The Websense® IQ-Series™ appliance provides on-premises URL analysis and application/protocol detection for Web request traffic. Real-time security capabilities on the IQ-Series appliance provide Web filtering with dozens of default URL categories.

When on-premises analysis indicates that a Web request requires further examination, the appliance transparently routes that traffic to the cloud, where Websense blueSKY Security Gateway analytics are applied and policy is enforced. See Websense blueSKY Security Gateway Help for information about the cloud portal.