Data Security basics

Data Security Manager Help | Data Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

Websense Data Security protects organizations from data loss by:

Monitoring data as it travels inside or outside the organization

Protecting data while it is being manipulated in office applications, with policy-based controls that align with business processes

The 2 main components of Websense Data Security are:

The Data Security Management Server

The Data Security Policy Engine

The Data Security Management Server is a Windows-based machine where you install the Websense Data Security software. This machine provides the core information loss technology, capturing fingerprints, applying policies, and storing incident forensics. You can install multiple Data Security servers, sharing the analysis load, but one must be the primary, management server.

There is a policy engine on all Websense Data Security servers, Web Security Gateway proxies, and Email Security Gateway appliances. The policy engine is responsible for parsing your data and using analytics to compare it to the rules in your policies.

The policy database is a repository for all of the policies you create. For optimal performance, it is stored locally on each server as well, as is the fingerprint database. The policy database is "pushed" during the deploy operation, while fingerprints are distributed automatically as they are generated.