Microsoft, Websense collaborate to protect data

Joint offering enables automatic identification, classification, and remediation of data with security policies

Websense, a provider of unified Web, data and email security offerings, has extended its integration of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure ( FCI) technology to discover, classify, and secure documents and files stored on Windows servers.

The company said that this integration helps organisations meet the growing regulatory and security requirements for advanced data classification and application of security controls. The combined offering enables automatic identification, classification, and remediation of sensitive data with centrally managed security policies.

Websense said that its DLP identifies sensitive data in FCI and tells where it is or where it is going and the RMS protects the actual content, even after it has left an organisation, based on permissions of who is allowed access to the content. The joint offering reduces costs by unifying Websense data intelligence and automated policy framework with Microsoft classification and file controls.

Eric Jewett, director of marketing at Microsoft, said: "We have delivered the capabilities and infrastructure to identify and classify the sensitivity of the data with File Classification Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008 R2.

"We have looked to partners to extend the platform by delivering to the solutions required by customers to leverage that infrastructure. The integration of the Websense DSS solution brings a powerful way to expand the coverage and capability with DLP in an easy-to-use manner for our combined customers."

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