Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it has expanded its investment in the Blue Coatฎ WebPulse cloud service with a new data center in Hong Kong to increase performance for regional customers while increasing the visibility and protection benefits for the more than 54 million users in the global community. With the new data center, Blue Coat WebFilter, ProxyClientฎ and K9ฎ Web Protection customers automatically benefit from a more robust and distributed global network that now encompasses eight data and content rating centers.
The Blue Coat WebPulse cloud service utilizes Dynamic Link Analysis to identify and assess Web 2.0 threats that rely upon dynamic links to spread malicious content. The WebPulse service receives real-time intelligence on new sites, URLs and dynamic Web 2.0 content and links from a broad, diverse and expanding user community. To identify malware, phishing, and other malicious or inappropriate content within these links, the WebPulse service conducts extensive threat assessments using multiple deep-analysis techniques. Results are immediately available to all users in the community through the WebPulse cloud service without requiring downloads or other update cycles.
“To ensure a proactive defense against Web-based malware that exploits the Internet, businesses need to rethink how they secure their Web gateway,” said Mr William Tan, Regional Country Manager, Thailand and Vietnam, Blue Coat Systems. “With real-time input, cloud-based content analysis and immediate protection, our WebPulse service provides businesses with a URL filtering solution for a Web 2.0 world.”
The Blue Coat WebPulse service is the first cloud-based community watch environment to implement Dynamic Link Analysis and today receives more than one billion requests per week from more than 54 million users around the world. The service builds a comprehensive profile of the Web as users encounter dynamic new sites and user-generated content. The changing nature of these sites and content is exploited by cybercriminals to propagate malware, phishing and other malicious content. Traditional database-oriented URL filtering cannot keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving threats. With Dynamic Link Analysis, the Blue Coat WebPulse service provides the second generation of URL filtering to dynamically assess new content for threats and ensure proactive defense.
Blue Coat WebFilter customers are automatically protected by the WebPulse service through ProxyClient for remote and mobile workers and can enable the service through ProxySG with a one-click option. Protection by the WebPulse service is also a built-in feature of Blue Coat K9 Web Protection for consumers.
For additional information on Dynamic Link Analysis, please visit http://www.bluecoat.com/news/pr/2384 .
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