SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 5, 2011 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimizationsolutions, today announced that Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances with WebFilter to provide real-time Web security for more than 180,000 students across nine city campuses in Malaysia. With the deployment of the ProxySG appliances, UiTM now has full control over and visibility into its Web traffic.
“We were having trouble enforcing our corporate IT policies, so students were able to access peer-to-peer (P2P) applications that took up a considerable amount of bandwidth, slowed our network and increased the risk of malware infection,” said Professor Madya Dr. Mat Ikram Yusof, deputy director of information and communication technology (ICT) at UiTM. “Blue Coat ProxySG appliances give us the visibility to accurately filter, categorize and block undesirable websites and malware and have reduced our bandwidth costs by 20 percent.”
UiTM deployed the Blue Coat ProxySG appliances with WebFilter to effectively block objectionable and malicious content while preventing proxy avoidance. UiTM also deployed the Blue Coat Reporter product to increase visibility of Internet usage and potentially infected systems. Using the actionable intelligence of Reporter, the University’s IT department of 10 has reduced its daily work load, freeing the team for other support tasks.
Blue Coat ProxySG appliances are backed by theBlue Coat WebPulse™ collaborative defense, which unites 75 million users worldwide in a real-time defense to deliver real-time web security. When one user discovers a threat, all users are immediately protected without having to update appliances, servers or user desktops. Blue Coat Security Labs continually updates the defenses in WebPulse to protect UiTM and 75 million other users from new and evolving threats.
“By utilizing ProxySG appliances with WebFilter, UiTM is able to efficiently control Web traffic and optimize network and application performance while reducing bandwidth consumption,” said Steve Rowland, vice president of sales, Asia Pacific, Blue Coat Systems. “The integrated visibility, security and control capabilities of the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution allow UiTM to effectively support the infrastructure of its distributed campus and its users’ Internet activities.”
UiTM was established in 1956 and is Malaysia’s largest higher learning institution with 172,000 students and a workforce of 17,000.
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