RETAIL SOLUTIONS

Retailers are faced with many challenges as they strive to differentiate themselves from the competition. It is important for retailers to ensure that their companies and, more importantly, their names are protected against litigation and other threats. They cannot afford to expose themselves to legal liability stemming from inappropriate material from the internet on the company network, or to have their operations hampered by IT resource issues or security threats.

INTERNET USE STATISTICS

• The number of malicious code attacks with backdoors, which are often used to steal confidential data, rose nearly 50% in the last year
• 1 in 3 companies have detected spyware on their network
• 45% of businesses had an incident of unauthorised access by an insider in the last 12 months (CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey)

THE WEBSENSE SOLUTION

Retailers choose Websense to maximise employee productivity and to minimise corporate security risks and exposure to legal liability.

Retailers use Websense to ensure that corporate internet access is used appropriately and to manage employee access to online advertisements, message boards, freeware/software downloads, online trading sites, instant messaging, and pay-to-surf sites, all of which can be massive productivity drains.

Websense also provides protection from peer-to-peer sites that are commonly used for downloading copyrighted music and video. Such activity not only consumes essential bandwidth needed for critical business applications but also can pose legal liability and corporate confidentiality issues.

Websense also minimises the risk of security breaches by blocking access to phishing sites, spyware sites, and websites infected with malicious mobile code. Websense solutions stop the transmission of sensitive information to host spyware servers.