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Web Antivirus
As technology evolves, so do technology-based threats. Email and Web
access, critical applications for today's connected businesses, provide
a new set of open doors into corporate networks. Virus scanning at the
Internet access point plays a critical role in network security by removing
harmful content at the security perimeter - before it enters and infects
the network. Just as organizations deployed virus scanning on corporate
email servers to secure SMTP-based services, they are deploying virus scanning
to protect against new Web-based threats that utilize proxy server based services.
Recent examples of these new Web threats are the "Code Red" and "Nimda"
viruses. These viruses found their way into corporate networks on the very
protocols firewalls allow into an organization's network. Clever virus
developers use protocols such as HTTP because they understand that web traffic - is essentially an unlocked door
into corporate networks. And, because the firewall was designed to operate
at a packet level, it is ill-suited to handle these new threats hidden
across multiple packets of a given Web object or content type.
In today's Web-enabled businesses, effective network security requires
implementation of a proxy server that operates at the content
level. To protect against web-based threats from both outside and inside
the network, more organizations implement BlueCoat secure web proxy server appliances
specifically designed to secure web traffic from viruses and malicious
code. These dedicated appliances complement firewalls and existing anti-virus
products as part of an overall security architecture. Optimized for content
and object level processing, these servers incorporate powerful, patent-pending
technology needed to inspect the web traffic and handle that content according
to policies set by the administrator.
The BlueCoat Solution
BlueCoat Systems security appliances in conjunction with leading virus
scanning products provide a policy-based approach to real-time virus scanning
for Web content.
Comprehensive Internet Antivirus Solution
BlueCoat Systems has developed strategic partnerships to complete
its Web traffic virus scanning offerings. The company has strategic partnerships
with Trend Micro and Symantec for integrating those virus scanning solutions
with the BlueCoat Systems secure proxy server appliances. Leveraging
the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP), the companies partnership
includes joint development, testing and marketing of Web virus solutions.
For the first time, organizations have complete policy-based control over
high performance Web virus scanning. For example, administrators may choose
to have data deemed safe, like images from trusted sources, not vectored
to the virus servers for scanning. Other data requested from internal sites
could be sent to a service for light scanning, while all other content
could be sent to a second virus scanning service for deeper inspection.
The BlueCoat Systems Director adds a critical element to the web security
solution - providing centralized configuration management and security
policy administration for all enterprise web traffic.
Finally, BlueCoat Systems Reporter provides identity-based reporting
and monitoring to evaluate Web security policies, usage and resource management.
Ideal for the complex web traffic patterns, Reporter translates raw network
and user data into meaningful, easy-to-use reports for planning purposes.
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