The company says Kuo’s appointment compliments their recent growth within the APAC region.

"The initiative will add valuable experience and alliances as McAfee rejoins the security market as a leading pure play vendor.”

A highlight of the event was the Partner awards, which recognise the commitment and dedication of Symantec and Blue Coat partners - here's who won.

Following their acquisition of Blue Coat just three months ago, Symantec recently announced the first positive spin-off.

Symantec's Global Partner Sales vice president spoke at a media briefing about what their acquisition of Blue Coat will mean for partners.

"The joining of Blue Coat and Symantec will solve many of Symantec’s existing portfolio and delivery problems."

“Our researchers’ findings reveal what many have long suspected – that SSL traffic as a primary channel for malware is dramatically increasing."

"Cyber security professionals need relevant, complete and actionable information – before the alert sounds,"

Symantec's Blue Coat acquisition opens new doors for partners says Symantec's global channel boss, who is promising predictability and profitability.

Delving into the world of SSL Encryption, here are some of the myths that persist about SSL traffic as well as the SSL blind spot.

Gartner's Magic Quadrant has been the benchmark for companies within the IT industry, as it recognises some of the best providers and vendors.

Symantec has announced its acquisition of cloud security provider Blue Coat for $4.65 billion, strengthening cyber protection for Symantec customers.

Blue Coat has identified a few challenges plaguing security and network teams and how the right Encrypted Traffic Management solutions can help.

The use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption is growing fast - which is both good and bad.

Dimension Data and Blue Coat's managed cloud security service, designed to extend web security controls to the cloud, is rolling out first in Aussie.

Blue Coat has introduced a new set of cloud security capabilities and services for enterprises and governments to improve the security platform.

“Whatever the outcomes of the strategy, it is positive that the government is taking the cyber threat to Australia seriously."

Blue Coat has been acknowledged for its dominance in the global network security forensics market, winning Frost & Sullivan's Leadership Award.

"Blue Coat's mission is to provide enterprises a way to not only block attacks before they happen, but track, respond to and mitigate any attacks."

“By integrating a security analytics solution with high-density storage from NetApp, Blue Coat is enabling our customers to conduct faster analysis."

The threat of shadow data in the enterprise is on the rise as cloud app usage surges, opening organisations to $1.9 million in potential losses.

“As our clients are increasingly choosing to migrate critical data to the cloud, we are seeing growing demand for the provision of web security."

Blue Coat Systems is acquiring cloud security company Elastica for US$280 million in a move designed to strenghten the security vendor’s cloud play.

Blue Coat Systems has sounded the alarm for individual and organisations to strengthen mobile device defences after seeing an escalation in attacks.