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Reconnex Partners With Blue Coat to Monitor and Protect Sensitive Data
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, November 7 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Reconnex, the leader in information
monitoring and protection appliances, today announced a relationship with
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Blue Coat
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), a leader in WAN Application Delivery and
Secure Web Gateway, to enable proxy-based traffic blocking of Intellectual
Property (IP) and other private and sensitive data. The Reconnex iGuard content
monitoring appliance has been extensively tested for interoperability with
Blue Coat ProxySG appliances, which deliver a scalable proxy platform
architecture that secures Web communications and accelerates delivery of
business applications. Through the use of the Reconnex and Blue Coat
products, enterprises will be able to monitor and analyze content crossing
their networks, with excellent visibility into and control of SSL
communications.
The inter-operability of Reconnex iGuard and Blue Coat ProxySG products
solves a number of problems that
companies face today, such as data breaches and trade secret violations.
Companies lose confidential data that travels across the WAN without
realizing it, because data is hidden behind SSL encryption. As well,
corporations must comply
with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data
security standard, California 1386 (CA 1386), and a number of other
federal, state, and industry laws and regulations that deal with
information privacy.
"Preventing the disclosure of sensitive data is a top priority for us,"
said Brian Flynn, senior vice president of technology at BCD Travel. "Many cases of sensitive
data disclosure result from accidental actions by employees. The
integration of Reconnex and Blue Coat appliances will provide an automated
method to prevent these disclosures."
The Reconnex iGuard and the ProxySG appliances
communicate with one another via the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
(ICAP). Together, they control the exposure of data via Web mail (HTTP),
files (FTP), and HTTP over SSL (HTTPS). The ProxySG appliances decrypt
SSL-encrypted content and proxies other Internet communications. The iGuard
scans the content, and then the ProxySG appliances take appropriate
enforcement action.
"Unauthorized, sensitive or confidential data flows out of enterprises and
organizations across many different channels, including Webmail, FTP and
instant messaging," said Benjamin Rice, director of strategic alliances,
Blue Coat Systems. "The combination of Blue Coat and Reconnex appliances
can protect sensitive data and prevent loss across these channels of Web
communication. Our ProxySG appliances provide outstanding visibility into
Web communications, even those with SSL encryption, and can take protective
actions based upon direction from the Reconnex data loss protection
appliance."
Today, more information leaves the network in more ways than ever before. One in 400
outbound messages, including emails, Webmails, and Instant Messages (IMs),
contain confidential information. Additionally, one in 50 network files
contain confidential information. Together, the Reconnex iGuard appliance
and the Blue Coat ProxySG appliances can help enterprises to stop loss of
confidential data, and to enforce encryption policies and workforce
compliance.
About Reconnex
Reconnex is the leader in data loss protection appliances designed for any
organization -- including enterprises, government agencies or educational
institutions -- that wants to protect its brand, maintain compliance, or
secure sensitive information. Reconnex's simple-to-deploy appliance
delivers accurate detection while protecting an enterprise before, during,
and after any threat to corporate privacy or intellectual property. A
privately held company based in Silicon Valley, Calif., Reconnex protects
information for over one million users today. For more information about
Reconnex, visit www.reconnex.net or call 866-940-4590.
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Engage PR
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