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Deploying Web Security for a distributed enterprise
Deploying Web Security for a distributed enterprise
Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x
 
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Web Filter, Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.7.x
Distributed enterprise networks may have many remote locations, ranging from dozens to thousands of small sites. Many of these sites have Internet access, but no dedicated IT staff.
Some organizations use a decentralized network topology that provides each remote site with its own Internet connection. The challenge is to apply consistent, cost-effective filtering of Internet requests across the entire organization.
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Remote sites must have Internet access.
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Internet access is provided by independent Internet service providers, often using low to medium-bandwidth connections.
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Web page requests are sent directly to the Internet and are not first routed through a central corporate network.
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Internet access must be filtered to permit only appropriate content.
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Cost considerations prohibit deploying a dedicated filtering server at each site.
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Given the relative low speed of each office's Internet connection, a slightly slower response from the filtering product is acceptable.
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All remote sites can be filtered using the same policies.
Websense Web Filter, Web Security, and Web Security Gateway are on-premises solutions in which Websense filtering components can be deployed regionally and communicate over the Internet to apply uniform filtering policies across all offices.
Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere is a hybrid solution, allowing a combination of on-premises and in-the-cloud filtering.
For more information, see:
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Web Security basic distributed enterprise topology
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Web Security filtering remote sites
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Web Security distributed enterprise deployment models
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Web Security distributed deployments and secure VPN connections

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