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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The web is the quickest route to malware and employees don't have to go far to get hit by the bad stuff. For the best solutions in a rapidly changing threat environment, IT security professionals often rely on peer suggestions. TechTarget, a top site for security news, facilitates these discussions in their annual survey of the best products. Not surprisingly, Websense® Web Security Gateway earned the gold medal for Best Web Security...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Standing out for effective security in a challenging year for traditional products, Websense has been named a finalist in five separate categories in the 2012 SC Magazine Reader's Trust and Excellence Awards for product innovation and outstanding leadership and achievement in information security. The Excellence Awards category acknowledges companies with superior security products that help customers tackle today's pressing security...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, data security, and email security solutions, today confirmed management participation in two upcoming investor conferences: Error occurred while generating ASCII Content for table Links to the webcasts of both events will be available on the investor relations section of the company's website at http://www.websense.com/investors. About Websense,...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, data security, and email security solutions, today confirmed that Websense CEO Gene Hodges will present at the Wells Fargo 2011 Technology, Media and Telecom conference on November 9, 2011 at 9:05 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. A link to the webcast of the event will be available on the investor relations section of the company's website at www.websense.com/investors. About...

MONARCH BEACH, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense®, a global leader in complementary web security, email security, and data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, today announced that it made this year's InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. Websense moved into the top 200 this year, as the company was again recognized for ongoing innovation and improvement of the Websense customer experience. "Keeping customers...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Should companies allow employees to watch occasional YouTube videos that help them do their job? Probably. But how do you do that while blocking a viral video from taking your network by storm and competing for bandwidth with web-based business applications? When it comes to social web controls, the older all-or-nothing broad stroke measures are no longer useful. And if productivity is not your biggest concern, then security may be. In a recent...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. "Our third-quarter results showed strong progress toward our goal of transforming Websense into a strategic security partner for enterprise customers worldwide," said Gene Hodges, Websense CEO. "Mid-market and enterprise customers are finding that our advanced Websense® TRITON(TM) solutions can address their needs for security effectiveness and...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- How are IT managers coping with today's fast-changing threat landscape? Are they properly protected against the latest data-stealing malware? And would employees report if they compromised corporate data? To find out these answers and more, Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in content security and data theft protection, commissioned independent research firm Dynamic Markets to survey 1,000 IT managers and 1,000 non-IT employees in the...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new "Global Survey on Social Media Risks" released today reveals a dangerous gap in corporate social media security. 63 percent of more than 4,000 respondents in 12 countries said that social media in the workplace represents a serious security risk -- yet only 29 percent report having the necessary security controls in place to mitigate it. More than 50 percent of respondents report an increase in malware due to social media use. Today's research,...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) confirms plans to release its third quarter 2011 financial results after the market close on October 25, 2011. Management will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss the results at 2 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. To participate in the conference call, investors should dial 866-757-5630 (domestic) or 707-287-9356 (international) 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A simultaneous...