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Eight things to know about a secure web gateway

Help identify the solution that best suits your needs

Published September 2017

Given the evolving way Web and Cloud applications are used— and the constantly shifting threat landscape organizations must confront—proxy architecture is more important than ever in terms of securing Internet access. It’s imperative to have effective compliance and company policy enforcement, and the use of a secure web gateway with advanced functionality is a key piece of an enterprise’s security architecture.

While the capabilities of secure web gateways have grown over the years in response to new requirements and threats, the original justification for pairing a proxy with a secure web gateway appliance remains the same: Ease of use and management; a hardened operating system for security; performance-tuned applications; turnkey deployment and easy scalability.