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IronPort vs. Bluecoat
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NETWORK TESTING LABS REVIEW

IronPort S650 vs. Blue Coat

Proxy SG8000

Choosing the best protection against
spyware.

 

Network Testing LabsThe IronPort S650 Web security appliance emerged from our testing as the more accurate, higher performance, and easier to use appliance. The IronPort S650 wins the Network Testing Labs World Class award for gateway-based Internet security.

By Barry Nance

Good anti-spyware defenses are as critical as anti-spam and anti-virus protection. Desktop-based approaches that clean the client, after the fact, are a nightmare to administer. Stopping spyware via gateways at each Internet connection point is clearly superior to cleaning it off individual servers and desktop computers. A gateway is simpler to administer, users can’t fool with it and desktop machines and servers don’t have to shoulder the extra burden of detecting and removing spyware. To the extent a gateway filters every single crumb of spyware and users do not bring freeware or shareware software into the office, the gateway approach is an ideal way to combat spyware.
To find out which anti-spyware product is best, we tested IronPort Systems’ new IronPort S650 Web security appliance and a combination of Blue Coat’s SG8000 proxy device and AV2000 scanning device—both in our Alabama lab and at customer sites. The most important criteria in our evaluation was the ability to identify and thwart all (or virtually all) spyware. We also looked for

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