TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

The Web Security DashboardThis element also shows the total number of Internet requests handled so fartoday, the total number of requests blocked, and the number of real-time databaseupdates processed.Time and bandwidth savedTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xWebsense Web security solutions can help minimize the time and bandwidth lost tounproductive Internet activity.Value Estimates are not displayed by default, but can be added to the Web SecurityDashboard to present an estimate of these time and bandwidth savings. These valuesare calculated as follows:Time saved: multiply the typical time taken per visit by the sites blocked.Initially, Websense software uses a default value as the average number ofseconds that a user spends viewing a requested Web site. The sites blocked valuerepresents the total number of requests blocked during the available time period(up to the maximum time period configured on the Settings > Reporting >Dashboard page).Bandwidth saved: multiply the typical bandwidth per visit by the number ofsites blocked. Initially, Websense software uses a default value as the averagenumber of bytes consumed by the average Web site. The sites blocked valuerepresents the total number of requests blocked during the available time period(up to the maximum time period configured on the Settings > Reporting >Dashboard page).Hover the mouse over a counter to see how value is currently being calculate. Tochange the numbers used in the calculation, click Add Charts and select the ValueEstimates chart in the list, then enter new average time and bandwidth measurementsto use as the basis for the calculation:OptionAverage seconds saved perblocked pageAverage bandwidth [KB]saved per blocked pageDescriptionEnter the average number of seconds that yourorganization estimates a user spends viewingindividual pages.Websense software multiplies this value by thenumber of pages blocked to determine the timesavings shown.Enter an average size, in kilobytes (KB), for pagesviewed.Websense software multiplies this value by thenumber of pages blocked to determine the bandwidthsavings shown.When you are finished making changes, click OK to return the dashboard.46 Websense Web Security Solutions