Overview

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

Use Websense Web Security solutions to develop, enforce, and report on Internet access policies. Together, a series of Websense components (described in Websense Web Security components) provide Internet security and management, user identification, alerting, reporting, and troubleshooting capabilities.

An overview of the new features included in this version can be found in the Release Notes, available from the Websense Technical Library.

After installation, Websense Web Security uses the Default policy to monitor Internet usage without blocking requests.

The Default policy governs Internet access for all clients in the network until you define your own policies and assign them to clients.

You can edit the Default policy so that it can be used for enforcement, rather than just monitoring.

After you have created custom policies, the Default policy is applied to any request not governed by another policy.

See The Default policy for more information.

To get started with policy enforcement, see:

Internet Usage Filters

Clients

Internet Access Policies

A single, browser-based tool—the TRITON® Unified Security Center—provides a central, graphical interface to the general configuration, policy management, and reporting functions of your Websense Web Security, Data Security, and Email Security solutions. See Working in the TRITON console for more information.

You can define levels of access to the TRITON Unified Security Center to allow certain administrators to manage one or more TRITON modules. Within the Web Security module, you can further refine access permissions to allow administrators to manage policies, perform reporting tasks, and more. See Delegated Administration and Reporting for more information.