Blue Coat's ADN model is 'world's first Cloud 2.0 approach'

08.12.2009
To combat growing cyber threats, application delivery network (ADN) solutions firm Blue Coat says it has unveiled the world's first Cloud 2.0 approach.

Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, during a tour of the region, Blue Coat Systems senior product manager, secure Web gateway, Bob Hansmann, said the company's evolving approach to the new global ecosystem of cyber threats and new behaviours is ahead of other companies.

"We have to adopt new ways of managing Internet usage," said Hansmann. "For example, 'crime that is organised' is the term given to the ecosystem of global cyber threats, which has seen an enormous increase of Web-based threats."

He said two-thirds of known malware applications detected in 2008 had increased significantly. "In 2008, about 1.6 million viruses were detected, while phishing was up 585 per cent in first half of 2009. Ninety per cent of Web threats come from trusted websites."

Blue Coat's evolving model comprises a key strategy, said Hansmann. "This is to put protection into the cloud, as the enemy is time, and response must be in milliseconds. If you go to a brand new page, our cloud service downloads the page, analyses it, and then lets you download it to your personal device in less than 100 milliseconds. Note that you take 400 milliseconds to blink your eye, which means our model analyses and allows you to download four Web pages in the blink of an eye."