Optenet
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Optenet is a global security company that provides customers with a Multi-tenant Secure Web Gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises.

History

Optenet is a private company that was a spin-off from the University of Navarra's Engineering
Faculty and San Sebastian's Research Centre in San Sebastian, Spain. It provides customers
with a Multi-tenant Secure Web Gateway and an e-mail infrastructure solution primarily for carriers, managed security service providers (MSSPs) and large enterprises that want to create service offerings for their own clients. It's product Optenet WebSecureTM was recently awarded with five stars in SC Magazine’s Web Content Management Group Test, defining it as a 'Solid' Web Security solution.

Cool Vendor

Optenet has been named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....

 for its innovative Multi-tenant technology in 2011, in Gartner's report, "Cool Vendors in Communications Service Provider Infrastructure 2011," authored by Akshay Sharma and Deborah Kish.

Protection of Minors

Since its founding in 1997, Optenet has been firmly committed to eliminating the digital divide through effective education and safe usage of the Internet, especially for children. For this reason Optenet works with nonprofit organizations such as Family Online Safety Institute
Family Online Safety Institute
The Family Online Safety Institute, or FOSI, is an international nonprofit organization. It is registered as a 501 tax-deductible nonprofit charity in the United States and a registered charity in the United Kingdom. FOSI was founded in February 2007 by Stephen Balkam, who previously created the...

(FOSI) to implement countermeasures against the constant flow of online threats and to create a secure environment for minors. In 2009 Optenet became an official FOSI member.
Optenet is also affiliated with NGO Protégeles and the International Association of Internet Hotlines, INHOPE.

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