Avast SWG vs Cisco Umbrella

• I have been using this platform in my organization for securing the network for a very long time and I am satisfied with their services and features.
• It helps me in blocking web threats before coming on the network automatically which saves my network from potential attack.
• Completely functional UI with having all the features to have a fast and secure working environment.

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• Filters content at the DNS level. Makes it a little harder for the sneaky ones to make it through.
• Since this is at the DNS level, using their DNS servers (as a forwarder to your local DNS) it is extremely fast. Transparent.
• Always being updated. Not dependent on "definitions" or algorithms - a site is either blacklisted or whitelisted.
• Easy to implement, apply, maintain

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• The major drawback of using Avast secure web gateway that it sometimes slows down the system in blocking web threats.
• Secondly, it is hard to set up the first time as it takes a lot of effort and time to completely integrate with the system to make it fully functional.
• Starting scanning the web application and organizing network in the background which talks a lot of memory and slows down the other processes.

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• Keeping up to date on known malicious sites and blocking those is difficult for all vendors, but this could always be improved upon.
• A more detailed descriptions of what is included the Security Categories would be useful. Generic descriptions are provided. For example, state lottery sites could be detailed in the description of the Gambling category.

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• I am facing a lot on my organization's websites that it shows a lot of ads on the screen which sometimes got a freeze on the page and takes the whole screen to play which is a lot of time-consuming and slows down the work.
• Avast Secure Web Gateway [(SWG)] is one of the best protection solutions available in the market to secure network traffic.

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• On the positive side, the product does help block known bad sites, resulting in less time that technicians spend cleaning infections.
• On the negative side, the problem that causes Windows to incorrectly report no Internet access has taken a lot of time for many technicians.
• Reporting features for individual clients help us more efficiently provide browsing reports when needed.

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