Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a series of innovations and additions to its Secure Web Gateway solution that are designed to provide enterprises with proactive layers of defense against pervasive Web-based threats. With the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution, businesses can scale Web security across the extended enterprise at a lower total cost of ownership.
Additions to the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution include:
Blue Coat ProxySG 9000 Series of appliances
Blue Coat ProxyAV 1400 and 2400 appliances
Identity-based filtering capabilities for Blue Coat ProxyClient software
New threat analysis tools added to the Blue Coat WebPulse cloud service
Continuous Protection through On-Demand, Cloud-based Intelligence
The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution utilizes a hybrid architecture that unites ProxySG and ProxyAV appliances with ProxyClient software and the cloud-based WebPulse service to protect enterprises against dynamic, fast-moving Web-based threats. Unlike legacy Web gateway architectures that require administrators and users to continually download patches or updates to signature databases, delaying protection and exposing the enterprise to risk, the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution enables proactive layers of defense where corporate Internet gateways and remote clients request cloud intelligence in real-time, providing immediate, accurate and relevant protection without requiring update cycles or other patches.
“The on-demand intelligence and collaborative, cloud-based environment that WebPulse provides, enables the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution to adapt to the dynamic Web-based threat landscape that is challenging legacy security architectures,” said Mikko Valimaki, chief scientist at Blue Coat Systems. “By combining a high-performance Internet gateway appliance with remote user protection and a collaborative cloud environment in a hybrid architecture, Blue Coat provides enterprises with a security foundation that is built to last.”
Throughput and Performance Scalability without Compromise
Working in tandem, the new ProxySG 9000 and ProxyAV 1400 and 2400 appliances connect to the WebPulse collaborative cloud defense service for threat intelligence and Web awareness. Innovations in design and processing for the new appliances deliver a 5X performance improvement over existing appliances. Additionally, the ProxySG 9000 Series supports a full Gigabit per second of throughput when deployed in a high-availability configuration, setting new industry performance benchmarks for gateway appliances. With these new additions, the ProxySG and ProxyAV Series appliances can scale to support enterprises with 2,500 to 60,000 users on a single appliance.
To enable in-depth scanning of suspicious attachments, including compressed files, without compromising performance, Blue Coat has significantly advanced its threat analysis capabilities in the Secure Gateway Operating System version 5.5, improving performance by 40 percent across the entire family of ProxySG Series appliances.
Flexible and Extensible Management Simplifies Policy Control and Reporting
As the only secure centralized management solution, the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution simplifies the creation and administration of global IT security policies across the distributed enterprise. With the addition of identity-based filtering to ProxyClient, the Blue Coat security and application acceleration client software, security administrators can extend custom filtering policies to remote workers, empowering them to centrally manage allow and deny exceptions and custom categories without requiring updates to every client. Additionally, administrators can set, enforce and report on unique policies for remote users, extending protection to users when they are not on the corporate network without the traditional requirement of imposing draconian IT policies.
Cloud-Based Defense Eliminates Intrusive Upgrade Cycles
To enable enterprises to keep pace with today’s continually evolving Web-based threat landscape, Blue Coat has incorporated new defenses, including custom script analyzers, anti-malware and anti-virus scanning, sandboxing and browser simulations into the WebPulse service. WebPulse dynamically analyzes real-time URL requests and immediately shares threat intelligence with more than 62 million users worldwide. With these additions, WebPulse now utilizes 16 advanced threat analysis tools to provide immediate and continuous protection against known and unknown Web-based threats. As threats continue to evolve, the hybrid architecture of the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers the latest advances in protection, immediately and seamlessly protecting enterprises, without requiring incremental investments at the corporate gateway or requiring software downloads or other update cycles.
Advanced Security Framework at Lower Total Cost of Ownership
The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway architecture combines design innovations, service offerings and scalable defenses to provide long-term investment protection and lower operational expenses.
Support for up to 60,000 users in a single appliance reduces required rack space for the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution by as much as 30 percent versus competitive offerings. For example, to support 180,000 users, the Blue Coat solution requires five appliances and XX rack space while competitive offerings require more than 90 appliances.
To provide customers with long-term investment protection, Blue Coat is extending the terms of its service contracts for the new ProxySG and ProxyAV Series appliances to include four and five year options.
The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution extends protection to remote users and provides access to the scalable defenses of WebPulse at no additional cost, enabling enterprises to bolster their defenses without costly recurring annual licensing fees.
Availability
The new threat analysis tools in WebPulse, the ProxySG 9000 appliances and version 5.5 of the Blue Coat SGOS operating software for ProxySG appliances are available today. The Blue Coat ProxyAV 1400 and 2400 will be available in December.
About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems is the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking. Blue Coat offers an Application Delivery Network Infrastructure that provides the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. This application intelligence enables enterprises to tightly align network investments with business requirements, speed decision making and secure business applications for long-term competitive advantage. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.
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