websense solution provides my company with Web filtering and network protection, and is easy to manage as a single corporate solution," said Dennis Grow, manager MIS technical services of Anchor Glass Container Corporation, a Websense customer with a 500-user license. "We value Websense's flexible policy enforcement capabilities, and the granular management using the 80+ database categories. Anchor is assured of secure Internet communications and manages the productivity of our employees' professional Internet use with ease." In 1997, Websense contributed to Check Point's original URL Filtering Protocol specification. The certification of Websense Enterprise v5 demonstrates the continuing commitment of Websense to provide customers with the most advanced Internet security and Web filtering benefits. Websense Enterprise v5 was awarded Check Point certification after extensive testing of the software for interoperability, reliability, scalability and performance. As a result, Check Point firewalls integrated with Websense Enterprise transparently protect customer networks from internal and external threats, including those associated with instant messaging, peer-to-peer file sharing and Web-based viruses. "To insure end users use the Web safely and productively, implementation of a Web filtering solution is critical," said Upesh Patel, director of business development for Check Point Software. "OPSEC Certification allows customers to seamlessly deploy the OPSEC Certified Websense Enterprise Web filtering solution with Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence solution." Websense Enterprise software is supported in real-time by the Websense URL database, a sophisticated catalog of more than 4.9 million categorized Web sites. The database is used to verify all Internet users' requests based on the company's acceptable Internet use guidelines and it works with the advanced policy engine of Websense®, which can be tailored by end user, group, department or network. Websense offers unsurpassed employee Internet management options, including continue/defer and time-based quotas, which allow employees to access non-work-related Web sites for a set amount of minutes per day. "OPSEC certification of the latest version of Websense Enterprise ensures that customers receive two best-of-breed products combined as one," said Quinn Curtis, director of product management, Websense Inc. "The direct integration of Websense Enterprise with Check Point's VPN and firewall products enables the joint solution to scale for even the largest company. The advantage is evident to the thousands of global customers - representing millions of employees - who currently use Websense in conjunction with Check Point products." Check Point products tested and certified with Websense Enterprise also include Check Point Express™, an all-in-one comprehensive VPN/security solution especially designed to meet the Internet security needs of mid-sized businesses with up to 500 users. Visit http://www.websense.com/checkpoint for more information or to download a free, fully functional 30-day trial of Websense Enterprise v5, Check Point FireWall-1 Edition. About Check Point's OPSEC About Websense Inc. ### This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause Websense's results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. 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