Websense Beefs Up Information Protection

December 22nd, 2006: After Check Point’s announcement earlier this week, the security firm Websense has announced that it will be acquiring PortAuthority Technologies in a US$90 million cash deal.

The merge will bring PortAuthority’s leak prevention and Websense’s ThreatSeeker malicious content identification and categorisation technology together, resulting in what Websense says will be a new software company with the capability to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of confidential data while simultaneously protecting users and data from external malicious threats.

Websense claims its Deep Content Control technology will help protect information flowing through the network, including outbound, internal and Web-based email, Web postings, instant messaging, file transfers and network printing.

“Today's high impact security threats aren't about a worm overloading your mail system.  They are about people stealing your proprietary information,” said Gene Hodges, CEO, Websense. “Websense and PortAuthority are solving this problem today by helping companies prevent Web-based information theft and internal information leakage.”

Websense already worked closely with PortAuthority in an OEM technology alliance this year, this deal will now cement this relationship.

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