Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway Reviews

My primary use of this solution is to help our customers filter their security and their users' usage. They can optimize internet traffic and block or allow sites.

This solution allows us to control web usage to ensure that our employees use the internet for business research only. It also monitors all employees' traffic, so it gives alerts for searches and can block any websites not allowed by company policies. This means the company can ensure our employees make the best use of their time and get the most value from the internet itself.

The most valuable feature is the ability to allow or block sites by category.

An area for improvement would be the classification of websites - it can take a long time for new websites to be classified. 

I've been working with this solution for about four years.

This solution is very stable because it gives users the ability to have high availability and clustering.

This solution is scalable but may require a change of hardware in order to handle big changes.

Previously, I used Symantec Blue Coat, which is easier to implement than Forcepoint but has more technical issues.

Implementation can take some time, but there are lots of resources online to help.

I would give this solution a score of nine out of ten.

Web Proxy deployment in transparent mode with data loss prevention (DLP) and protocol based filtering.

• Transparent mode implementation
• Detect threats on SSL traffic
• Multiple customization options to allow or block a specific content within the web pages has allowed us to simplify the user experience without loss of productivity.
• Ease of updating the latest hotfixes and patches on the appliance.

Transparent Mode: Since we have multiple sites and roaming users, it has helped us in deploying the proxy to users without having to push any configurations to end users.

• FTP access via transparent proxy
• SSL Certificate updates
• Detailed guidelines to deploy the transparent proxy to Firefox users.

• It has improved our services.
• It has protected clients against cyberattacks.
• It has created more and better end user experiences.

• Protection against ransomware.
• Giving visibility to people's actions in the network, while keeping attackers out: across data centers, offices, branches, and the cloud.

Ease of use could be improved.

The solution was used as a replacement to Microsoft TMG as well as meeting compliance requirements.

Real-time analytics.

It helps constantly with phishing and cryptolocker attacks.

The reporting could be improved.

Since it was released.

It works as described.

None.

Queries can be slow on multiple terabyte databases.

There is room for improvement.

Their lead technical engineers are excellent.

I have used SurfControl and Websense. I have also tried Zscaler.

It went as planned.

In-house.

Not documented.

Do your homework and base it on facts.

Looked at open tender for all products and evaluated all current products at the time.

It was the best solution available when selecting a product.

One of the main features I have found the solution to be efficient.

I have been using the solution for approxmately five years.

We have not had any big issues installing the solution.

The solution is priced a little high compare to similar solutions.

When evaluating this solution to others it is one of the best.

I rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway a seven out of ten.