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Blue Coat Proxy SG
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Bluecoat
SG 210
The remote office/branch office (ROBO) is a vital component of enterprises
conducting business across a country or around the world. Companies utilize
branch offices by bringing their businesses and services closer to the
communities which they serve; cost effectively reaching customers in many
geographic regions. Banks and insurance companies, for example, are totally
dependent on the branch office scenario.
While many organizations have fortified Web access at headquarter locations,
they face a growing number of security issues resulting from telecommuters
and remote offices. The ROBO site, however, has always presented a unique
problem for IT administrators. Securing these locations has become the
new challenge for distributed enterprises. Administrators grapple with
the tasks of installing, configuring and managing secure networks in remote
branch offices where IT professionals are generally scarce, and dedicated
communication links are difficult and expensive to maintain. A primary
goal of IT is to reduce costs to support ROBO users and applications while
increasing security.
Another concern for security administrators is that a remote branch
office with direct Internet access is providing an unprotected "back door"
entrance to the entire corporate network. Internet access opens the way
to Web-based threats such as Web viruses and malicious code which can infect
the entire network. More often, these threats utilize port 80 -- the open
HTTP port on the firewall. Further compounding the problem is that the
employees at remote offices may lack the skill or tools to recognize Web
security threats, much less the capability to block them.
The BlueCoat SG210 Series addresses security vulnerabilities at ROBO
locations by securing, monitoring and controlling access to all Web, rich
media and instant messaging content for users. The Blue Coat Security Gateway
also improves utilization of WAN links by limiting and throttling bandwidth,
ensuring WAN availability for critical applications. Combined with Blue
Coat's Director
and
Reporter
products, the SG210 provides the foundation for comprehensive ROBO security
for government, corporate and educational organizations.
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