Websense, Inc. has announced plans to deliver new technology to control the unwanted dissemination of sensitive and confidential information - from personnel records to corporate trade secrets. To accelerate entry into the information leak prevention market, Websense has signed an agreement with PortAuthority Technologies, Inc. to use its technology as part of the new Websense product line.
With this new agreement, Websense plans to deliver new "Deep Content Control" technology that acts as a digital data guardian to help control how sensitive data can leave the organisation and under what circumstances. This will enable organisations to control where users go, how they get there, and what information they can send or use under a unified policy management console. For example, a business could identify and prevent an employee from accidentally or maliciously sending customer credit card data, sales projections or product source code and plans to a non-trusted or unknown location or unauthorised internal recipients. As a result, organisations can more effectively and efficiently respond to issues related to corporate governance and intellectual property protection.
Websense Deep Content Control technology will integrate PortAuthoritys PreciseID information classification and identification technology with Websenses classification and enforcement technology to provide automated data protection.
The market for data-centric content control is growing. IDC predicts that the market for multi-protocol content filtering will grow from 194.0 million in 2007 to 434.6 million in 2009, representing a 49.7 per cent compound annual growth rate.
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www.portauthoritytech.com
www.websense.com
Taken from Information Security Bulletin.