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Shanghai Far East Securities Deploys Blue Coat Appliances to Deliver Online Services without Compromising Network Security

^{Published on 2009-01-05 05:14:43, Last Modified on 2009-01-05 05:15:58 - Market Wire}
 

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the leader in WAN optimization and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that Shanghai Far East Securities has deployed Blue Coat^® Proxy SG^® appliances to expand its online financial services business without compromising network security. By creating a secure portal that allows customers outside of the corporate network to access online financial services, ProxySG appliances protect Shanghai Far East Securities from malicious attacks aimed at disrupting the company's servers while accelerating response time for the applications.

To continually improve customer service, Shanghai Far East Securities has moved into offering online financial services. However, by providing its clients with access to its application servers, Shanghai Far East Securities created the potential for malicious attacks. To protect its network from these threats and to safeguard customer transactions and personal data, the securities company deployed Blue Coat ProxySG appliances in front of its servers to act as an intermediary for customer interaction. By creating this safety net, the ProxySG appliances can block malicious threats such as denial of service attacks or other attacks that seek to overwhelm the application servers.

ProxySG appliances also enable Shanghai Far East Securities to accelerate the performance of its customer facing applications by reducing processing requirements per customer request. For frequently accessed content and information, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances cache the information locally. When a customer requests the cached information, ProxySG appliances can deliver it without going back to the server, thereby eliminating redundant computing processes.

According to Liu Shi from Shanghai Far East Securities, the ProxySG appliances eliminated corporate anxiety related to protecting its network and confidential customer information from inbound malware threats. By securing the network, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances have given Shanghai Far East Securities the confidence it needs to effectively and safely provide online financial services.

ProxySG appliances work in conjunction with the Blue Coat^® WebPulse™ service, a cloud-based security service in which the discovery of malware by one member is shared with everyone in the community. WebPulse provides ratings of unknown content and analyzes more than one billion requests per week, ensuring it has a comprehensive profile of Web content. As new threats are discovered, WebPulse updates the ProxySG appliances so they have the most up-to-date information to protect against Web-based malware.

"Blue Coat ProxySG appliances allow Shanghai Far East Securities to embrace new online models of service delivery that will make it more competitive without compromising the security or performance of its network," said Matt Young, vice president of sales, APAC for Blue Coat Systems. "With its ProxySG appliances, Blue Coat can protect companies like Shanghai Far East from the threat of Web-based malware that results from online service models while accelerating customer applications to deliver a superior customer experience."

Blue Coat provides the visibility, acceleration and security that enterprises require to regain control over their network and consistently enforce corporate IT policies across the network. With the ability to implement policies at a granular level, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances allow enterprises to create group or individual-specific IT policies that help improve application performance.

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's family of appliances and client-based solutions – deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers – provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or [ www.bluecoat.com ].

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