Reporters Without Borders named five countries that regularly spy on journalists and dissidents, a practice the group contends is made possible with advanced technology from private companies.

With 70 per cent of employees across corporate networks using a personal smartphone or tablet, growing attack surface too big to ignore

Blue Coat Systems Monday announced an agreement to acquire Crossbeam Systems for an undisclosed amount by year-end. This would mark the second time Crossbeam has been acquired in 2012, with private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquiring it just last month.

Blue Coat Systems has agreed to be bought by a private equity firm for about $1.3 billion, which will buy out shareholders for a 48% premium over what the company's stock sold for yesterday.

Blue Coat enhances partner program

Security and WAN optimisation vendor, Blue Coat Systems, has introduced its new Cloud Partner Program to coincide with the launch of its cloud service offering.

New WAN optimisation vendor comes to town

Blue Coat Systems has turned to the cloud to offer an analysis system that it claimed would improve network performance. The Blue Coat Assessment Service uses some of the functionality of its own PacketShaper appliance to provide the analysis.