Blue Coat intros data loss prevention appliances

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Coat Systems has introduced the
Blue Coat data loss prevention family of appliances that provides
comprehensive data loss protection in a single integrated appliance
to enable compliance without complexity. With the addition of DLP
appliances to its hybrid Secure Web Gateway solution, Blue Coat now
provides protection against both inbound malicious threats and
outbound data loss. “Regulatory compliance, in addition
to the high cost of responding to information leaks, is driving more
and more companies to adopt data-protection solutions,” said
Andreas M Antonopoulos, Senior VP and founding partner, Nemertes.
“However, many companies quickly discover that the cost and
complexity of DLP solutions, added to the organizational and cultural
challenges introduced by DLP, can lead to abandoned products or user
backlash. In evaluating DLP solutions, companies should look for ease
of use and flexible rules that support an incremental deployment.” The
Blue Coat DLP appliances integrate
data loss protection for traffic on the network, including e-mail and
Web content, and data at rest in databases or on servers with a
unified management system in a single, integrated platform. The
unified management system provides security administrators with an
intuitive dashboard for easy-to-understand configuration and
management, simplifying the process of analyzing and fine tuning
policies. Blue Coat DLP appliances can typically be operational in
one day or less, including installation and configuration; policy
definition and content fingerprinting; initial monitoring and
inspection of traffic; and incident analysis. In contrast,
traditional DLP solutions require weeks, and even months, to deploy
and reach full operation. To further simplify deployment, Blue
Coat DLP appliances enable administrators to configure the most
critical functions first and add additional functionality over time.
By eliminating the need to configure the full solution at initial
deployment, businesses can deploy the appliances on a schedule that
is optimized for their business and network environments. In addition
to simplifying deployment and operation, the Blue Coat DLP appliance
also provides a number of advanced data loss prevention technologies
to protect sensitive, confidential and personal information.

The new DLP appliances integrate with
the Blue Coat ProxySG appliances using the secure ICAP protocol. Once
connected, the ProxySG appliance enables the DLP appliance to inspect
SSL-encrypted traffic and serve as the enforcement point to block,
forward or encrypt sensitive information. ProxySG appliances can
also provide a wide variety of authentication information to the DLP
appliances so that policies can be enforced on a per user basis. The
new DLP appliances add an additional layer of defense to the Blue
Coat Secure Web Gateway solution. The hybrid architecture of the
solution combines presence at the corporate Web gateway with a
collaborative cloud defense to deliver on-demand security
intelligence and immediate protection against evolving and emerging
Web-based threats. The integration of the DLP appliances into this
solution extends data loss policies to SSL-encrypted traffic, such as
Webmail, and prevents endpoints infected with malicious software from
sending sensitive data and confidential information to 'phone-home'
websites.

“The Blue Coat DLP appliances provide
a no compromise approach to data loss protection that supports
enterprise-class DLP functionality in an easy-to-deploy solution,”
said Matt Young, VP-Asia Pacific region, Blue Coat Systems. “By
extending the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution to include our
new DLP appliances, we now provide our customers with layered,
comprehensive security that prevents malicious content from entering
the network and sensitive content from leaving the network.”