Blue Coat positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant

Blue Coat Systems of Web security and solutions has announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, by the research and advisory firm, Gartner, Inc. The Blue Coat Web security portfolio provides industry-leading, real-time protection against Web-based malware and other malicious content for any user in any location at any time.  

"Blue Coat consistently drives innovation through its real-time Web security solutions to help organizations better protect against dynamic Web-based malware and to safely enable access to social media," said Steve Daheb, Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice-President, Blue Coat Systems.  "We believe being positioned in the Leaders Quadrant demonstrates the strength of our solutions and validates our strategy of extending our Web security technology to businesses of all sizes with the Blue Coat Cloud Service."

The Blue Coat Web security portfolio includes both appliance-based and cloud-based solutions for organizations of all sizes. The Blue Coat ProxySG appliances provide Web security and a flexible policy framework at the corporate gateway that allow enterprises to align IT policies with business requirements. The Internet-delivered Blue Coat Cloud Service provides the same enterprise-class Web security to all users, including remote workers, at any time.  

Both products are supported by the Blue Coat WebPulse service, a collaborative defence in which the discovery of new and evolving malware by any user immediately protects all users.  The WebPulse service analyzes more than 2 billion URL requests per week from 75 million diverse users worldwide and provides a comprehensive view of the Web ecosystem for tracking and blocking malware networks.  As new defences are added to WebPulse, they are immediately available to all users without requiring software updates.