Websense Patent Targets Filtering of In-Office Web Use
Lunchtime surfers, beware: Websense Inc. has announced the introduction of software that will allow institutions to have much finer control over who may access specific Web sites. Both the who and the when can be addressed with control over what Web sites may be accessed, at what time of day and for how long, as well as options to notify employees that a requested Web site may include content that falls outside of their organization's defined policy or to request them to defer viewing of certain Web content until after work hours. With corporate governance regulations tighter than ever, access to content is increasingly a monitoring issue for many institutions. However, expect that this capability may have some impact on individuals' ability to access not only casual personal content but professional content as well.