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Websense Enterprise(R) Tested and Certified for Interoperability With NetScreen Security Solutions Customers Benefit From High-Performance Network Security Solution Combined With Market Leading Web Filtering Solution SAN DIEGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Websense, Inc. , the world's leading provider of Web filtering solutions according to Frost & Sullivan and IDC, and NetScreen Technologies, Inc. today announced that patented capabilities of Websense Enterprise v5 have been extensively tested and verified as interoperable with NetScreen's integrated firewall and virtual private network (VPN) security solutions, ensuring effective functionality and scalability for joint customers. NetScreen firewalls deployed with Websense Enterprise v5 can protect customer networks from internal and external Web content-related threats. In addition, the combined solution allows organizations to manage how employees use the Internet to improve workplace productivity and preserve network bandwidth by limiting access to time-wasting Web content. "The combined NetScreen and Websense security solution enables a company to effectively control what Internet content should be allowed into the network," said Janine Roth, vice president of business development for NetScreen. "NetScreen is committed to working with our alliance partners, including Websense, to deliver world-class security solutions that improve the integrity of our joint customers' infrastructures while optimizing performance, reliability and scalability." "Since 1999, customers have trusted Websense Enterprise combined with firewall technology to provide enhanced network security, improved employee productivity and reduced legal liability," said Kian Saneii, vice president of marketing and business development, for Websense, Inc. "With our best-of-class Websense Enterprise v5 now available to NetScreen customers and tested for interoperability, our joint customers may now also benefit from Websense's unique policy enforcement mechanisms to ensure highly effective employee policy management." The Websense(R) software interfaces real-time with a sophisticated database of more 5 million Web sites, which is used to verify all Internet users' requests based on the company's acceptable use policy. The database classifies approximately 1.1 billion active Web pages. Organized into more than 80 categories in 52 languages and used in coordination with eight flexible policy options, Websense provides a granular approach to assessing and managing employee access to Web content. Visit http://www.websense.com/netscreen for more information or to download a free, fully functional 30-day trial of Websense Enterprise v5, NetScreen Edition. About The NetScreen Global Security Alliance Websense is a member of the NetScreen Global Security Alliance where participating companies provide products complementary to NetScreen's integrated network security solutions. These products undergo testing to verify functionality and interoperability with NetScreen solutions. Consequently, information technology professionals can obtain an array of scalable solutions integrating NetScreen and alliance members' products to create an interoperable and effective end-to-end security infrastructure. For more information about the NetScreen Global Security Alliance, visit: http://www.netscreen.com/alliances/index.html . About NetScreen Technologies NetScreen Technologies, Inc. is a leading developer of network security and access solutions for enterprises and carriers worldwide. NetScreen's solutions offer customers multiple layers of network and application-level protection in purpose-built appliances and systems that optimize performance and reduce total operating costs. NetScreen is located at 805 11th Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif., 94089. More information on NetScreen's products can be found at http://www.netscreen.com/ or by calling toll free at 1-800-638-8296. About Websense, Inc. Websense Inc. (NASDAQ:WBSN) is the world's leading provider of employee Internet management solutions. Websense Enterprise software enables organizations to manage how employees use their computing resources, including Internet access, desktop applications and network bandwidth. These solutions help improve productivity and security, conserve information technology resources, and mitigate legal liability for our customers. Websense serves more than 20,000 organizations worldwide representing 15.8 million seats. Websense's customer list includes many of the world's largest corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.websense.com/ . NetScreen and the NetScreen logo are trademarks of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. For example, words such as "will", "allows", "expects", "can", "continue", and "enable" or other statements in the future tense, are forward-looking statements. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from expectations in this press release due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include whether the market for security products will grow as projected, if at all, whether demand for NetScreen products will continue, whether new products, if and when introduced, will be successful and whether products will perform as expected. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause Websense's results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words "planned," "expects," "believes," "strategy," "opportunity," "anticipates" and similar words. These statements may include, among others, plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding proposed new products, services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of belief and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. The potential risks and uncertainties which contribute to the uncertain nature of these statements include, among others, customer acceptance of the company's services, products and fee structures; the success of Websense's brand development efforts; the volatile and competitive nature of the Internet industry; changes in domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and development of international markets for the company's products; risks relating to intellectual property ownership; and the other risks and uncertainties described in Websense's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at http://www.sec.gov/. Websense assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made. For further information, please contact: media, Brigitte Engel of Websense, Inc., +1-858-320-9270, ; or Jennifer Jennings of NetScreen Technologies, Inc., +1-408-543-8243, . DATASOURCE: Websense, Inc. CONTACT: media, Brigitte Engel of Websense, Inc., +1-858-320-9270, ; or Jennifer Jennings of NetScreen Technologies, Inc., +1-408-543-8243, Web site: http://www.netscreen.com/alliances/index.html Web site: http://www.websense.com/netscreen Web site: http://www.netscreen.com/ Web site: http://www.websense.com/

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