Blue Coat Eases Deployment, Operational Complexity Of DLP

Blue Coat Systems has introduced the Blue Coat Data Loss Prevention (DLP) family of appliances that provides comprehensive data loss protection in a single integrated appliance to enable compliance without complexity. With the addition of the DLP appliances to its hybrid Secure Web Gateway solution, Blue Coat now provides protection against both inbound malicious threats and outbound data loss.

The Blue Coat DLP appliances integrate data loss protection for traffic on the network, including email 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 analysing and fine tuning policies.

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 optimised 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, including:

Advanced Fingerprinting: The Blue Coat DLP appliance provides fast and accurate assessments of structured and unstructured data with fewer false positives. Language Independence: Out of the box, the Blue Coat DLP appliance supports most common languages, including those that require multi-byte characters.

File Format Independence: With support for over 600 document types, the Blue Coat DLP appliance can access a broad range of file types, including archives. 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, Vice President, APAC, 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.”