Frost & Sullivan Credits the Strong Set of Integrated Websense Solutions Across the Converging Areas of Web Security, Email Security and Data Loss Prevention

SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/09 -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that Frost & Sullivan, a leading research and consulting firm, awarded Websense with two prestigious awards for product innovation and marketing leadership.

Websense received the North American Product Innovation of the Year Award for Web Content Management due to its innovative Web security products, particularly the Websense® Web Security Gateway. Frost & Sullivan recognized Websense for developing security products that address the unique security challenges of dynamic content on today's feature-rich Web sites, especially Web 2.0 sites and applications.

"One of the important features of Websense Web Security Gateway is its ability to identify and prevent dynamic threats associated with Web 2.0 sites and applications by analyzing never-before-seen Web content in real time and blocking just the portion of the Web page that presents the threat," said Yin Fern Ko, research analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "With its dynamic threat protection and complete portfolio of Web, email and data security solutions, Websense enables companies to take advantage of the business benefits of Web 2.0 while protecting their networks and essential information from Web-based threats and data loss."

Frost & Sullivan also awarded Websense the Global Content Filtering Products Market Leadership Award for its strong product development and market strategy that have enabled Websense to remain the leader in the content filtering market for the past four years.