Quality K-12 institutions are embracing cloud services, video content, and other new technologies despite tight budgets. Increased dependence by students and educators on web resources can place demands beyond the capacity of current network and web gateway. In addition, they face serious challenges from new mobile platforms, evolving social networks, and growing video content delivered through both managed and unmanaged devices and users who have an affection for untested websites, web apps and services. As a long time industry leader in network performance and security, Blue Coat can help you to meet educational objectives while mitigating related risks

• Enable social media and other web services/applications within bandwidth, security and regulatory boundaries such as CIPA.
• Realize security goals in the face of changing surfing habits, mobile devices, web apps, and online gaming and other services.
• Improve accessibility and support VOIP, class-room video usage, distance learning and online education programs.
• Reduce costs, improve long term planning, and ensure priority delivery of educational traffic. 
• Recover bandwidth in a time of exploding per-user data volume through visibility and control of traffic including P2P, torrents, etc.
• Secure personal information (PII) and other sensitive information from data leaks, malware, or other security breaches.
• Offers student families a no-cost home security options.