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Websense Inc.

(WBSN) is in the Business Services Industry

Market Cap:$755.0M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$295.8M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) is the global leader in integrated Web, data and email security, providing Essential Information Protection for more than 42 million employees at more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Websense distributes its solutions through a global network of channel partners. Websense software and hosted security solutions help organizations block malicious code, prevent the loss of confidential information, and enforce Internet use and security policies. Websense has its roots in Web filtering and continues to develop its core strength in discovering and classifying content across all its product offerings. Websense provides unprecedented visibility into the internal and external movement of information in the Web 2.0 world, with extensive management of who is authorized to access Web sites, content, or applications, as well as what data must be protected from leaks, where users and data can go online, and how data and online resources can be communicated and used.

Number of Employees 1,303

Contact Information

10240 Sorrento Valley Rd

San Diego, California 92121

websense.com

(858) 320-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499

Company News

Recent Events

Macquarie Research Upgrades Websense WBSN to Outperform; Valuation Call

11/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Websense upgrade for Hilal Computers

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Websense Q3 Loss Narrows; Guides FY09 Revenues - Update

10/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
FBR Research Downgrades Websense WBSN to Market Perform; Lowers 2010 Estimates

9/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Websense Names New CFO, Sales VP

7/28/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
At Websense, Layoffs and Executive Shakeup

8/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 31

7/31/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story
Pathway Genomics Brings Together Renowned Team of Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Physicians, and a...

7/15/09 - New Investment - View Story
Websense renewals fall short of analyst forecasts

7/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

web and websense inc. - All News and Analysis

Websense Announces New Web Security Gateway for Real-Time Protection From Web 2.0 Threats

- 2008-06-10

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the market share and technology leader in Web security , today announced the managed release of new software that provides real-time security protection from today's dynamic Web 2.0 threats -- allowing businesses to use the Web and new Web 2.0 technologies to advance their...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Web security, Websense Inc.
Websense to Discuss Web 2.0 Security Threats and Strategies at the Gartner IT Security Summit

- 2008-05-29

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that it will join with Websense® customer OmniAmerican Bank, one of the largest locally based financial institutions in the Tarrant County Fort Worth, Texas area, to present strategies and solutions for securely using Web 2.0 technologies and protecting essential data at the Gartner IT...

Tags: Gartner Inc., strategy, Web, Web 2.0, Websense Inc.
Websense Discovers Thousands of Legitimate Web Sites Including the United Nations Site Compromised in Massive Javascript Attack

- 2008-04-23

Highlighting the need for adaptive, real-time Web security, Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that the Websense® Security Labs™ researchers were the first to discover that hundreds of thousands of legitimate Web sites with "good" reputations, including some United Nations and UK Government Web sites, have been compromised ...

Tags: JavaScript, Web, Web site, Websense Inc.
Websense Wins 2008 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award for Best Web Filtering Solution

- 2008-04-17

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that for the third year in a row it has won a Reader Trust Award in the annual SC Magazine Award program for outstanding achievement in information technology security. Websense® Web Security SuiteTM was named the Best Web Filtering Solution at...

Tags: Web, Websense Inc.
Websense Unveils First Internet Security "HoneyGrid" to Discover and Classify Web 2.0 Content and Help Businesses Safeguard Essential Data

- 2008-03-26

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today unveiled a global network of adaptive security technologies and processes designed to continuously monitor the Internet for changes and emerging threats. The resulting intelligence is immediately incorporated into the company's Web security , messaging security and data loss prevention solutions...

Tags: Internet, Internet security, Web, Web 2.0, Websense Inc.

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- 2008-02-15

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Tags: FINANCE, Frost & Sullivan, Investment, MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., SECURITY, Web, Websense Inc.
Websense Named the Global Leader in Web Security

- 2008-01-09

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that IDC, the leading provider of technology analysis, recently named Websense the global leader of the Web security market with 21 percent share of the $1.2 billion dollar market -- providing Web security protection and addressing emerging security challenges including Web 2.0 technologies and...

Tags: International Data Corp., leader, MARKETING, Web, Websense Inc.
Websense and Resilience Release NetSquad Series of Web Security Appliances.(Company overview)

- 2006-04-24

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and SAN DIEGO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and SAN DIEGO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Tags: Web, Web security, Websense Inc.
Tax prowlers beware

- 2006-04-10

Tax Prowlers Beware: San Diego-based Websense, Inc. is keeping its guard up against tax-related online seams as the April 15 filing deadline approaches. According to Websense, a provider of Web security and Web filtering productivity software, cyber-fraudsters are increasing their attacks on online tax tilers to steal confidential information....

Tags: FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Phishing, SECURITY, Taxes, Web, Websense Inc.
Who's Minding the Shop?: Keeping an Eye on Web-Surfing Employees

BNET - 2005-09-14

Outside of breathing, it's hard to find any activity that 9 out of 10 employees do on a regular basis. Workers who spend two hours a day going online for personal pursuits are spending two hours less each day doing work. Of the group who told Websense they use company...

Tags: Web, CFO Publishing Corp., Websense Inc., Channel Management, E-mail, Banking, Marketing, Online Communications, Financial Services