Websense Security Filtering

(also known as Security PG)

Available as an add-on module to Websense Enterprise; included with the purchase of Websense Web Security Suite. Parent category that contains the categories: Malicious Websites, Spyware, Phishing and Other Frauds, Potentially Unwanted Software, Bot Networks, and Keyloggers.

• Bot Networks - Sites that host the command-and-control centers for networks of bots that have been infiltrated into users' computers. Excludes web crawlers.
• Keyloggers - Sites or pages that download programs that run in the background recording all keystrokes, and which may also send those keystrokes (potentially including passwords or confidential information) to an external party.
• Malicious Websites - Sites that contain code that may intentionally modify end-user systems without their consent and cause harm.
• Phishing and Other Frauds - Sites that counterfeit legitimate business sites for the purpose of eliciting financial or other private information from users.
• Potentially Unwanted Software - Sites that use technologies that alter the operation of the user's hardware, software, or network in ways that diminish control over the user experience, privacy, or the collection and distribution of personal information.
• Spyware - Sites or pages that download software that, without the user's knowledge, generates HTTP traffic (other than simple user identification and validation).