Who is a blue coat?

a person who wears a coat or uniform that is blue. a police officer. a soldier in the U.S. Army in earlier times.

Who owns Blue Coat?

NortonLifeLock
Thoma Bravo
Blue Coat Systems/Parent organizations

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What is blue coat Symantec?

Blue Coat Advanced Web & Cloud Security will protect you against web and network-based threats, enable cloud data protection, and give you flexible business policy control across enterprise and cloud, including web, social and mobile networks.

What does Blue Coat unified agent application do?

I know it provides Web security to remote users, but this doesn’t tell me anything. The BlueCoat Unified Agent has been built to provide security on the cloud. The Unified Agent client monitors the Internet Breakout IP being used by the user and switches from Active to Passive mode or vice versa depending on the company policy.

What kind of company is Blue Coat Systems?

Blue Coat Systems was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management.

When did Blue Coat start making security gateways?

The Security Gateway 600/6000 Series was the company’s newest product family. It had a range of security features, such as authentication, internet use policies, virus scanning, content filtering, and bandwidth restrictions for streaming video applications. In August 2002, the company started adding IT security features.

Where did the Bluecoats get their uniform from?

The uniform has its origin in the 16th century dress of foundlings housed at Christ’s Hospital in the City of London. Bluecoat schools based on the model of Christ’s Hospital were set up in emulation in other urban centres. The last Bluecoat school to be founded was that in Wigan in 1773.