Blue Coat WebFilter
Block malware and filter content according to strict policy controls
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Overview:
Blue Coat WebFilter categorizes billions of web pages in more than 50 languages into 85 useful categories that can be easily managed by IT administrators. When deployed with ProxySG appliances, WebFilter can enforce and update corporate security policies across the network based on these categories and execute granular control over select popular web applications and operations.
WebFilter is powered by the WebPulse collaborative defense of 75 million users. New and unknown web content is sent to WebPulse for real-time analysis and categorization. WebPulse automatically updates the WebFilter database to provide the most accurate ratings and protection at the web gateway.
To enable more accurate categorization and to mitigate the risk of overblocking content, WebFilter supports multi-dimensional ratings per URL. With multiple category ratings, WebFilter gives IT administrators greater policy flexibility and granular control.
Blue Coat extends filtering, protection from web-based threats and corporate security policies to remote users through ProxyClient, which is automatically included with WebFilter.
Block malware and filter content according to strict policy controls
As part of the Application Delivery Network (ADN), an infrastructure that provides complete application visibility, acceleration and security, Blue Coat WebFilter™ protects user productivity, blocks malware downloads and Web threats, and enables compliance. WebFilter is continuously updated by the WebPulse community watch cloud defense that detects hidden malware and provides reputation and Web content analysis. WebFilter is 100% user driven for relevance creating an unmatched real-time Web content rating service. WebPulse uses Dynamic Link Analysis (DLA) to check popular Web sites for attack injections and search engine results for bait pages, both leading to Web threats via dynamic links. WebPulse provides cloud intelligence to ProxySG Web gateways, and to ProxyClient and K9 Web Protection remote clients. WebFilter is the next generation of Web filtering, created by combining URL filtering and anti-malware technologies together into a collaborative cloud defense architecture.
Learn how Blue Coat WebFilter can help you:
- Enforce corporate security policies and block the latest versions of malware.
- Accurately categorize each Web site and create your own categories based on corporate policies and Web usage.
- Process 180+ million rating requests per day.
Features:
Awareness & Response
WebFilter provides over 7 billion ratings per day for over 62 million users located in the largest enterprise and service provider networks around the world:
- WebPulse has eight operation centers to support cloud defense analysis of over 2 billion Web requests per week
- New Web content or links detected by Web gateways or remote clients are sent in real-time to the WebPulse cloud for DLA inspection where updates to the master WebFilter database provide immediate protection
- Blocks malware, Web threats, fake software updates, fake AV offers, phishing offers and botnets or keyloggers calling home
- Blocks only Web threats using DLA inspection, allowing users access to popular Web sites and avoiding over blocking
- Provides Web 2.0 filtering for mashed-up or customized web portals, blocking panels and dynamic content per policy settings
- Provides coverage in over 50 languages using proprietary machine analysis knowledge algorithms and human raters
- WebFilter integrates with Google malware feeds and other third party ratings for Web threats, phishing, scamware and content ratings
Protection Beyond the Web Gateway
ProxyClient provides enterprise remote users with WebFilter cloud protection requiring no downloads or update cycles for protection in any location or Web service:
- ClientManager provides custom filtering policies for ProxyClient, plus custom allow/deny URLs and categories
- K9 Web Protection extends the cloud protection of WebFilter to Internet parents and children for protection in any location at no charge
- Web gateways and clients are cloud connected for immediate protection, plus Web gateways can receive 5 minute updates for security categories, and 6 hour updates for all categories to improve Web gateway efficiency
