Blue Coat Systems Introduces First Port 80 Security Appliance

New SG800 Security Appliance Intelligently Polices Firewall Holes

SUNNYVALE, Calif., (August 21, 2002)
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI) today introduced the industry's first port 80 security appliance, the Blue Coat SG800, to intelligently safeguard the use of mission-critical enterprise Web applications from malicious code and hacker attacks. The Blue Coat SG800 is the first security appliance to protect against port 80 vulnerabilities that occur when enterprises deploying web applications leave port 80 open and allow Web threats to enter the network.

The SG800 intelligently protects against content-level security vulnerabilities, securing applications such as Web-enabled vertical applications, Web-based email and rich media. A prerequisite to securing port 80 is the ability to understand, in detail, all Web traffic, protocols, infrastructure components and applications, with the ability to make security and policy decisions on that traffic as it enters the network. The "intelligence" of the SG800 comes from two key capabilities working in concert. First is the Web Knowledge Framework, an object-level software framework that reads and inspects all Web traffic to understand the type and nature of the content entering the network. The software forwards this information to the second crucial element, the Policy Processing Engine, a set of patent-pending granular policy algorithms that enable enterprises to define and enforce security policies. The Policy Processing Engine classifies all Web content, and based on defined triggers, including user attributes, destination IP, time and content filter category, makes security policy decisions on the actions to be taken. This includes not only "allow" and "deny," but more than 30 content-level actions such as "modify header," "redirect request," "transform content," and "insert cookie."

"Businesses today are challenged to look more closely at their Internet security infrastructure, where firewalls and anti-virus solutions alone cannot provide the level of protection needed in most enterprise and government networks today," said Matthew Kovar, director of security solutions and services research and consulting for the Yankee Group. "Blue Coat's security appliances go far beyond the capabilities of traditional proxy caching by delivering policy-based, content-level security on all inbound and outbound Web traffic in an optimized appliance."

A high-performance appliance, the Blue Coat SG800 is optimized to perform multiple Web security functions that include Web-based virus scanning, as well as content security and URL filtering, without imposing response-time penalties on end-users.

"Access to secure Web content throughout the typical work day is critical in maintaining productivity among our enterprise users," said Bill Thomas, director of IT operations for HNTB Corporation, one of the world's largest engineering and architectural firms. "The Blue Coat appliances are an essential addition to the enterprise security infrastructure, performing a one-of-a-kind method of high-speed, granular inspection of Web content passing through the firewall."
The SG-800 supports multiple Web security applications through Blue Coat's strategic partnerships with anti-virus providers Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) and Trend Micro (NASDAQ: TMIC), as well as alliances with URL filtering providers Secure Computing (NASDAQ: SCUR) and Websense (NASDAQ: WBSN). The SG800 can be easily implemented with existing routers, switches, firewalls and servers to reduce the complexity, cost, and management needed for comprehensive Web security.

"This new class of Web security appliance from Blue Coat secures enterprise organizations against Web-based threats that, until now, have been able to take advantage of a major chink in the Web armor," said Charles Dauber, vice president of marketing for Blue Coat Systems. "The Blue Coat SG800 increases enterprise security performance by inspecting identical Web content once, and flagging it as approved or denied. Unlike other forms of current Web security products, security staffs no longer have to make a trade-off decision of security versus network performance."

Availability

The Blue Coat SG800 Security Appliance is available today directly from Blue Coat Systems and its global network of channel partners in five different configurations built to meet the needs of today's enterprises. The SG800 is a 19-inch rack-mountable appliance that offers a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet or SX interface.

For more information and pricing on the Blue Coat SG800 Security Appliance, please visit www.bluecoat.com/products/index.html

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat Systems, a Web security company, has developed the industry's first port 80 security appliance. Safeguarding many of the world's largest corporate networks, this high-performance security appliance intelligently protects against Web-based threats by policing Port 80 - the primary hole in the enterprise security infrastructure. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Blue Coat Systems can be reached www.bluecoat.com

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. 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' most recently filed Form 10-k for the year ended April 30, 2002, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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