Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway Primary Use Case

Shipra Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager at Paramount Computer Systems

Basically, we are the system integrators. We apply it to clients for use cases such as productivity increases. For example, if they want to block Facebook and those kinds of social networking sites, it will help stop users from off-work distractions. They also are now catering to the use case of remote working to control access off-site. That involves cloud solutions.

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SunilSharma10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of cyber security at GlobalLogic

I use the solution in my company to deal with the area of slowness when we activate a proxy.

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Deepak  Nagar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Strategic Alliances at Softcell Technologies Limited

We used the tool for secure internet access in our legacy environment. We had a firewall. In a corporate environment, when a user goes through the environment, they go through the firewall. However, hardware devices have some limitations. The performance degrades if the number of users increases. Forcepoint is a cloud solution that users can go through. It is scalable.

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Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
May 2024
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RG
Lead Integration Architect at DXC Technology

We use the solution as an overall proxy. We are using Forcepoint Web Gateway to allow only trusted, valid URLs - whatever is accepted or offered by the cache rate.

It's a landing zone for all kinds of end-user traffic for the internal users, as well as to protect against any attacks from my external users. Also, it controls the internal IT assets and can protect us from hard, new, cyber attacks, ransomware, and other things. That's how it has been used right now specifically.

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MuhammadBahgat - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Security Engineer at Banque Du Caire

I use the solution to secure the traffic by allowing some categories and sites.

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Rupesh Kolhapurkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd

It is used for security purposes, CASB, and application controls.


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BS
Subject Matter Expert at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.

We are implementing Forcepoint Web Security Gateway on corporate, and on enterprise levels. We're not only maintaining Forcepoint, but we are also maintaining McAfee and Symantec as well. I implement and maintain Forcepoint.

The primary use case of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is focusing on the advanced malware detection for our customers. We deployed it in multiple locations, and we ensure that the customer's requirements are achieved.

The majority of customers are using the on-premises solution of Forcepoint, and hybrid solutions. But, during this COVID period, they are upgrading that Cloud Web Security console with the availability of the categorization, and there is a GRE tunnel. You can use the GRE tunnel between your organization and the Forcepoint cloud with the IT-based policy applicable to your prospective user.

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AmgadYousry - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I use Forcepoint SWG to monitor and control my employees' internet usage for both security and productivity reasons. 

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Shamirhan Sulaiman - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Market Growth and Development at Netpoleons

It protects against data leaks and offers us application security.

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CM
IT Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use the product for DLP and POS protection. 

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Shanaka Guruge - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant - Cybersecurity at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I've done a few deployments with roaming user filtering and with central management consoles on the content creation and on different critical locations.

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MM
Senior Manager IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I'm using Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway for web security, particularly DLP. It's mainly to control internet usage for users in terms of what's allowed and what's not. It's also a DLP solution that I use to monitor the data, including information about any data transfers within the organization.

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AK
Director at Foresight Software Solutions Pvt Ltd

Our primary use case is to control internet access based on security profiles. Users are restricted to legitimate sites and then, based on the business use case, we provide access to streaming sites and the like. We are customers and resellers of Secure Web Gateway and I'm a company director.

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DR
CTO at Lactalis

My position means that I'm focused on functionalities and the happiness of the users of this solution. I am the CTO of sales and we are a customer of Forcepoint. 

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MZ
PS & Technical Manager at a integrator with 11-50 employees

Our customers' primary use case in the banking sector is for URL history.

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NH
IT Manager at cmc

I use this product for email filtering.

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AK
Director at Foresight Software Solutions Pvt Ltd

We are the implementation partner for Forcepoint, and then we configure and integrate Forcepoint into the customer enrollment.

We personally use cloud Websecurity and cloud Email security of Forcepoint.

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SC
Infrastructure Support Officer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use it for internal monitoring of internet access as well as for controlling internet access.

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

Our customers are government agencies, and we recommended Forcepoint to add an extra layer of security to their data centers. It's the second layer of protection on top of a layer from another vendor.  And one week ago, we recommended a data leakage prevention solution from Forcepoint for another agency, but this project hasn't started yet.  

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SA
Ict Help Desk Administrator Individual Contributor at a transportation company with 201-500 employees

We make use of a host of features offered by Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. We primarily use it to analyze cloud-based data which enters and exits our company through external web access. We retrieve all the data for analysis of any external transactions as these relate to the application of messages. 

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it_user564000 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Engineer at isit

The primary use that we have for Forcepoint Web Security is for server clusters plus multi-link sites, sites that require not multi-linked ISPs. 

We use Forcepoint Web Security for multi-cluster servers with multi-links so that we can cluster all the multi-links into one link.

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LP
Product Manager at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

We are using this solution for web security.

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SD
Chief Information Officer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The critical role is web URL filtering.

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AmgadYousry - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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.

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TA
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are a solution provider for a variety of products including web security, next-generation firewalls, and DLP. Forcepoint Web Security is one of the products that we implement for our clients.

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EO
Regional Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are a professional services company and I use this solution in my office, but I also implement it for some of my customers. This product is used as a security gateway, and more generally, as part of an internet security solution.

I have some customers who have deployed this solution on-premises, while others have a hybrid cloud deployment using Azure or AWS.

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it_user860823 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Primary use is as web proxies for a government agency.

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it_user793608 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

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Buyer's Guide
Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
May 2024
Learn what your peers think about Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2024.
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