- WebFilter is the only URL filtering solution to provide a real-time Web content rating service, a public accessible site review service, and a one day resolution process for ratings
Accuracy & Relevance
WebFilter is 100% user driven for Web content rating inputs from a broad and diverse user community without the need for Web crawlers or artificial analysis:
- For new customers, WebFilter quickly learns user Web habits with real-time feedback for relevance in new ratings
- WebFilter analyzes objectionable content, within image searches, cached content, and translation services for accurate ratings and compliance with its real-time rating service
- Extend WebFilter with custom categories, plus ProxySG supports up to four URL lists enabling global, regional and local filtering possibilities, including child protection
- WebFilter provides reputation ratings so policy controls can opt for inline threat analysis, or blocking downloads such as drive-by installers and executables from these sites
- Proxy Avoidance protection comes from WebFilter ratings plus ProxySG controls for user-agents and invalid SSL session controls
Dynamic Cloud Protection
WebPulse cloud analysis uses Dynamic Link Analysis (DLA) with four key elements to its architecture:
- A cloud connected user community of over 62M users that is broad and diverse
- Real-time input of any new Web links or content to the cloud analysis centers (Web gateway participation is optional, with on, off or passive mode settings)
- Immediate cloud analysis of new Web links using proactive machine analysis, a bank of anti-malware engines, Web correlations, human raters, active script analysis, and sandboxing
- WebFilter master cloud database updates to immediately protect all cloud connected Web gateways and clients with new ratings
- WebFilter is continuously updated by WebPulse cloud analysis using a DLA architecture that is unmatched by any other URL filtering solution
- WebPulse and DLA define the next generation of URL filtering for Web 2.0 content and dynamic links
Effectiveness and Security
WebFilter provides web 2.0 protection and content ratings with cloud awareness from a global user community and an array of threat prevention technologies in the cloud and on the web gateway:
- Downloads and patch cycles are no longer required as web gateways and remote clients are cloud connected for immediate protection with rating updates
- Offers leading edge web 2.0 defense by uniting URL filtering with threat analysis in a cloud architecture to rapidly find hidden malware downloads, fake software updates, scamware and phishing attacks
- Protection extends beyond ProxySG appliances to remote clients using ProxyClient at no extra charge or licensing; remote filtering policies are managed by ClientManager and include custom filtering options
Reporting and Visibility
Extend WebFilter with Blue Coat Reporter to provide visibility and governance verification of web filtering policies:
- Blue Coat Reporter has an entirely new interface, work-flows, custom dashboard and reports
- Performance of up to 10B log lines for over 150,000 users using an optimized custom database
- Enable access for up to 50 administrators to their own dashboard and reports they customize for their line of business or department
- ProxyClient leverages Reporter for visibility of remote filtering by user, group or custom view
- WebFilter, Reporter and ProxyClient combine to create an unmatched enterprise filtering solution
WebFilter database contains millions of website ratings representing billions of web pages, covering more than 50 languages, and organized into 80 useful categories.
URL Categories:
The Blue Coat WebFilter database contains millions of Web site ratings representing billions of Web pages, covering more than 50 languages, and organized into 80 useful categories.
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ProxySG also supports custom allow/deny URL lists as well as custom categories that apply to Web gateway deployments and remote user policies for ProxyClient. ProxySG supports up to four URL lists allowing organizations to user WebFilter with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) URLs to block child pornography, regional URL lists and custom allow/deny URL lists.
