Next Gen Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
In words of Gartner: Secure Web gateway solutions protect Web-surfing PCs from infection and enforce company policies. A secure Web gateway is a solution that filters unwanted software/malware from user-initiated Web/Internet traffic and enforces corporate and regulatory policy compliance.
More than half of web traffic is now cloud related, including 2/3s of threats using cloud delivery.
Features and benefits
Visibility and Control
Advanced threat protection
Advanced data protection
TLS inspection at cloud
Advanced analytics and reporting
65 % of threat are cloud delivered in modern communication networks.
Firewalls function at the packet level, using rules to allow or deny each packet attempting to enter of leave the network. Secure web gateways work at the application level, looking at the actual traffic over the protocol to detect malicious intent.
The secure web gateway sits between users and the internet to filter traffic and enforce acceptable use and security policies.