Forcepoint

The company was founded in 1994 as NetPartners in Sorrento Valley, San Diego by Phil Trubey.{{cite news | last=Freeman | first=Mike | title=Taking stock: Region aims to grow cyber industry | work=The San Diego Union-Tribune | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-cyber-security-data-breaches-malware-ccoe-spawar-2016aug28-story.html | date=August 28, 2016 | url-access=subscription}}{{cite web | last=Osborne | first=D.M. | title=Dear John: What happens when the venture capitalists find profit in your company -- but don't see profit in you? | url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/20010501/22485.html | work=Inc. | date=April 1, 2001}}{{cite web | last=O'Dell | first=J. | title=Websense, publicly traded since 2000, goes private in $906M buyout | url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/websense-buyout/ | work=VentureBeat | date=May 20, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Alex|date=March 12, 2015|title=Vista Said to Hire Bank to Sell Network-Security Firm Websense|work=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-12/vista-said-to-hire-bank-to-sell-network-security-firm-websense}} The company began as a reseller of network security products,{{cite book | last=Schroeder | first=B. | title=Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-Up Plan for Starting Now | publisher=AMACOM | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-8144-3479-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdTGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 | access-date=May 24, 2017 | page=149}} and then developed software for controlling Internet use by employees.

In 1998, NetPartners raised $6 million in venture capital funding and had $6 million in annual revenue. Later that year, investors pushed Trubey out of the CEO position and appointed John Carrington as his replacement.

In June 1999, NetPartners was renamed Websense.{{Cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098277/0000889810-00-000115.txt | title=SC 13D | publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | date=March 27, 2000}}

In March 2000, at the peak of the dot-com bubble, it raised $72 million in an initial public offering. The stock price doubled on its first day of trading.{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB954273651621477499 | title=Shares of Websense Open At Nearly Double IPO Price | first=Raymond | last=Hennessey | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=March 28, 2000 | url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/03/28/companies/ipos/ | title=Websense a first day hit | work=CNN | date=March 28, 2000}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2000/05/08/focus4.html | title=Big Brother could be watching you -- online | first=Mya | last=Frazier | work=American City Business Journals | date=May 8, 2000}}

In 2006, former McAfee CEO Gene Hodges succeeded Carrington as chief executive officer of the company.{{cite news | last=Kirk | first=Jeremy | title=McAfee president jumps ship to Websense | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2317245/mcafee-president-jumps-ship-to-websense.html | work=International Data Group | date=January 10, 2006}}

In 2006, Websense acquired a fingerprint security company, PortAuthority. for $90 million.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense announces deal to buy PortAuthority | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2302300/websense-announces-deal-to-buy-portauthority.html | work=International Data Group | date=December 20, 2006}}

In October 2007, it acquired email security vendor SurfControl for $400 million.{{Cite news | url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240083276/Websense-completes-SurfControl-acquisition-to-further-intelligent-content-protection | title=Websense completes SurfControl acquisition to further intelligent content protection | first=Antony | last=Savvas | work=Computer Weekly | date=October 4, 2007}}{{cite news | last=Garretson | first=Cara | title=WebSense to offer security inside and out | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2287209/websense-to-offer-security-inside-and-out.html | work=International Data Group | date=October 5, 2007}} In 2009, it acquired Defensio, a spam and malware company focused on social media.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense buys Defensio to keep user-generated content clean | work=International Data Group | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2273229/websense-buys-defensio-to-keep-user-generated-content-clean.html | date=January 27, 2009}}

By 2009, Websense had 1,400 employees, with offices in England, China, Australia, and Israel.{{cite news | last=McMillan | first=Robert | title=Websense to cut 5 percent of staff | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2246364/websense-to-cut-5-percent-of-staff.html | work=International Data Group | date=August 5, 2009}} In 2011, Facebook deployed Websense to check every link users shared on the site.{{cite news | title=Websense Is Facebook's Bug (And Spam) Exterminator | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1788348/websense-facebooks-bug-and-spam-exterminator | first=Nidhi| last=Subbaraman | work=Fast Company | date=October 18, 2011}}

