| SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Coat Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ:BCSI), a leader in WAN
Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that its Blue Coat(R)
WebFilter(TM) for Blue Coat ProxySG(R) appliances now feature Real-Time Anti-Phishing
protection. This capability -- an industry first -- can protect enterprise or organization
employees by blocking access to phishing Websites or by warning users that they are
attempting to open a phishing Web page that could expose them to potential fraud or theft.
Most of the industry's currently available anti-phishing
solutions provide protection solely by checking a user's Web URL requests against a
database of known phishing sites. Phishing sites, however, are generally short-lived and
each day hundreds of new ones appear, so the practice of evaluating a requested page
against a database is generally ineffective. Rather than solely depending on a database,
the Blue Coat Real-Time Anti-Phishing protection technology is the first to assess a
Website "on the fly" and examine it based on proprietary algorithms. This
process can even be performed on sites using SSL-encryption.
Phishing: a Growing Threat
Phishing, the practice of luring an unsuspecting person to
a counterfeit Website resembling a legitimate site and tricking the user to reveal logins,
passwords, credit card information and other private information, has resulted in a
growing amount of identity theft, robbery and fraud. According to industry researchers,
the average losses from phishing are now over $3,000 per incident and the total damages
suffered by users victimized by phishing are well over $1 billion per year. Banking and
retail sites, including Amazon.com, Ebay and PayPal, have been some of the most popular
for criminals to impersonate with counterfeit sites using phishing schemes.
Phishing begins with a criminal sending a convincing
looking email to a person and tricking the user to click on a link to a Web page that
fraudulently purports to be a legitimate page from a bank, services company or retailer. A
person may be tricked into revealing a user name and password or other information that
would then give a criminal access to a bank, credit card or service or retail shopping
account. The new Blue Coat Real-Time Anti-Phishing protection technology assesses the Web
page being requested as the user clicks on the link. If the page is not found in the Blue
Coat WebFilter database, a query is sent to a data center in Blue Coat Labs where the Web
page is analyzed automatically in real time. The service will then categorize the page. If
the Web page is categorized as a phishing site, the Blue Coat ProxySG appliance will block
the requested Web page or warn the user. The entire process can be completed in between
250-750 milliseconds.
Real-Time Protection
Blue Coat Real-Time Anti-Phishing protection technology is
the latest addition to the unique Dynamic Real-Time Rating (DRTR) service of the Blue Coat
WebFilter product. Similar to the anti-phishing capability, URL requests for brand new or
previously undiscovered Websites made by users of the WebFilter product can be assessed in
real time and categorized as pornography, gambling, spyware sources or some other possibly
dangerous or inappropriate Website. In addition, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances can
automatically check for credential discrepancies of secure Websites that could indicate a
rouge site.
"Phishing has become a lucrative vocation for
criminals, and to date there has been very little standing in its way to thwart its
success," said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing, Blue Coat
Systems. "Since the Web is constantly changing, it is important not to rely simply on
protection from a static URL database. With new sites constantly popping up, the best
protection for Web users comes from the ability to conduct real-time assessment and
categorization, such as from Blue Coat Real-Time Anti-Phishing protection
technology."
Blue Coat WebFilter
Blue Coat WebFilter is a powerful web filtering solution
that runs on Blue Coat ProxySG appliances. It helps enterprises, organizations and service
providers protect their users and networks from Internet threats and abuse. While
WebFilter utilizes an on-proxy database of over 15 million website ratings representing
billions of web pages of real Internet usage, the product also uses DRTR to access and
categorize new or previously undiscovered Websites.
Blue Coat ProxySG Appliances
ProxySG appliances protect enterprises or organizations
against malware, including Web viruses and spyware, provide URL filtering and manage the
use of Internet applications for policy or bandwidth consumption, including instant
messaging, streaming media and peer-to-peer file sharing. ProxySG appliances also
accelerate business-critical applications or content at the Internet gateway or across an
organization's Wide Area Network (WAN).
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 -- provides 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
http://www.bluecoat.com/ .
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: The statements contained in
this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements,
including statements regarding Blue Coat Systems' expectations, beliefs, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, and including statements regarding the capabilities and
expected performance of Blue Coat Systems' products. All forward-looking statements
included in this press release are based upon information available to Blue Coat Systems
as of the date hereof, and Blue Coat Systems assumes no obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and
other risks relating to Blue Coat Systems' business are set forth in Blue Coat Systems'
Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2007, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31,
2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note: Blue Coat and other applicable product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. All trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein
belong to their respective owners.
Media Contacts: Investor Contact: Steve Schick Carla Chun
Blue Coat Systems Blue Coat Systems
steve.schick@bluecoat.com
carla.chun@bluecoat.com
408-220-2076
408-220-2318
Anne Smith Loughlin/Michaels Group for Blue Coat Systems
anne@lmgpr.com
408-313-8089
CONTACT: Steve Schick, +1-408-220-2076, steve.schick@bluecoat.com, or Carla Chun,
+1-408-220-2318, carla.chun@bluecoat.com,
both of Blue Coat Systems, Inc.; or Anne Smith, of Loughlin-Michaels Group,
+1-408-313-8089, anne@lmgpr.com, for Blue Coat
Systems, Inc.
Web site: http://www.bluecoat.com/
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