Fancy Tool of Security with Less Stability
June 06, 2014

Fancy Tool of Security with Less Stability

Shivam Agarwal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

7.7

Modules Used

  • Websense Web security

Overall Satisfaction with Websense

a) It's being used for web security and monitoring and filtering the traffic. Also Websense is used as web caching and proxy server.
b) It's being used globally.
c) Managing the Security policies
  • Web Security Policies are detailed and we can control the traffic till application layer level. Software is good.
  • Their database for websites is good.
  • The management (Triton Server) is good as central management for all appliances placed globally.
  • Their Hardware is not good.
  • Support needs improvement.
  • More control over network and users
  • Negative was -- Lots of issues with the hardware which in turn was a loss for our business.
  • none
Nothing to compare
Cost and the support
If you have cost issues don't buy as it's costly. You might get away with some cheaper products in same field. If you have money then go ahead but make sure about the support. Use premium support and keep the sales guy's phone number handy.