In 2013, Vista Equity Partners acquired the company for $906 million. Websense headquarters were moved to San Diego that year and to Austin, Texas in 2014. In 2015, Raytheon acquired the firm from Vista Equity Partners for $1.9 billion{{Cite news |date=2015-04-20 |title=Raytheon to buy cybersecurity firm Websense in $1.9 billion deal |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-websense-m-a-raytheon-idUSKBN0NB13S20150420 |access-date=2020-07-25 |last=Jaisinghani |first=Sagarika}} and combined it with RCP, formerly part of its IIS segment, to form Raytheon|Websense.{{Cite web |title=Raytheon-Websense joint cyber venture changes name to Forcepoint |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2016/01/raytheon-websense-joint-cyber-venture-changes-name.html |access-date=2020-07-25 |website=www.bizjournals.com |last=Bach |first=James}} In October 2015, Raytheon added Foreground Security for $62 million.{{Cite press release |author=Raytheon Company |title=Raytheon broadens cyber capabilities with acquisition of Foreground Security |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raytheon-broadens-cyber-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-foreground-security-300153939.html |access-date=2020-07-25 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}

Raytheon acquired an 80% interest in Websense in May 2015 for about $1.9 billion.{{cite web | last=Cameron | first=Doug | title=Raytheon to Plow $1.7 Billion Into New Cyber Venture | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/raytheon-to-plow-1-7-billion-into-new-cyber-venture-1429502769 | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=April 19, 2015 | url-access=subscription}}{{cite news | last=Dunn | first=John E. | title=Defense giant Raytheon to pay $1.9 billion for Websense | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2912396/defence-giant-raytheon-to-pay-1-billion-for-websense-says-report.html | work=International Data Group | date=April 21, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news | title=Intel To Sell Firewall Business to Raytheon Unit | url=https://fortune.com/2015/10/28/intel-sell-stonesoft-raytheon-websense/ | first=Barb | last=Darrow| work=Fortune | date=October 28, 2015}} In October 2015, the company acquired two subsidiaries of Intel, Stonesoft and Sidewinder, for $389 million.{{cite news | last=Kerner | first=Sean Michael | title=Raytheon - Websense Rebrands as Forcepoint | url=https://www.eweek.com/security/raytheon-websense-rebrands-as-forcepoint | work=eWEEK | date=January 14, 2016}} Stonesoft was a network security product previously known as "McAfee Next-Generation Firewall;" Sidewinder was a firewall previously known as McAfee Firewall Enterprise.

In January 2016, Websense, along with the two subsidiaries Stonesoft and Sidewinder, were merged and rebranded as Forcepoint. Raytheon's "Cyber Products" business was also merged into the new brand. At the time, Forcepoint had 2,000 employees, with one-third of its customers being departments in the federal government of the United States.{{cite news | last=Wakeman | first=Nick | title=New name just the start for Raytheon | url=https://washingtontechnology.com/blogs/editors-notebook/2016/01/forcepoint-rebrand.aspx | work=Washington Technology | date=January 14, 2016}} Forcepoint was the smallest of five major businesses owned by Raytheon, but had the highest profit margin. The following year, Forcepoint began shuffling executives in a re-organization effort that included some layoffs. The company was divided into four business units: Cloud Security, Network Security, Data & Insider Threat Security, and Global Governments.

In April 2016, Matthew Moynahan was appointed chief executive officer of Forcepoint.{{cite news | title=Forcepoint names Matthew Moynahan as CEO | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/techflash/2016/04/austin-cybersecurity-firm-replaces-ceo.html | first=Will | last=Anderson | work=American City Business Journals | date=April 29, 2016}} In February 2017, Forcepoint acquired a cloud-based access broker (CASB) security product from Imperva called Skyfence. In August 2017, it acquired user and entity behavior analytics company RedOwl.{{cite news | last=Kuranda | first=Sarah | title=Forcepoint Acquires RedOwl To Add Security Analytics, UEBA Capabilities | url=https://www.crn.com/news/security/300091166/forcepoint-acquires-redowl-to-add-security-analytics-ueba-capabilities.htm | work=CRN | date=August 28, 2017}}{{cite news | title=Forcepoint Acquires Security Analytics Vendor RedOwl | url=https://www.eweek.com/security/forcepoint-acquires-security-analytics-vendor-redowl | first=Sean Michael | last=Kerner | work=eWeek | date=September 25, 2017}} In the fourth quarter of 2019, Raytheon acquired the remaining 20% of the company from Vista Ventures Partners LLC for $588 million.{{cite press release | title=Raytheon Reports Strong Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Results | url=http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/2020-01-30-Raytheon-Reports-Strong-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2019-Results | date=January 30, 2020}}

