Policy Management
BlueCoat Systems Visual Policy Manager
Managing Web-based security is a complex task that requires the right
tools. As the number of users and Web applications increases, so does the
complexity of developing web security policy and the risk of error.
The BlueCoat Visual Policy Manager simplifies security policy creation
and management. Administrators can rapidly create complex policy rules
and easily evaluate their impact. The intuitive graphical user interface,
familiar to security administrators, makes it easy to define granular,
multi-layered security policy across a network of BlueCoat Secure proxy server appliances.
Visual Policy Manager enables administrators to:
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Enforce port 80 security with powerful policies
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Create and maintain policy with easy to use graphical interface
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Launch and use from any workstation with a Web browser
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Simplify the creation of security policy
BlueCoat Systems Visual Policy Manager provides a powerful graphical tool
for developing, implementing and managing an organization's web security
policies.
With the BlueCoat Visual Policy Manager, security and network administrators
can quickly create policy rules that leverage the powerful flexibility
of the BlueCoat Web Knowledge Framework and Policy Processing Engine to
build powerful security rules for SG Series secure proxy servers.
Features
Intuitive Policy Creation Interface
Quickly create sophisticated web security and control policies. Base
rules on user, group, network, and/or directory attributes, as well as
content type, browser type, protocol, and much more.
Policy Layering
Group similar policy rules for easier management. For example, content
filtering policies and virus scanning policies can be grouped into separate
layers for easy administration. In addition, security personnel can define
exception policies as needed, without disrupting existing standard policies.
Multiple Authentication Realms
Define what authentication server/realm must be used for authentication.
Administrators can define a consistent security policy for users even if
the users are defined in separate authentication systems. For example,
administrators can define a single policy across an organization even if
some of the employees are set up in an NT Domain and others in an LDAP
directory.
Automated Policy Distribution
Combined with BlueCoat Director, allows administrators to distribute
policy to different proxy servers by region and automate the distribution of changing policy.
Content Policy Language (CPL)
In addition to visual policy creation, administrators can also create
Content Policy Language definitions, providing the power of a sophisticated
macro language for policy definition.
Temporary Disable
Choose to disable policies without deleting them altogether for troubleshooting
purposes or to make a temporary exception to a given policy rule.
Browser-based
Java-based interface runs as a snap-in to any Java-enabled web browser.
Requirements
System Requirements
BlueCoat Visual Policy Manager requires Java Runtime Environment 1.3.1 to run
in Microsoft and Netscape web browsers. If the JRE is not present, it is
automatically downloaded and installed the first time VPM is run.
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