Websense has completed its acquisition of
SurfControlat a final purchase price of £204m
to further its intelligent content protection
strategy.
With the acquisition of SurfControl, Websense says it has
doubled its customer base to more than 50,000 organisations
worldwide, and now protects content for more than 42 million
employees.
The company's products now include a complete set of content
protection systems, including web security, e-mail and spam
filtering, and information leak prevention, tailored to meet the
specific requirements of small, medium and enterprise-sized
organisations.
Over time, Websense plans to enhance SurfControl's on-demand
platform to deliver hosted content protection services, such as
information leak prevention and advanced web security offerings
based on Websense ThreatSeeker technology.
