Blue Coat remains market leader for content security gateway appliances

Blue Coat increased its market share in the second quarter to 23.6%. Blue Coat has led this market since Infonetics initiated tracking at the beginning of 2007.

Nidal Taha, Regional Director for Middle East and Turkey, Blue Coat Systems, said:

"Blue Coat continues to lead the market quarter after quarter on the strength of its visibility into Web content and ability to use that visibility to protect against new and emerging Web-based attacks."

"The comprehensive approach to protection that we deliver is clearly what the market wants to combat cybercriminals that are constantly changing their methods to launch an increasing number of malicious exploits," added Taha.

According to Infonetics, the Content Security Gateway Appliance market is expected to grow from $1.2bn in 2009 to $1.9bn in 2011.

Blue Coat ProxySG appliances provide visibility into Web content that enables enterprises to set, enforce and measure compliance to corporate IT policies that control recreational applications and optimize bandwidth. ProxySG appliances also deliver a multi-layered, proactive defense against malware, spyware, phishing and other malicious content. The Blue Coat WebPulse cloud-based service delivers community-based intelligence to protect against new malware sources and rate unknown content. The discovery of malware by one member of the community immediately protects all other members. Blue Coat ProxyAV appliances and Blue Coat WebFilter software also provide additional protection against malicious content.