In October 2020, Francisco Partners announced their agreement to acquire Forcepoint from Raytheon successor RTX Corporation.{{cite press release | title=Francisco Partners to Acquire Forcepoint from Raytheon Technologies | url=https://www.franciscopartners.com/news/francisco-partners-to-acquire-forcepoint-from-raytheon-technologies | date=October 26, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=PE Firm to Acquire Forcepoint From Raytheon {{!}} SecurityWeek.Com|url=https://www.securityweek.com/pe-firm-acquire-forcepoint-raytheon|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.securityweek.com|date=26 October 2020 }} The transaction was completed in January 2021.{{Cite web|title=Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Forcepoint|date=11 January 2021|url=https://www.forcepoint.com/newsroom/2021/francisco-partners-completes-acquisition-forcepoint}}

In July 2023, Francisco Partners agreed to divest the government cybersecurity business of Forcepoint to buyout firm TPG Inc. for $2.45 billion, as the company intends to focus on its commercial business.{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-07-10 |title=TPG to buy Forcepoint unit from Francisco Partners for $2.45 billion, Wall Street Journal reports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/tpg-buy-forcepoint-unit-francisco-partners-245-bln-wsj-2023-07-10/ |access-date=2023-07-19}} In late January 2024, Forcepoint Federal was rebranded as Everfox.{{cite web |title=Forcepoint Federal Rebrands As Everfox to Reflect New Era of Defense-Grade Cybersecurity |url=https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/forcepoint-federal-rebrands-as-everfox-to-reflect-new-era-of-defense-grade-cybersecurity |website=Dark Reading |date=2024-01-30 |accessdate=2024-02-04}}

By 1997, three years after Forcepoint was founded, the company had published version 3 of its software.{{cite magazine |title=Websense 3.0 |magazine=PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxChL0Kr_3EC&pg=PA95-IA5 |date=May 6, 1997 |page=95-IA5}} Version 3.0 introduced the software's first graphical, web-based administrative user interface.{{cite magazine |last= Borck |first=Jim | title=Websense 3.1 Effectively Screens Internet Content | magazine=InfoWorld | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68 | date=February 9, 1998 | page=68}} At the time, Forcepoint's software was only used to prevent employees from viewing certain types of content at work, but in 2006 features were added to detect when employees were attempting to visit websites suspected of hosting malicious code.{{cite news | last=Garretson | first=Cara | title=Websense touts preemptive threat-protection technology | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2300653/websense-touts-preemptive-threat-protection-technology.html | work=International Data Group | date=November 6, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009010833/https://www.networkworld.com/article/2300653/websense-touts-preemptive-threat-protection-technology.html | archive-date=October 9, 2020 | url-status=live}}

In 2007 Websense introduced a product to control the content a user could see on social media websites,{{cite news | last=McMillan | first=Robert | title=DEFCON - Websense lures Web 2.0 attackers with HoneyJax | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2293518/defcon---websense-lures-web-2-0-attackers-with-honeyjax.html | work=International Data Group | date=August 4, 2007}} an endpoint security product,{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense touts data-leak prevention endpoint control | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2281782/websense-touts-data-leak-prevention-endpoint-control.html | work=International Data Group | date=December 20, 2007}} a website reputation ranker,{{cite news | last=Garretson | first=Cara | title=RSA '07:Websense enhances threat-detection software | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2294889/rsa--07-websense-enhances-threat-detection-software.html | work=International Data Group | date=February 7, 2007}} and a small business version.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense introduces Express for SMB market | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2292119/websense-introduces-express-for-smb-market.html | work=International Data Group | date=July 2, 2007}} Additionally, a product was added to the Websense suite claimed to identify sensitive files in un-secure locations on the corporate network and looks for records of those files being transmitted.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense security software now blocks unauthorized data | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2290920/websense-security-software-now-blocks-unauthorized-data.html | work=International Data Group | date=June 11, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811030051/https://www.networkworld.com/article/2290920/websense-security-software-now-blocks-unauthorized-data.html | archive-date=August 11, 2022 | url-status=live}}

