What happened to Websense?

Vista Equity Partners acquired Websense in 2013 for $906 million. Raytheon acquired an 80% interest in Websense in April 2015 for $1.9 billion and acquired the remaining 20% interest in 2019. In 2015, Websense acquired network security vendor Stonesoft from Intel and in 2016, the company was renamed Forcepoint.

What is Raytheon Forcepoint?

Raytheon Unloads Security Subsidiary Forcepoint To Private Equity. Defense contractor Raytheon said that it signed a deal to sell cybersecurity subsidiary Forcepoint to tech-heavy private equity firm Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the deal, which is still subject to regulatory review, were not disclosed.

What is Websense security?

Websense Web security software monitors Internet requests, logs activity, applies Internet usage filters, and reports on activity. In addition, Web Security Gateway Anywhere (if included in your subscription) protects you from data loss over the Web, providing security for outbound content as well.

What is Websense and how does it work?

Websense Content Gateway (Content Gateway) is a Linux-based, high-performance Web proxy and cache that provides real-time content scanning and Web site classification to protect network computers from malicious Web content while controlling employee access to dynamic, user-generated Web 2.0 content.

Who bought Websense?

Vista Equity Partners
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners announced on 20 May that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire website filtering company Websense Inc. for around $1bn.

What is Websense endpoint?

Websense Data Endpoint is a comprehensive, secure and easy-to-use endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) solution. It monitors real-time traffic and applies customized DLP policies over application and storage interfaces. You can also apply discovery policies to endpoints to determine what sensitive data they hold.

Is Forcepoint a good company?

A very good company where employees get a brilliant opportunity to learn and deploy their skill. It has a perfect work life balance with an excellent office environment.

What is Forcepoint FSM?

The Forcepoint Security Manager is the central configuration interface used to manage Forcepoint Web, Email, and Data solutions. Use its Web module to customize policies, generate reports, monitor the system, and manage configuration and settings.

How do I check Websense status?

Go to the /opt/Websense directory. A list of installed components is displayed, showing whether each process is running or stopped. Enter the letter associated with a component to start or stop the associated process. To refresh the list, enter R.

What is the use of Websense?

How do you override Forcepoint?

You can bypass the Websense filters by using a web proxy website to mask your web browsing and access the blocked websites.

1. Go to a webpage that hosts a web proxy list such TopBits, Proxy.org or Proxy Roll.
2. Click on a web proxy link from the list.

Who are Forcepoint’s competitors?

Competitors and Alternatives to Forcepoint

• Cisco.
• Broadcom (Symantec)
• McAfee.
• Trend Micro.
• Zscaler.
• Barracuda.
• Sophos.
• Kaspersky.