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Blue Coat and Proofpoint Partner to Deliver Secure Web and Email Solutions
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a provider of WAN Optimization and Secure Web
Gateway, and Proofpoint, Inc., a supplier of unified email security,
archiving and data loss prevention solutions, announced that they have
partnered to make available a comprehensive security solution that
protects against malware attacks through both email and Web-based
traffic.
Proofpoint and Blue Coat are working to share email and URL reputation
data to provide enhanced protection at the Internet gateway against
spam, spyware, phishing attacks, malware, botnets and other email- and
Web-borne threats.
According to a release, Blue Coat ProxySG and ProxyAV appliances and
the Proofpoint on Demand hosted service and Proofpoint Messaging
Security Gateway appliance will share real-time intelligence and
reputation data to provide Blue Coat and Proofpoint customers with
increased protection against the latest email and Web-based malware
attacks. The interoperable solution protects against inbound threats
such as spam, viruses, phishing and denial-of-service attacks at the
Internet and email gateways.
Proofpoint's email security, powered by the patent-pending Proofpoint
MLX machine learning technology, inspect hundreds of thousands of
attributes in incoming email messages to accurately detect and block
spam, malware or phishing attempts. The Blue Coat ProxyAV appliance
scans Web traffic for malware, including encrypted SSL-traffic, while
ProxySG appliances act as an enforcement point at the Internet gateway
for corporate IT policies.
Additionally, ProxySG appliances work in conjunction with the Blue Coat
WebPulse cloud service to provide up-to-date information on the latest
malware threats. With an advanced background malware detection process
that utilizes ten threat detection engines, as well as human raters,
the WebPulse service can identify new and evolving threats and provide
updates to ProxySG appliances every five minutes. These real-time
content ratings provide a tool for enterprises to categorize unknown
content to which corporate IT policies can then be applied.
"The email and Web security gateway markets have been converging as
blended threats become more advanced, and enterprises worldwide want to
take a holistic approach to mitigating both message- and Web-borne
risks," said Ramon Peypoch, executive vice president of business
development for Proofpoint, Inc. "The close cooperation between
Proofpoint and Blue Coat will give enterprises access to an
interoperable solution for mitigating a huge range of the most pressing
IT risks."
The combined Blue Coat and Proofpoint solution provides customers with
the protection required to effectively combat evolving threats that
attempt to enter the enterprise through email and Web-based
communications, the companies noted in a release.
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