Available filtering categories on Websense included "Professional and Worker Organizations" (such as trade unions), "Sites sponsored by or providing information about political parties and interest groups" (such as civil rights organisations), "Gay or Lesbian or Bisexual Interest", "Sex education", "Sites that provide information about or promote religions not specified in Traditional Religions", and "Sports".{{cite web | url = http://opennet.net/west-censoring-east-the-use-western-technologies-middle-east-censors-2010-2011 | work = OpenNet Initiative | title = West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011y | date = March 2011 | accessdate = 2012-01-28 |first1=Helmi |last1=Noman |first2=Jillian C. |last2=York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118105706/https://opennet.net/west-censoring-east-the-use-western-technologies-middle-east-censors-2010-2011 |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |url-status=live}} A 2008 study on the use of Websense within the Technical Colleges of Georgia found that only two categories were blocked in all of the colleges surveyed, and that 39 categories out of the 43 listed were blocked by some, but not all, colleges, with numbers ranging from two colleges blocking a given category to 23 out of the 24 responents.{{cite journal | last1 = Stanley | first1 = Carol | last2 = Jerry | first2 = Stovall | year = 2008 | title = The Blocked Blog (or Websense and the Technical Colleges' Fight for Academic Freedom) | journal = Georgia Library Quarterly | volume = 45 | issue = 1 | doi = 10.62915/2157-0396.1170 | url = http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol45/iss1/3 | accessdate = February 16, 2012 }} In a 2005, report the Rhode Island branch of the American Civil Liberties Union called Websense a deeply flawed technology. It further noted that, although the blocking technology had improved over the years since 2002, it still remained a "blunt instrument" and that in public libraries equipped with Websense people of all ages were "still denied access to a wide range of legitimate material."{{cite press release |url = http://www.riaclu.org/20050418.html |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081205070114/http://www.riaclu.org/20050418.html |title = R.I. ACLU releases report on "troubling" internet censorship in public libraries |author = The Rhode Island affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union |date = April 2005 |archive-date = 2008-12-05 |access-date = 2008-06-26 |url-status = dead }}; [http://www.riaclu.org/friendly/documents/2005libraryinternetreport.pdf full report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511185218/http://www.riaclu.org/friendly/documents/2005libraryinternetreport.pdf |date=2008-05-11 }}.

Websense introduced its first appliance product in 2009.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense unveils its first Web security appliance | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2266561/websense-unveils-its-first-web-security-appliance.html | work=International Data Group | date=April 6, 2009}}

In 2010, some products were consolidated into the Triton software, which became responsible for increasingly large portions of the company's revenue.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense debuts unified security architecture | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2245721/websense-debuts-unified-security-architecture.html | work=International Data Group | date=February 9, 2010}} In February 2012, Forcepoint released a cloud-based suite of IT security products for smartphones, tablets, laptops, USB drives, and other mobile devices.{{cite news |title=Websense Plugs Data Leaks, Plays Malware Guard On Mobiles For The Office | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1820962/websense-plugs-data-leaks-plays-malware-guard-mobiles-office | work=Fast Company | date=February 29, 2012 |first=Nidhi |last=Subbaraman}} Upgrades to the suite in 2012 added the ability to identify confidential information in an image file.{{cite news | last=Messmer | first=Ellen | title=Websense adds 'criminal encryption' detection to security gateway | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2189801/websense-adds--criminal-encryption--detection-to-security-gateway.html | work=International Data Group | date=July 10, 2012}} Three new products or revisions were introduced in 2016, all focused on security risks caused by employees.{{cite web|last=Seals|first=Tara|date=January 14, 2016|title=Raytheon - Websense Becomes Forcepoint|url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/raytheonwebsense-becomes-forcepoint/|website=Infosecurity Magazine}}

Forcepoint has a policy against selling to governments and ISPs that engage in Internet censorship,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/websense-gni/ | title=Websense Joins Goohoosoft's Fight For Human Rights | last=Garling | first=Caleb | magazine=Wired | date=December 8, 2011}}{{cite news | last1=Sonne | first1=Paul | last2=Stecklow | first2=Steve | title=U.S. Products Help Block Mideast Web | work=The Wall Street Journal | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704438104576219190417124226 | date=March 28, 2011 | url-access=subscription}} however it has been criticized for a "perceived link to censorship of free speech and the dissemination of knowledge."

