Bluecoat (Symantec)

Blue Coat Systems was a web-security and network-forensics vendor best known for its ProxySG secure web gateway appliances, SSL Visibility, WebPulse/Global Intelligence Network threat intelligence, and cloud web security (the Web Security Service). Bain Capital led a consortium that took Blue Coat private in 2015; Symantec acquired the company in 2016, and Broadcom acquired Symantec's enterprise security business in 2019. Blue Coat's technology now ships inside Broadcom's Symantec Enterprise Cloud portfolio as Cloud Secure Web Gateway (Cloud SWG), Secure Web Gateway (ProxySG/ASG), SSL Visibility, CASB (CloudSOC), and DLP. Product documentation and REST APIs are published on the Broadcom TechDocs portal.

Bluecoat (Symantec) is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Security, Web Security, Secure Web Gateway, and Network Security.

Bluecoat (Symantec)’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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15.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySecurityWeb SecuritySecure Web GatewayNetwork SecurityThreat IntelligenceCloud SecurityCASBDLP

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Composite quality — 15.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Bluecoat (Symantec)
description: Blue Coat Systems was a web-security and network-forensics vendor best known for its ProxySG secure web gateway
  appliances, SSL Visibility, WebPulse/Global Intelligence Network threat intelligence, and cloud web security (the Web Security
  Service). Bain Capital led a consortium that took Blue Coat private in 2015; Symantec acquired the company in 2016, and
  Broadcom acquired Symantec's enterprise security business in 2019. Blue Coat's technology now ships inside Broadcom's Symantec
  Enterprise Cloud portfolio as Cloud Secure Web Gateway (Cloud SWG), Secure Web Gateway (ProxySG/ASG), SSL Visibility, CASB
  (CloudSOC), and DLP. Product documentation and REST APIs are published on the Broadcom TechDocs portal.
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tags:
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- Web Security
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- Network Security
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- Cloud Security
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- type: DeveloperPortal
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- type: Documentation
  url: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.broadcom.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.broadcom.com/blog
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.broadcom.com/company/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.broadcom.com/company/legal/privacy-policy
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