About Security Labs

Websense Security Labs discovers, investigates, and reports on advanced Internet threats that traditional security research methods miss.

Recognized as a world leader in security research, Websense Security Labs publishes findings to hundreds of security partners, vendors, media outlets, military, and other organizations around the world 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With a team of global threat experts and operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Websense Security Labs provides continuous monitoring of all Internet threats including Internet-borne threats, stemming from Web, email, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer file-sharing.



WEBSENSE THREATSEEKER™ NETWORK

    ThreatSeeker™ Network Advancements:
  • Scans more than 40 million Web sites for malicious code every hour
  • Assigns more than 2 million domains, networks, IPs and hosts with reputation every hour
  • Scans nearly 10 million emails for unwanted content and malicious code every hour
  • Uses more than 50 million real-time data collecting systems to parse one billion pieces of content daily
  • Mines and analyzes more than 100 million Web sites with Honeyclients daily
  • Captures spam, phishing or exploit campaigns with Honeypots and Spamtraps for more than 10 million unsolicited attacks daily
  • Dynamically classifies structured and unstructured data to enforce data standards and regulations and prevent loss of sensitive data on internal endpoint systems
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World's First Internet "HoneyGrid" discovers and classifies Web 2.0 content and safeguards essential data


The Websense ThreatSeeker™ Network, fueled by the world's first Internet HoneyGrid, is the technological foundation for Websense’s security portfolio.   The Websense ThreatSeeker Network feeds security “intelligence” to Websense Web, email and data security solutions to provide customers with the most up-to-date protection from unwanted content and malicious threats. Websense expanded its existing ThreatSeeker Technology by adding organically developed and acquired email security, hosted security and data loss prevention technologies from the recent SurfControl and Port Authority acquisitions respectively, as well as adding an advanced content and dedicated email research team to its world-class Websense Security Labs™ team of researchers around the globe.  This combined security intelligence creates an adaptive feedback network that uses more than 50 million real-time data collecting systems to parse one billion pieces of content daily. These advancements enable Websense to provide customers with improved content classification, data identification and security filtering to mitigate risks to an organization's environment. The Websense Internet Honeygrid melds both the honeypot and grid computing concepts to monitor and classify all types of content including: Web, messaging, data, network and business applications to help ensure safe and productive use of the Internet and provide Essential Information Protection for critical systems and sensitive data.

Today's attacks are increasingly focused on stealing an organization's critical information. The ThreatSeeker Network demonstrates Websense's commitment to investing in products, state-of-the art technology and security research to uncover adaptive threats that pose risks to an organization's business. Unlike commodity filtering players who rely on basic URL filters, outdated signature-based antivirus systems and costly intrusion prevention systems,  Websense offers an alternative approach that delivers real-time reputation analysis and expanded behavioral analysis to provide customers with the most accurate protection against malicious threats.