Content Security Is Becoming A Competition Among Suites

Websense recently completed its acquisition of SurfControl, not only taking out the No. 2 competitor in Web filtering, but also gaining a solid foothold in the email filtering space. Along with the information leak prevention (ILP) capabilities gained through its acquisition of PortAuthority Technologies, Websense now has one of the most comprehensive content security portfolios on the market. Its continued market dominance, however, is anything but certain, as many others are making strategic moves toward content security suites or platform offerings. Throughout 2008, we will continue to see the buildup of such multichannel content security suites and the incorporation of ILP functionality into these portfolios. Organizations should make strategic provisions to adopt a suite approach to content security, including the longer-term integration of capabilities for information leak prevention, encryption, content management, and archiving.