In 2009, it was discovered that the Yemeni government was using Forcepoint's products to monitor the public's internet use and block tools that allow citizens to hide their internet use from the government and the software Alkasir was created to circumvent it.{{cite book | last1=Dwyer | first1=Jim | title=More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley |date=2015| publisher=Penguin Group | isbn=9780143127895 | pages=81–82 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLraCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |language=en}}{{cite news | last=Hudson | first=John | title=Meet the U.S. Companies Helping Censor the Arab Web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/meet-corporate-enablers-helping-censor-arab-web/349117/ | work=The Atlantic | date=March 28, 2011}} Forcepoint responded by cutting off the country's access to the firm's database updates. However, then Sanaa based British-Irish journalist Iona Craig complained on Twitter, access to Tumblr, which many press agents use to spread news, remained closed inside Yemen, her pleas being ignored. It soon appeared that Canadian software company Netsweeper also aids Yemen authorities to censor, even the Houthi government being its customer.{{cite news |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/22/yemen-rebels-using-canadian-software-to-censor-internet.html |title=Yemen rebels using Canadian software to censor internet |website=Al-Jazeera America |last=Pizzi |first=Michael |date=October 22, 2015}}{{cite report |url=https://citizenlab.ca/2018/04/planet-netsweeper |title=Planet Netsweeper |section=Executive Summary |publisher=The Citizen Lab |date=April 25, 2018 |first1=Jakub |last1=Dalek |first2=Lex |last2=Gill |first3=Bill |last3=Marczak |first4=Sarah |last4=McKune |first5=Naser |last5=Noor |first6=Joshua |last6=Oliver |first7=Jon |last7=Penney |first8=Adam |last8=Senft |first9=Ron |last9=Deibert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129220714/https://citizenlab.ca/2018/04/planet-netsweeper/ |archive-date=November 29, 2023}}

In 2011, Forcepoint said it would join the Global Network Initiative, which is focused on privacy and Internet freedom. It left the initiative in 2014.{{cite book | last1=Taddeo | first1=Mariarosaria | last2=Floridi | first2=Luciano | title=The Responsibilities of Online Service Providers | date=2017 | publisher=Springer Publishing | isbn=9783319478524 | page=144 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fowJDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 | language=en}}

A 2002 study in JAMA found that Forcepoint had the best-performing web-filtering products in terms of blocking pornography while allowing health information.{{cite journal | last1=Richardson | first1=Caroline R. | last2=Resnick | first2=Paul J. | last3=Hansen | first3=Derek L. | last4=Derry | first4=Holly A. | last5=Rideout | first5=Victoria J. | title=Does Pornography-Blocking Software Block Access to Health Information on the Internet? | journal=JAMA | volume=288 | issue=22 | issn=0098-7484 | doi=10.1001/jama.288.22.2887 | pages=2887–2894 | url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/195607 | date=December 11, 2002 | pmid=12472332 | doi-access=}} In contrast, a 2005 report by the Rhode Island branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said Forcepoint is a "blunt instrument" and that in public libraries equipped with Forcepoint people of all ages "are still denied access to a wide range of legitimate material." A 2006 report by Brennan Center for Justice found that Forcepoint often blocked websites that discussed pornography, but did not actually feature pornography.{{cite web | title=Internet filters: a public policy report | first1=Marjorie | last1=Heins | first2=Christina | last2=Cho | first3=Ariel | last3=Feldman | publisher=Brennan Center for Justice | date=May 17, 2006 | pages= 38–39 | url=https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/internet-filters-public-policy-report}} The software also blocked a furniture website called "the-strippers.com ", which is not pornographic, but a website for a furniture refinisher. In the author's study, 0-15 percent of the sites blocked by Forcepoint should have been viewable by the user and 10 percent of objectionable websites were let through, rather than blocked. According to blogger Jillian York, Forcepoint blocks pages that contain pornographic links anywhere in its content, even in the comments section. He said, "a malicious attacker could get your whole site blocked at any time by the simple procedure of leaving dangerous, malicious or pornographic links in a blog's comments".{{cite web |url=http://jilliancyork.com/2011/03/28/west-censoring-east-or-why-websense-thinks-my-blog-is-pornography/ | title=West Censoring East: Or Why Websense Thinks My Blog is Pornography |work=Jillian York |last=York |first=Jillian |date=March 28, 2011 |quote=I will say that Yemen has stopped using [Forcepoint] and we're not aware of any other countries–at least in the Middle East and North Africa–that use the software.}}

For approximately 15 minutes in 2009, Forcepoint classified router company Cisco Systems's website under 'hack sites', due to one of Cisco's IP addresses being named on a hacker website. The IP address was reviewed and deemed not a threat.{{cite news | first=John | last=Leyden | title=Websense mistakes Cisco.com for hack site | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/20/websense_blocks_cisco/ | work=The Register | date=March 20, 2009}}

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