Organizations need security and compliance to access sensitive data from anywhere. Learn what is Next Generation secure web gateway? How does it provide network security?
What Is Next Generation Secure Web Gateway?
Secure Web Gateway is a next-generation solution for securing the web. It acts as a single point of entry to enforce web security and compliance policies across the network. Brocade Next Generation Secure Web Gateway is a unified solution that combines WAN optimization, web application firewall, and application visibility into a single appliance.
It is designed to provide complete visibility of application traffic through the infrastructure. This simplifies security and compliance policies across the enterprise and secures data in motion, on-premise, or in the cloud. Also, it provides a single point of access to the web while enforcing security and compliance policies.
Benefits of Next Generation Secure Web Gateway
It provides complete visibility of application traffic through the infrastructure and simplifies security and compliance policies. This is across the enterprise and secures data in motion, on-premise, or the cloud.
It supports all types of web applications and protocols.
It offers the highest level of performance and scalability. There are two types of gateway available in Next Generation SWG:
1. Enforcement
2. Optimization
The Secure Web Gateway has the following features:
1. Application Visibility and Control
3. Load Balancing
4. WAN Optimization
5. SSL Acceleration
6. Intrusion Prevention
7. Traffic Classification and Inspection
8. SL VPN Client
9. URL Filtering
SWG: SSL VPN Server
It provides the capability to publish internal applications and services to external users. This is through a secure connection over the Internet by using SSL technology. It ensures data confidentiality, data integrity, and authentication between remote users and internal networks or applications.
This ensures user access compliance with corporate policies and the IT department’s rules. Also, providing a single point of access to the web while enforcing security and compliance policies. Hence, across the enterprise, while securing data in motion, on-premise, or the cloud.
Unified Security and Management Platform
Brocade’s Next Generation Secure Web Gateway provides a unified security and management platform. This is for securing and managing applications and content across the enterprise. It includes WAN optimization, load balancing, application inspection, intrusion prevention, and traffic classification engines.
This includes as well as a unique URL filtering engine for evaluating web traffic. The SWG also offers a secure SSL VPN client and server. This is for easy access to internal networks from remote locations via the Internet.
Hence, the Brocade Next Generation Secure Web Gateway is designed to provide complete visibility of application traffic.
Application Visibility & Control
The SWG’s Application Visibility & Control (AVC) engine allows organizations to see all applications running on the network. It distinguishes between trusted applications and malicious or unwanted applications – even encrypted ones. The AVC engine can also notice changes in network traffic behavior that indicate potential malicious attacks.
This ensures that security policies can be enforced regardless of new applications. Also, new types of applications may emerge over time. By applying a single set of rules to web traffic throughout the network, it is easier to maintain security compliance as well as avoid creating network bottlenecks.