Blue Coat Port 80 Security Appliance Named 2002 Computing Industry Award Finalist.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 12, 2002

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI) today announced that its SG800 Port 80 Security Appliance has been named a finalist for the 2002 Computing Industry Awards. Blue Coat Systems joins a short, select list of industry-leaders in contention for the Security Product of the Year award that includes Symantec, RSA Security and Microsoft.

Judging for the award is based on evaluating products that have made a significant impact on business during the year. Judges evaluated each entry on functionality and features, performance, price, market positioning, innovation, fitness for purpose, future proofing, and integration capabilities. Customer and user feedback was also taken into consideration during the product evaluation. More information on the Computing Industry Awards can be found at http://www.computingawards.com.

"Two-thirds of enterprises have a gigantic hole in their security infrastructure called port 80 -- which has become the main entry point for emerging web-based viruses such as Klez, Code Red and Nimda," said Bob Pratt, director of product marketing for Blue Coat Systems. "This nomination validates the criticality that every firewall deployed must have a port 80 security appliance deployed behind it, to protect against web-based threats that make it through the firewall's open port 80."

The Blue Coat SG800 is the industry's first port 80 security appliance that safeguards the use of mission-critical enterprise Web applications. The product protects against Web security threats created by the open port 80 and related ports in the firewall. The SG800 leverages its unique high-performance platform, a Web Knowledge Framework(TM) that incorporates years of expertise in Web application and protocol behavior, and an advanced Policy Processing Engine(TM) that carefully and efficiently polices Web transactions.

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat Systems, a Web security company, has developed the industry's first port 80 security appliance. Safeguarding many of the world's largest corporate networks, this high-performance security appliance intelligently protects against Web-based threats by policing port 80 -- the primary hole in the enterprise security infrastructure. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Blue Coat Systems can be reached at [phone] or at http://www.bluecoat.com.

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Blue Coat Systems' expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to Blue Coat Systems as of the date hereof, and Blue Coat Systems assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to Blue Coat Systems' business are set forth in Blue Coat Systems' most recently filed Form 10-q for the quarter ended July 31, 2002, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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