Facebook and Websense recently announced a technology integration
partnership that helps to protect Facebook users from links that
lead to malware and malicious sites.
Websense technology will add to Facebook’s existing
protections to stop users from clicking on links without knowing
the trustworthiness of the destination. When a Facebook user clicks
on a link it will be checked against the Websense database. If
Websense determines the link is malicious, the user will see a page
that offers the choice to continue at their own risk, return to the
previous screen, or get more information on why it was flagged as
suspicious.
“Facebook cares deeply about protecting users from
potentially malicious content on the internet,” said Dan
Rubinstein, Facebook product manager for Site Integrity. “We
are excited about our partnership with Websense to provide industry
leading tools to help our users protect themselves.”
The new Facebook security service is powered by the Websense
ThreatSeeker Cloud, an advanced classification and malware
identification platform. Within the ThreatSeeker Cloud, the web
content is analyzed in real-time by Websense’s proprietary
Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) technology, which prevents
data loss and malware exposure by identifying complex online
threats and content.
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