Bluecoat Insights

What is Bluecoat?

Blue Coat Systems (now part of Broadcom) was a company that provided web security solutions. Their products, often referred to as Blue Coat proxies or secure web gateways, were commonly used by organizations to filter web content, prevent malware infections, and ensure compliance with security policies. They provided features like URL filtering, application control, data loss prevention, and SSL inspection. These capabilities helped organizations control web traffic, protect sensitive data, and enforce security standards.

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What other technologies are related to Bluecoat?

Bluecoat Competitor Technologies

Check Point

Check Point offers security gateways and other products that compete with Blue Coat's web security solutions.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 4% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

Websense

Websense (now Forcepoint) offers web security and content filtering solutions that directly compete with Blue Coat.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 20% (101) of relevant job posts

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks offers next-generation firewalls and cloud security solutions that compete with Blue Coat's web security offerings.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 2% (1.1k) of relevant job posts

Sourcefire

Sourcefire (now Cisco) offers intrusion prevention systems and next-generation firewalls that overlap with some of Blue Coat's security features.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 10% (130) of relevant job posts

Zscaler

Zscaler provides cloud-based web security and threat protection, directly competing with Blue Coat's solutions.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 3% (447) of relevant job posts

Fortinet

Fortinet offers a wide range of security solutions, including firewalls and web filtering, which compete with Blue Coat.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 1% (805) of relevant job posts

Juniper

Juniper provides network security solutions, including firewalls, which can compete with Blue Coat's offerings, although less directly than some other vendors.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 1% (654) of relevant job posts

IronPort

IronPort (now Cisco) offered email security appliances that competed with Blue Coat's web security solutions by focusing on email-borne threats.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 9% (102) of relevant job posts

Bluecoat Complementary Technologies

F5

F5 provides load balancing and application delivery solutions that can be used in conjunction with Blue Coat for enhanced performance and security. Some overlap in WAF functionality may cause competition in some cases.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 2% (840) of relevant job posts

Tufin

Tufin provides security policy orchestration, which can complement Blue Coat by automating and managing security policies across the network.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 10% (157) of relevant job posts

Infoblox

Infoblox provides DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) solutions, which are complementary to Blue Coat's network security products.

mentioned alongside Bluecoat in 3% (266) of relevant job posts