Mi5 Networks Helps Organizations Transition from Websense and SurfControl URL Filtering to Full Web Security Platform

Mon Sep 15, 9:07 AM

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced a migration kit offer for Websense and SurfControl customers looking for an alternative to simply renewing their Web Filtering product license with Websense. The Mi5 Migration Kit enables organizations to seamlessly transition their Web Filtering policies and reports to the Mi5 Webgate platform, and add comprehensive protection from Web Threats and control over applications like Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer.

Research firm Gartner recommends that companies should “use URL filtering renewals as an opportunity to upgrade to products that have inbound and outbound malware detection and granular Web application controls.”1

“We recognize that industry consolidation can leave customers facing a steep increase in license renewal costs compared to their previously negotiated pricing,” said Doug Camplejohn, founder and CEO of Mi5 Networks. “In addition, organizations can no longer ignore the risks and costs associated with Web threats or unauthorized application use, so we are offering this migration kit for SurfControl and Websense customers to make the transition simple and cost effective.”

The Mi5 Migration Kit includes:

  • Free assistance in setting up matching policies, reports and alerts in Webgate based on exports from SurfControl or Websense
  • Free 30-day onsite evaluation of a Webgate appliance, which can be deployed off a port span/tap without any client or network changes
  • Incentive pricing

Availability

The Mi5 Migration Kit is available immediately. Incentive pricing is valid until December 15, 2008. To request a Webgate demonstration and find out more about the Migration Kit offer, please visit www.mi5networks.com/websense-renewal or www.mi5networks.com/surfcontrol-renewal.

About Mi5 Webgate appliances

Mi5 Webgate appliances control user access to web sites and applications, while it detects, intercepts, and blocks malicious URLs, active content, spyware, botnets and viruses that users encounter while conducting business through the Web. Webgate pinpoints and shuts down botnets if they are brought onto the network by mobile workers and can perform automated clean up of infected machines. The Webgate platform performs continuous bi-directional inspection of web traffic on all ports and protocols at Gigabit speeds without imposing user discernible slowdowns. Webgate also provides comprehensive reporting for security, policy enforcement, and audit compliance.

About Mi5 Networks

Mi5 Networks enables organizations to defend their web perimeter, and eliminate lost employee productivity, PC clean-up costs, and data theft associated with undetected malware. The company’s Webgate web security appliances protect organizations against web-based threats, including malicious URLs, spyware, crimeware, botnets and viruses, while providing control over web and application use. Mi5 Networks was positioned by Gartner Inc. in the visionaries quadrant of the Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant report for 20072, and was named Innovator of the Year by SC Magazine. Mi5 Networks is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit: www.mi5networks.com.

About the Magic Quadrant:

The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 4, 2007 by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

1 Gartner, Inc., “Introducing the Secure Web Gateway” by Peter Firstbrook, Arabella Hallawell, Lawrence Orans, March 20, 2007.

2 Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007" by Peter Firstbrook, Lawrence Orans, and Arrabella Hallawell, June 4, 2007.

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