#1 most frequent
United States of America
40.0%14 installations of 35
What is Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway?
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (replacing the former McAfee Web Gateway) is presented by the vendor as high-performance on-premises web security, that can be deployed as dedicated hardware or a virtual machine. With it, users can enforce internet-use policies, analyze the nature and intent of content and active code entering the network, and use DLP technology to scan outbound traffic.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
#2 most frequent
France
25.7%9 installations of 35
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
11.4%4 installations of 35
Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway is a great tool for web inspection traffic
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Web traffic inspection and CASB protection. Also block of personal tenants for email, file share services and cloud services. We use the client proxy and the web filtering on-prem gateway to control the different use cases for our own needs. It give us the ability to do SSL inspection for computers using the SCP.
Pros
- Web inspection
- SSL inspection
- CASB implemtation
- Tenant restrictions
- Cloud sanction and unsaction apps
Cons
- Support response
- Better pricing
- Best practices guides
Return on Investment
- Unify SASE solutions
- SaaS based
- Single client
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Zscaler Internet Access
Other Software Used
Zscaler Internet Access, CrowdStrike Falcon, IBM Security QRadar SIEM
McAfee Web Gateway- Industry best Secure Web Gateway.....
Pros
- Unified Architecture
- Reporting
- Hybrid Deployment
- SSL Inspection
Cons
- Customer Support
- Documentation not available
- Higher Cost
Most Important Features
- SSL traffic inspection
- DLP
- Anti- Malware
Return on Investment
- Inbound and outbound both traffic protection
- URL/ Content filtering
- Protection available for both inside/outside office users
- Sometimes slowness is faced by users
Alternatives Considered
Sophos Secure Web Gateway
Other Software Used
Forcepoint Web Security, Check Point Harmony Endpoint Security (formerly Sandblast Agent), FireEye Helix
Decent Proxy solution
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it as our Webproxy to prorect the surf traffic from malware and integrate it with a third party threat emulation solution. We chose it, since we used to use the precssor product Webwasher and the competitors were not so much better to decide for a migration to a totally new product.
Pros
- Performance
Cons
- UI
- Malware detection
- reporting
Return on Investment
- Performance
- Security
- Visibility
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Other Software Used
CheckPoint, Lastline
An excellent security tool
Pros
- Great malware protection.
- Excellent sandboxing.
- Great URL filtering.
- Very good pre-defined policies.
Cons
- Excellent high-performance web security.
- Incredibly efficient application finding any threat.
- The ransomware simulator does a pretty good job.
- Email protection, malware, spyware, DDOS, BOT-ing, website filtering, spam filtering, and much more.
Return on Investment
- Risk management
- Improve compliance
- Assure information security
Other Software Used
Check Point Next Generation Firewall, Trend Micro Integrated Data Loss Prevention, Citrix Gateway (formerly NetScaler Unified Gateway)
McAfee Web Gateway
Pros
- Very flexible rule configuration for tiered access. With AD integration, easily allow Internet access based on groups.
- SSL inspection of web content. URL categories can be exempted from inspection such as financial or health.
- Customizable block pages. Allows you to place your policy statement on the block page as well as explanations for why a page is blocked.
Cons
- Sometimes rule tracing is difficult to pinpoint errors.
- HTML interface is in early stages. Both Java and HTML are available.
Return on Investment
- An effective tool in enforcing Internet policies.
- Adds a necessary layer of Internet security over and above UTM Firewall offerings.
Alternatives Considered
Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance
Other Software Used
SafeNet Authentication Service (SAS), FortiSwitch Secure Access Switches, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco ASA, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security