Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Top 10
2024-06-25T12:13:00Z
Jun 25, 2024
If you want to deploy Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway on-premises, you'll need a server, a switch, and a firewall, among other components. This setup involves significant initial investment, which affects ROI and total cost of ownership. While a proxy can handle some aspects, it doesn't provide the comprehensive security features that Forcepoint offers. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The product is relatively easy to configure if you follow the guide, but it lacks throughput and performance compared to competitors. In our experience, the technical support has been underutilized. The solution needs better SD-WAN management, improved monitoring, and more effective troubleshooting tools like Palo Alto and FortiGate. I rate it an eight out of ten.
The product helps our company improve in the area related to the filtering capabilities. The effective feature of the solution for threat detection is linked with the malware detection capabilities offered by the product. The DLP features in the product are not effective. The problem stems from the fact that the product has not been updated for a long time. Most of the policies are based on the fingerprint of data. Sometimes, the tool detects data exfiltration, and at other times, it does not. The efficiency offered by the tool is not very good. The product's user management is an area where my company does not face any challenges. The orchestration part is not there in the product. A product like Zscaler can be integrated with multiple tools, including CrowdStrike. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway fails to offer a feature that allows for integration with other products. I would not recommend the product to others who plan to use it. I rate the tool a five out of ten.
Legacy solutions use traditional ways to secure the infrastructure. Forcepoint has good latency and a handy portal. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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I recommend the solution for small-scale businesses using a cloud-based version. For large-scale businesses, it is not fine. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
Senior Manager IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
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2022-12-28T07:30:43Z
Dec 28, 2022
My company uses firewalls, such as Fortigate, and web security products, such as Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. My rating for Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is seven out of ten. My company is a Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway customer.
We're internally using the product. I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. IT and security mostly deal with the product and any updates. Potential new users will find it easy to adopt this solution. Most policies can be leveraged from other deployments, and you can confidently run them. I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. I would rate the product nine out of ten.
Regional Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
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2022-09-14T16:14:51Z
Sep 14, 2022
I rate this solution a nine out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by including a consolidated product that will carry on Forcepoint product email, web, and DLP.
I work for an IT company that provides solutions to customers such as Fortinet, Palo Alto, Forcepoint, and GoSecure. In terms of Forcepoint, my company focuses on web security, particularly Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. My company has enterprise customers who use the product. The number of users of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway varies. One customer has around six hundred users. Another customer has three hundred users then there's a customer in the banking industry that has a thousand users. My advice to others looking into implementing Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is to prepare a lab and create scenarios in the lab before going to the customers. My rating for the solution is seven out of ten.
Service Delivery Manager at Paramount Computer Systems
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2022-07-03T14:31:26Z
Jul 3, 2022
On the DLP, we are on version 8.9.1, and on the Web Gateway, we are on version 8.5.4. We are using both on-premises and cloud deployments. We are integrators. I am mainly dealing in Forcepoint, including Forcepoint Web Gateway, Forcepoint DLP, and a little bit of Forcepoint Email as well. The presales part of the onboarding process has to be very, very proper. Whatever requirements the users are looking for, that should be put on paper, however. Otherwise, if they're expecting something else and the solution is providing something else, this sometimes creates an issue at a later date. Clients need to know what they are getting into. I’d rate the solution eight out of ten.
Director Market Growth and Development at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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2022-04-30T18:33:17Z
Apr 30, 2022
We are the authorized distributor for Forcepoint in Asia-Pacific. Currently, we are pushing Forcepoint ONE into the market. The thing to consider at the outset is, basically, what they want to protect. Are you protecting internal factors or are you looking at protecting from external factors? Forcepoint DLP covers the internal factor, meaning that you do not want your data to be compromised from internal leaks, and not external. If you're looking to protect against external anomalies, then basically it's Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway that you should be looking at. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
We are integrators. While we typically do cloud deployments off-late, for on-premises, we have deployed Hybrid and on-premises Websecurity deployments. I'd advise users, if they want to make use of it, to learn the technology and then the approach the product is trying to take. I'd advise users only proceed once they understand it. That way, they'll be in a good position to manage it. As with any technology, learn the basics and building blocks of it. I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Group IT Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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2022-01-19T23:11:49Z
Jan 19, 2022
I rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway seven out of 10. I would rate it higher, but it has a problem with tablets and the iPhone. It's not filtering on these platforms. It filters on Windows but not iOS or Android.
