The Data Driver

Blue Coat Systems announced the addition of Mail Threat Defense to its portfolio of Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) solutions. With the addition of mail threat defense, Blue Coat 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. 

Blue Coat Systems has acquired Norman Shark, a leader in malware analysis solutions for enterprises, service providers and government. The acquisition unites the industry’s most proven zero-day sandboxing technology with Blue Coat’s leading Advanced Threat Protection solution to help customers bridge the gap between identification of advanced persistent threats and resolution of those threats.

“We have a long history of high performance web traffic processing, and by combining the industry’s most proven sandboxing technology in-line with our market leading secure web gateway, we are removing an obstacle enterprises have faced up to now,” said Greg Clark, CEO of Blue Coat Systems. “Integration of the Norman Shark technology with the Blue Coat Content Analysis System and Security Platform delivers a solution that protects against zero-day threats before, during and after an attack by detecting, analyzing, blocking, resolving and fortifying the network against unknown and laten…