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The Growing Threat of Web-Based Attacks

Business traffic is increasingly Web-based. Companies 
are now faced with exposure to a wide range of Web-
based threats:

->  Crimeware: Malicious software used to initiate crimes 

that are typically Internet-based.

->  Hackers: People who use computers to attack other 

computers.

->  Spam: The equivalent of physical junk mail and 

unsolicited telemarketing phone calls. Spam has become 
a major nuisance for both home and business computer 
users, and is a very popular way to trick users into visiting 
Websites that can lead to malware.

->  Spyware: Software that is designed to gather data from 

a computer and forward it to a third party without the 
consent or knowledge of the computer’s owner. Spyware 
tends to be more about surfing habits for spam, where 
crimeware is more about data that can be directly used for 
criminal activity.

->  Malware: Software programs created to perform 

unauthorized and often harmful actions (i.e. viruses).

->  Email: No longer the primary carrier of malware

These attacks are growing at an incredible rate: from 

500,000 in 2007 to more than 1.25 million in 2008. In that 
same time frame, the average annual business loss from 
these events has doubled.

Sophos and Blue Coat ProxyAV:  
A Powerful Line of Defense

The joint Blue Coat and Sophos solution combines 

Blue Coat’s knowledge and experience with industry-
leading endpoint protection from Sophos. Implementing 
the Sophos Security and Data Protection Engine in 
combination with ProxyAV gives you significant benefits:

->  Seamless integration for immediate ROI

  Sophos deployment with ProxyAV does not require the 

installation of any additional software. Unlike other 
solutions, it requires no configuration by systems 
administrators. Sophos also provides a unique updating 
mechanism that uses Blue Coat’s secured infrastructure, 
giving you better protection and a single point of contact.

->  The fastest scanning protection available 

  Sophos gives you top scanning performance – the fastest 

speed and the smallest updates in the industry (10KB). Aa 
single, multi-threaded copy of the virus detection engine 
processes all requests.

->  Unobtrusive

  Sophos, when coupled with Blue Coat ProxySG and 

ProxyAV, provides an efficient, unobtrusive solution for 
virus protection.

->  Detection of potentially unwanted applications (PUAs)

  PUA is a term used to describe applications that, while 

not malicious, are generally considered unsuitable 
for business networks. The major PUA classifications 
are adware, dialer, non-malicious spyware, remote 
administration tool and hacking tool.

->  Fast and frequent updates across time zones

  SophosLabs is an around-the-clock global network of 

threat analysis centers that serves as the backbone of the 
Sophos anti-virus engine. With support from SophosLabs, 

customers are protected with frequent updates 

throughout the day, regardless of time zone.

->  Real-time predictive threat filtering

  Sophos gives you zero-day threat protection against 

known and unknown threats using Genotype and 
Behavioral Genotype detection technologies, which  
deliver precision detection of unknown malware. This 
technology, built into ProxyAV, is finding new malware 

every day that can sail past up-to-date versions of 
competing anti-virus products.

Real-time Anti-Virus Protection for your Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway

The anti-virus Sophos Security and Data Protection Engine gives you a powerful additional layer of defense. 
It ensures better protection of the corporate network against malware that may be entering via Webmail 
attachments, hidden JavaScript and executables not caught by Web filtering alone. Sophos technology, 
combined with Blue Coat products, create a highly effective defense against Web-based attacks and  
unwanted applications.