Blue Coat Systems
| Industry | Security |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Michael Malcolm Joe Pruskowski Doug Crow |
| Defunct | August 1, 2016 |
| Fate | Acquired by Symantec |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California |
| Products | ProxySG, Advance Threat Protection (ATP) System, SSL Visibility Appliance, MACH5, K9 Web Protection, PacketShaper, CacheFlow |
Number of employees | 1,700+ |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016 it was acquired by and folded into Symantec and in 2019 as part of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business it was sold to Broadcom.
The company was known as CacheFlow until 2002.
The company had "a broad security portfolio including hardware, software and services." The company was best known for web gateway appliances that scan internet traffic for security threats, authenticate users and manage encrypted traffic, as well as products to monitor and filter employee internet activity. It also produced consumer products, such as parental control software. The company's products were initially sold to internet service providers, but later products were intended for large companies.