Ict Help Desk Administrator Individual Contributor at a transportation company with 201-500 employees
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2021-04-03T15:37:00Z
Apr 3, 2021
The versions of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway that we currently use are 6.5 through 6.7. We decided to go with it to enhance our main security features. This made a lot of sense, as antenna extensions between users is generally required. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Managing Consultant - Sr. DLP Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
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2020-11-02T18:34:00Z
Nov 2, 2020
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of seven. The product was sitting at about a seven. Support was dragging it down to a six. So, if I had to be honest, they had some very good analytics — just counting the product itself, I would say it's a seven. It wasn't perfectly stable, but it was pretty good. I would say it would need to be more feature-rich. It would need to be more helpful for troubleshooting problems with connections and it would need more stability — then I would give it a higher rating. Under all of those things, it's the support that's the problem because that's a different question from the product itself — it's the Achilles heel.
Infrastructure Support Officer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
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2020-10-19T09:33:36Z
Oct 19, 2020
I would not recommend the version that we have, that is, V10000 G3. I would recommend the later versions. Its implementation depends on your working environment. You might want to go for a hybrid version where it is partly on the cloud and partly on-premises. You also have to look at deploying agents on your systems. So, it just depends on how you are planning on working. Are you working from an office or are you going to be working remotely? That would dictate how you implement the solution. It is a fine product for what it does. Going forward, it would need firewall capabilities for UDP filtering. I would rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway an eight out of ten. It needs UDP support and a bit more granular filtering of reports, but all in all, it ticks most of the boxes.
We deployed this solution during COVID, for two or three customers, and the customers are very happy with this product. I can recommend Forcepoint. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
In summary, this is a good product and I highly recommend it. However, it is important to remember that suitability will vary depending on the environment. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We are happy with the solution for now. One of the reasons we took it is that it gives us the flexibility to change if we do not like it or we are not happy. To be honest, once we made the decision, I didn't look at the marketplace anymore. It's possible that there are better products out there today. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
AGM - IT Infrastructure at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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2020-03-05T08:39:49Z
Mar 5, 2020
The version I'm currently using is about four years old. My recommendation to other companies would be that they should spend more time analyzing their workload including access approvals and whitelisting/blacklisting. They should have a very clear way of defining the blacklist or whitelist. Companies should also spend more time on sizing the product and considering how they will grow in the future when sizing it. That clarity is a must to decide the proper product size that will last over years as a company potentially grows. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Regional Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
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2020-02-05T08:06:00Z
Feb 5, 2020
Forcepoint looks ahead at what is needed and they seem to be on track. Two years ago, they knew what they would be doing in 2020, and they are on the right path. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We're a Forcepoint business partner in Egypt. There are a lot of features already in the application and a lot of features that are added every day, so you have to learn how to implement them. If you decide to use the solution, you have to plan it out and prepare for it. You also have to update your knowledge and make sure your system is updated with regard to the solution. The most difficult part about Forcepoint is that if you take some time away from not working with it you forget features and processes. You need to work on it often and continue learning about it all the time. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
It is easy to deploy Forcepoint Web Security for whatever type of policies there are out there. We can manage any of our firewalls through one console. Our users prefer Forcepoint Web Security over any other firewall. We look for what the policy of the firewall is and through the console, we can run all the firewall settings. With Forcepoint Web Security, we can push the policies to all the firewalls. For the upgrade, it can be implemented with no downtime. I would rate Forcepoint Web Security an eight out of ten. It is easy so we can understand what the policies are and which policy belongs to which firewalls. There is no downtime when we are building any firewalls. If any firewall goes down, there will be little to no impact.
Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is a secure web gateway (SWG) tool that provides multiple forms of protection against malware, including blocking categories of websites, inline scanning of downloaded files, and zero trust-based advanced threat protection. The solution monitors and controls any interaction with any website, including blocking access to websites based on category and risk score, blocking download of malware, blocking upload of sensitive data to personal file sharing accounts,...
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
If you want to deploy Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway on-premises, you'll need a server, a switch, and a firewall, among other components. This setup involves significant initial investment, which affects ROI and total cost of ownership. While a proxy can handle some aspects, it doesn't provide the comprehensive security features that Forcepoint offers. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The product is relatively easy to configure if you follow the guide, but it lacks throughput and performance compared to competitors. In our experience, the technical support has been underutilized. The solution needs better SD-WAN management, improved monitoring, and more effective troubleshooting tools like Palo Alto and FortiGate. I rate it an eight out of ten.
The product helps our company improve in the area related to the filtering capabilities. The effective feature of the solution for threat detection is linked with the malware detection capabilities offered by the product. The DLP features in the product are not effective. The problem stems from the fact that the product has not been updated for a long time. Most of the policies are based on the fingerprint of data. Sometimes, the tool detects data exfiltration, and at other times, it does not. The efficiency offered by the tool is not very good. The product's user management is an area where my company does not face any challenges. The orchestration part is not there in the product. A product like Zscaler can be integrated with multiple tools, including CrowdStrike. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway fails to offer a feature that allows for integration with other products. I would not recommend the product to others who plan to use it. I rate the tool a five out of ten.
Overall, I would rate Forcepoint SWG as a ten out of ten.
Legacy solutions use traditional ways to secure the infrastructure. Forcepoint has good latency and a handy portal. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I recommend the solution for small-scale businesses using a cloud-based version. For large-scale businesses, it is not fine. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
I would not recommend Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway because of all the issues and give it an overall rating of five out of ten.
My company uses firewalls, such as Fortigate, and web security products, such as Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. My rating for Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is seven out of ten. My company is a Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway customer.
We're internally using the product. I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. IT and security mostly deal with the product and any updates. Potential new users will find it easy to adopt this solution. Most policies can be leveraged from other deployments, and you can confidently run them. I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. I would rate the product nine out of ten.
I rate this solution a nine out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by including a consolidated product that will carry on Forcepoint product email, web, and DLP.
I work for an IT company that provides solutions to customers such as Fortinet, Palo Alto, Forcepoint, and GoSecure. In terms of Forcepoint, my company focuses on web security, particularly Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. My company has enterprise customers who use the product. The number of users of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway varies. One customer has around six hundred users. Another customer has three hundred users then there's a customer in the banking industry that has a thousand users. My advice to others looking into implementing Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is to prepare a lab and create scenarios in the lab before going to the customers. My rating for the solution is seven out of ten.
On the DLP, we are on version 8.9.1, and on the Web Gateway, we are on version 8.5.4. We are using both on-premises and cloud deployments. We are integrators. I am mainly dealing in Forcepoint, including Forcepoint Web Gateway, Forcepoint DLP, and a little bit of Forcepoint Email as well. The presales part of the onboarding process has to be very, very proper. Whatever requirements the users are looking for, that should be put on paper, however. Otherwise, if they're expecting something else and the solution is providing something else, this sometimes creates an issue at a later date. Clients need to know what they are getting into. I’d rate the solution eight out of ten.
I would rate this solution eight out of ten.
