Introducing Websense
V-Series Appliances

The Websense V-Series appliance is a high-performance security appliance with a hardened operating system, optimized for analyzing Web and email traffic and content.

The appliance offers:

A command-line interface for initial appliance settings, available through a USB keyboard and monitor or a serial port connection, providing basic appliance control commands

Appliance Manager, a Web-based configuration interface that provides management features:

System dashboard, with up-to-the-minute status of the software modules and system resources on the appliance

Appliance configuration and network settings

System administration tools for patch management, troubleshooting, and backup and restore

Customization of subscribed features, such as proxy caching, Web filtering, and email filtering, available through Web-based configuration interfaces

Event logging for appliance configuration and patching. Log entries can be viewed in Appliance Manager, and log files can be downloaded for later viewing.

Web filtering and integrated proxy caching (if subscribed) after minimal initial configuration (Web mode)

Configurable links to hybrid Web filtering and off-appliance Data Security features (if subscribed, Web mode)

Robust antivirus and antispam scanning and filtering of email (Email mode)

Personal Email Manager facility allowing end users to manage quarantined messages and individual permit/block lists (Email mode)