Deploying Websense Content Gateway

Deploying Websense Content Gateway

Applies to

u	Web Security Gateway v76.x

u	Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.6.x

Deploying Websense Content Gateway

Websense® Content Gateway is a high-performance Web proxy that provides real-time content scanning and Web site classification to protect network computers from malicious Web content while controlling employee access to dynamic, user-generated Web 2.0 content. Web content has evolved from a static information source to a sophisticated platform for 2-way communications, which can be a valuable productivity tool when adequately secured.

The dilemma for administrators is how much access to allow. Web 2.0 sites rely primarily on HTTP/HTTPS protocols, which cannot be blocked without halting all Internet traffic. Malicious content can use this means of entry into a company network.

The Websense Content Gateway module offers:

u	Automatic categorization of dynamic Web 2.0 sites

u	Automatic categorization of unclassified sites

u	HTTPS content inspection

u	Enterprise proxy caching capabilities

Websense Content Gateway is deployed as an add-on module with Websense Web Security. Websense Content Gateway can also be an important piece of the following Websense deployments:

u	Web Security Gateway for on-premises deployments. On-premises deployments may be implemented on Websense V-Series appliances or as software running on general purpose servers.

u	Hosted Web Security Gateway for software as a service (SaaS) deployments

u	Web Security Gateway Anywhere for distributed enterprises with one or more branch offices and multiple remote users

Deploying Websense Content Gateway can improve network efficiency and performance by caching frequently accessed information at the edge of the network. However, the increasing use of dynamic Web content that cannot be cached limits the effectiveness of this feature.

The following topics provide discuss deployment of Content Gateway:

u	Content Gateway deployment issues

u	Content Gateway explicit and transparent proxy deployments

u	Special Content Gateway deployment scenarios

u	Chaining Content Gateway with other Proxies

For more information about deploying Web filtering software, see Web Security Gateway (software-based).

For more information on Websense Content Gateway operation, see the Content Gateway Manager online Help.

Deploying Websense Content Gateway