Websense has introduced new messaging security solutions, including a new hybrid hosted and on-premise e-mail security solution, to protect businesses from e-mail security threats and expanded regulatory and policy compliance capabilities.

The new Websense Hybrid Email Security solution offers organisations a layered hosted and on-premise messaging security system that provides inbound threat protection "in the cloud", as well as deep content inspection of outbound e-mails with the granular control of on-premise software.

Specifically, Websense Email Security software provides inspection of e-mail messages and attachments, ensuring that outbound e-mail does not contain non-compliant content, while Websense Hosted Email Security blocks spam and viruses at the Internet level, preventing these threats from reaching the network, consuming bandwidth and storage space, and impacting business operations.

The new version of Websense Email Security (formerly known as SurfControl E-mail Filter) features a subset of compliance capabilities from Websense's data loss prevention technology. Websense Email Security claims to feature more than 100 content and compliance dictionaries, augmented with additional compliance dictionaries from Websense Data Security Suite, and its data loss prevention technology.

"Through our successful integration strategy, we've delivered innovation to the messaging security solutions we acquired from SurfControl in October 2007, helping businesses of all sizes," said Leo Cole, vice president of marketing, Websense. "While customers that purchased these solutions from SurfControl will benefit from these enhancements, we're also pleased to offer these new hosted, on-premise and hybrid deployment messaging security solutions to the Websense installed base and prospects."

To enable channel partners, Websense has added new messaging resources, including new training and certification for both Websense Hosted Email Security and Websense Email Security, to Websense University, the company's online training portal for channel partners.