Deployment:
Specifications:
| Technical Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Product Design | |
| Type of Product | "On-Proxy" URL Filtering Database for ProxySG |
| Logging & Reporting | Policy-enabled logging through ProxySG, Reporting through Blue Coat Reporter |
| Web Filtering Features | |
| HTTP filtering and blocking | Enterprise policy controls with over 40 triggers and actions on ProxySG |
| Block/allow specific file types | Blue Coat Enterprise Controls |
| Multi-language support | 50 languages |
| User authentication | Support for LDAP, NTLM, RADIUS, Netegrity, Local Passwords and Certificates |
| Advise, Coach and enforce | Blue Coat Enterprise Controls |
| Ratings | |
| Database size | 15+ million website ratings of billions of web pages |
| Database updates | Continuous |
| Database downloads | Configurable |
| Number of categories | 58 pre-defined; a virtually unlimited number of “cross categories” can also be defined (e.g., “Sports Betting” with all sites classified as both “Sports” and “Gambling”) |
| Platform | |
| Secure OS | Included w/ProxySG |
| Content Caching | |
| Object Pipelining | Included w/ProxySG |
| Adaptive Refresh | Included w/ProxySG |
| Native Proxies | Included w/ProxySG |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Integrated HW & SW | Included w/ProxySG |
| Servicability (SRs, Traces) | Included w/ProxySG |
| HW/SW-based bridging | Included w/ProxySG |
| URL Database | |
| Differential Updates | Included w/ProxySG |
| Overrides & Exceptions | Included w/ProxySG |
| Custom Categories | Included w/ProxySG |
| Enterprise Controls/Policy | |
| Spyware Blocking | |
| Block Spyware “drive-by” installers in network traffic | Included w/ProxySG |
| Block spyware “phone home” requests | Included w/ProxySG |
| Scan for Spyware Signatures | ProxyAV Add-on |
| IM Blocking (Native & HTTP) | Included w/ProxySG |
| Basic IM Controls | |
| URL Categorization | Included w/ProxySG |
| IM Attachment Blocking | Included w/ProxySG |
| Advanced IM Controls | |
| IM Reflection (privacy) | Add-on ($$) |
| Keyword Search | Add-on ($$) |
| Chat/Text | Add-on ($$) |
| Voice/Video | Add-on ($$) |
| Corporate IM Handle | Add-on ($$) |
| Session Logging | Add-on ($$) |
| In/out-band Alerts | Add-on ($$) |
| P2P File Sharing Controls | |
| URL Categorization | Included w/ProxySG |
| IP Address (host/host) | Included w/ProxySG |
| UserAgent & Version | Included w/ProxySG |
| P2P Proxy (SGOS v4) | Included w/ProxySG |
| Phishing, Pop-ups & Banners | |
| URL Categorization | Included w/ProxySG |
| Pop-up control per Application (ie. OWA) | Included w/ProxySG |
| Display Domain/IP of Pop-up or Form to unmask phishing sites | Included w/ProxySG |
| Streaming Media | |
| URL Categorization | Included w/ProxySG |
| Streaming Proxy/RTSP (Native & HTTP) | Included w/ProxySG |
| Bandwidth Controls | Included w/ProxySG |
| Caching & Splitting | Add-on ($$) |
| WebAV Scanning | |
| ProxyAV Appliance | Add-on ($$) |
| ICAP Integration | Included w/ProxySG |
| Custom Splash Warnings | Included w/ProxySG |
| Strip/Replace Active Content | Included w/ProxySG |
| Header Rewrites/Redirects | Included w/ProxySG |
| Filter MIME & File Types | Included w/ProxySG |
| SafeSearch on Images | Included w/ProxySG |
| Reporting and Logging | |
| Blue Coat Reporter | Included w/ProxySG |
| Real-time Reporting | Near real-time |
| Policy-based Logging | Included w/ProxySG |
| Authentication | |
| NTLM, LDAP, RADIUS. etc. | Included w/ProxySG |
| Forms-based Auth | Included w/ProxySG |
| Transparent State Auth | Included w/ProxySG |
| Multi-realm Sequencing | Included w/ProxySG |
| SSL to LDAP and NTLM | Included w/ProxySG |
| Certificates | Included w/ProxySG |
| Authentication | |
| Browser Version | Yes |
| Time of Day | Flexible in 1-hour sections |
| Message to Users | Redirect to internal messages & pop-ups |
| Slow Down Access | Based on any parameter |
| AND/NOT/NOR rules | Multi-Category (e.g. Sports and Streaming |
Documentation:
Download the Blue Coat WebFilter Datasheet (PDF).
Pricing Notes:
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
Buying Blue Coat WebFilter:
- Each perpetual license must be purchased with a Blue Coat Web Filter 1, 2, or 3 Year Service.
- Customers with current subscriptions must 'renew' by purchasing a Perpetual License and Service.
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