Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] Reviews

The main use case of the solution was to deploy it as a proxy to access internet. In some cases it was an explicit proxy and in other cases it was implicit. We also explored the features of ADN to use caching and compression.

There were benefits but the evolution is slow, hence wanting to move on with the product. You can deploy the product in cloud but you can't automate it as the IP address can be assigned only after acquiring the serial number, hence you would not have a mechanism (by logging in/API) to apply the serial number beforehand so that the deployment can be automated.

• Granular security policy
• Ability to use as a Forward or Reverse Proxy
• ICAP integration, high performance SSL
• High performance web acceleration
• Integrates well with other vendors

The ProxySG allowed us to inspect full SSL traffic now without breaking a sweat. No more outages due to capacity, or DDoS.

The primary use for this solution is to protect the private IP for our customers who do not want to disclose it. It is also used for granular control of web access for employees, including how they are using the internet and what sites they are visiting. It provides control over how much data they are using, as well as what kind of data they are uploading and downloading from internet websites.

One of our customers is a leading bank in India, with more than ten thousand employees across the globe. They did not have any restrictions or control over what kinds of sites the employees should or should not access. Since the implementation of this solution, the bandwidth has decreased and the performance in terms of internet access has increased.

• URL Filtering
• SSL Decryption
• Application and Activity Filtering
• Media Streaming Optimization

We were able to monitor users' social media behavior and control certain activities to be allowed on the social media. This helped to prevent data loss and other activities that could result in a negative impact to the organization.

URL Filtering provides both category filtering and customized filtering, which provides us with a lot of flexibility.

The anti-phishing attack features. It's very important feature in Eastern Europe to protect our users from phishing attacks by malicious web sources.

After implementation, there has been much less malicious actions from the internet and it has reduced the scope of APT attack vectors from the web.