VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Blue Coat Systems has announced that it is extending the capabilities of Salesforce Financial Services Cloud with Blue Coat Cloud Data Protection. It is generally available for purchase, empowering advisors to build deeper, one-to-one client relationships, be more productive and engage more holistically with clients anywhere and on any device. “Security, compliance and governance are the key factors in the financial services market. Working with Salesforce, we are able to provide financial services customers with a comprehensive solution that protects sensitive data as part of their efforts to meet their unique compliance and governance regulations,” said David Canellos, Senior Vice-President, Advanced Technology Group, Blue Coat Systems... Read more

Blue Coat Systems has announced it has signed a worldwide agreement with Dimension Data   to deliver its global managed cloud web security service. Dimension Data plans to roll out this new offering worldwide beginning in the first quarter of 2016. Combining Blue Coat’s award-winning Cloud Generation Web Gateway with Dimension Data’s global managed security services portfolio provides customers with real-time threat protection – all without the need for on-site equipment. This new offering also helps organizations deploy new secure, cost-effective cloud service and web applications. In addition, customers are able to enforce consistent global security policies across wired, roaming, and mobile environments... Read more

Blue Coat Systems has announced the addition of Mail Threat Defense to its portfolio of Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) solutions. With the addition of mail threat defense, the company provides in-depth protection against the common trifecta of attack vectors – web, email and network –for unparalleled defense against advanced threats across the enterprise. Email is a potent channel for malicious intent and highly successful targeted attacks. According to Verizon 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report, the email attack vector accounts for 80% of APT malware used for cyber-espionage. Blue Coat Labs recently uncovered Inception . Framework, a highly sophisticated malware attack targeting military diplomats and business executives using infected email attachments as one of the many layers of the cyberattack framework. “As email phishing and other malware schemes grow increasingly sophisticated and deceptive, even the most well-meaning, cautious employees can be fooled into clicking...