Kaspersky Lab announced that Blue Coat’s Content Analysis System S500 includes Kaspersky Lab’s industry-leading whitelisting technology and award-winning anti-malware engine.
Together, Kaspersky Lab’s whitelisting technology and anti-malware engine are designed to help protect corporate IT infrastructure from both known threats and from zero-day vulnerabilities.
The first component checks if the executable files transferred via the gateways are in the applications whitelisting database. This database contains over a billion file samples which have been checked for absence of malicious activity and is constantly updated with data on new applications. The gateways may also enable the Default Deny mode, which prohibits the transfer of files, which are not in the white list. This feature is especially important for securing the operational continuity of critical infrastructure facilities.
The second component is Kaspersky Lab’s anti-malware engine that combines signature and heuristic methods for detecting malicious software. Coupled with the whitelisting module, it scans only those files, which are not in the whitelisting database, saving the gateway’s processing power and resources.
“We are proud to share our threat intelligence with Blue Coat Systems, the first technology partner to implement our industry-leading whitelisting technology in their gateways, providing the high reliability of the Default Deny mode,” said Nikita Shvetsov, Chief Technology Officer, Kaspersky Lab.
“The Blue Coat Advanced Threat Protection lifecycle defense and its key component, the Content Analysis System, is a proven, reliable information security tool. Kaspersky Lab’s technologies play a vital role in achieving this reliability. We believe that our latest offering – the Content Analysis System S500, with 1Gbps throughput, will be even more effective in countering the cyber threats present in today’s Internet environment,” noted Kevin Flynn, Director of Product Marketing at Blue Coat Systems.