We are the authorized distributor for Forcepoint in Asia-Pacific. Currently, we are pushing Forcepoint ONE into the market. The thing to consider at the outset is, basically, what they want to protect. Are you protecting internal factors or are you looking at protecting from external factors? Forcepoint DLP covers the internal factor, meaning that you do not want your data to be compromised from internal leaks, and not external. If you're looking to protect against external anomalies, then basically it's Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway that you should be looking at. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
We are integrators. While we typically do cloud deployments off-late, for on-premises, we have deployed Hybrid and on-premises Websecurity deployments. I'd advise users, if they want to make use of it, to learn the technology and then the approach the product is trying to take. I'd advise users only proceed once they understand it. That way, they'll be in a good position to manage it. As with any technology, learn the basics and building blocks of it. I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway seven out of 10. I would rate it higher, but it has a problem with tablets and the iPhone. It's not filtering on these platforms. It filters on Windows but not iOS or Android.
I would give this solution a score of nine out of ten.
I rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway an eight out of ten.
I rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway a seven out of ten.
The versions of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway that we currently use are 6.5 through 6.7. We decided to go with it to enhance our main security features. This made a lot of sense, as antenna extensions between users is generally required. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of seven. The product was sitting at about a seven. Support was dragging it down to a six. So, if I had to be honest, they had some very good analytics — just counting the product itself, I would say it's a seven. It wasn't perfectly stable, but it was pretty good. I would say it would need to be more feature-rich. It would need to be more helpful for troubleshooting problems with connections and it would need more stability — then I would give it a higher rating. Under all of those things, it's the support that's the problem because that's a different question from the product itself — it's the Achilles heel.
I would not recommend the version that we have, that is, V10000 G3. I would recommend the later versions. Its implementation depends on your working environment. You might want to go for a hybrid version where it is partly on the cloud and partly on-premises. You also have to look at deploying agents on your systems. So, it just depends on how you are planning on working. Are you working from an office or are you going to be working remotely? That would dictate how you implement the solution. It is a fine product for what it does. Going forward, it would need firewall capabilities for UDP filtering. I would rate Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway an eight out of ten. It needs UDP support and a bit more granular filtering of reports, but all in all, it ticks most of the boxes.
We deployed this solution during COVID, for two or three customers, and the customers are very happy with this product. I can recommend Forcepoint. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
In summary, this is a good product and I highly recommend it. However, it is important to remember that suitability will vary depending on the environment. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We are happy with the solution for now. One of the reasons we took it is that it gives us the flexibility to change if we do not like it or we are not happy. To be honest, once we made the decision, I didn't look at the marketplace anymore. It's possible that there are better products out there today. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
The version I'm currently using is about four years old. My recommendation to other companies would be that they should spend more time analyzing their workload including access approvals and whitelisting/blacklisting. They should have a very clear way of defining the blacklist or whitelist. Companies should also spend more time on sizing the product and considering how they will grow in the future when sizing it. That clarity is a must to decide the proper product size that will last over years as a company potentially grows. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Forcepoint looks ahead at what is needed and they seem to be on track. Two years ago, they knew what they would be doing in 2020, and they are on the right path. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We're a Forcepoint business partner in Egypt. There are a lot of features already in the application and a lot of features that are added every day, so you have to learn how to implement them. If you decide to use the solution, you have to plan it out and prepare for it. You also have to update your knowledge and make sure your system is updated with regard to the solution. The most difficult part about Forcepoint is that if you take some time away from not working with it you forget features and processes. You need to work on it often and continue learning about it all the time. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
It is easy to deploy Forcepoint Web Security for whatever type of policies there are out there. We can manage any of our firewalls through one console. Our users prefer Forcepoint Web Security over any other firewall. We look for what the policy of the firewall is and through the console, we can run all the firewall settings. With Forcepoint Web Security, we can push the policies to all the firewalls. For the upgrade, it can be implemented with no downtime. I would rate Forcepoint Web Security an eight out of ten. It is easy so we can understand what the policies are and which policy belongs to which firewalls. There is no downtime when we are building any firewalls. If any firewall goes down, there will be little to no impact.