Web sense

Web sense is a San Diego-based company specializing in Web security gateway software. It enables clients to block access to chosen categories of website. The company says it is the global leader in its field. It has come under criticism from civil liberties groups on the grounds that it assists repressive regimes to restrict freedom of speech. 

Apart from Web filtering, also known as Internet content-control software, the company provides email security, and data loss-prevention technology. The software also tracks individual internet usage, and its reports can be date drilled by risk class, category, URL, application, user, workstation, dates, and more.

Web sense allows system administrators to block access to web sites and other protocols based on categories. These contain lists of sites that may be blocked at will permanently. The software offers clients a continue button which permits users to access an otherwise blocked category if it is work related.

The company states in its website that Web sense does not sell to governments or Internet Service Providers that are engaged in any sort of government-imposed censorship, and engage arrangement with foreign government that rights. Web sense was founded by Phil Turkey, a Canadian-born engineer. It went public.