Symantec Secure Web Gateway Reviews & Product Details

Swg has many functionality as core not only terminating session,it can decrypt and re-encrypt the ssl traffic.we can create a huge no of policies,also swg has bluecoat database which provide all known url catogories.multiple caching method options.

Rules can be created easily using graphical interface platform called vpm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It require high amount of storage space hi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

we can create policies based on customer or organization compliance

blacklist urls can be added

easy deployment

best support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

for authentication some server require as BCAAA as mediator between proxy and authentication server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The strength of Symantec Secure Web Gateway is flexibility, since it allows the centralization of perimeter, cloud or hybrid implementations, providing protection to the network and ensuring the secure use of the Internet by end users, this through filter implementation and navigation policies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As points that I did not like, but more generally, would be the latency, which is sometimes notorious for the end user, since the SWG is the intermediary between the user and the web.

Adding to the false positives, this can make the day-to-day life of the users in the organization a bit difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was easier to integrate and use than our other product we were using. It is great security for what you pay for and has been easy to deploy across to all end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost is a lot but it is worth what you pay for. We had so many headaches with Cisco Umbrella (DNS and SWG) this was a much better solution. We so far have no complaints about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use it for more than 3 years in my organization for security purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I never faced any failure it helped to hanle security patch isues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Symantec Secure web gateway is the best web gateway solution because it maximizes the amount of protection not only from threats from the web, also from things like linkedin, internal chat systems and external chat systems like slack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing that sucks about Symantec Secure Web Gateway is that alot of the protection can be circumvented with a VPN and thus from a corporate perspective if you know what you're doing it doesn't provide its full protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Symentec secure web gateway provide good protection against treat and provide genuine or legit routes which will reduce exposure over internet and give best security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

there is no major dislike as such apart from console Lags or implementation or reflecting any service on Dashboard some time lags alot

this product have good support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Has the most flexible and capable secure web gateway, offers good speed, and central management and reporting for users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not user-friendly, reporting can be made better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Symantec SWG provides best protection on network to our users, identifying and reporting features about the threats are awasome, overall it does what we expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Price is bit higher, apart from i dont have any negative feedbacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In fact, I like the creation of a web gateway, not the ones that are generally not developed in this field and that we have a web gateway with different security products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Product and license prices can be a bit costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.