Websense Had Nearly Half Of Web Filtering Market Share In 2005

Published 29th August 2006

SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 29, 2006 — Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBSN), a global leader in web security and web filtering productivity software, today announced that leading analyst firm Gartner, has named Websense the worldwide market share leader in the URL (web) filtering market based on 2005 revenue.

According to the July 2006 Gartner Dataquest report “Market Share: URL Filtering, Worldwide, 2005,” by Nicole S. Latimer-Livingston, Websense not only retained its leadership position over other market players in 2005, but continued to widen the gap; growing its market share to nearly 50 percent (49.6%). Websense’s share of the market was more than 25 percent larger than its closest competitor. The total URL (web) filtering market grew 23.6 percent to nearly $300 million in 2005, according to the Gartner report. Websense’s total revenue for 2005 was $148.6 million, an increase of 33 percent from 2004.


“Websense provides a critical layer of web security that closes gaps left by traditional security solutions by proactively searching for and blocking new and emerging threats, delivering the most powerful protection to more than 24 million people worldwide,” said Leo Cole, vice president of marketing, Websense. “We believe the Gartner report indicates Websense is not giving up any of its hard-earned market share; instead, the company is driving the market forward and delivering unique security solutions to resellers and their clients.”