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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint SWG

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Forcepoint ONE Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is one of the three foundational gateways of the Forcepoint ONE all-in-one cloud platform. Forcepoint ONE SWG monitors and controlsany interaction with any website, including blocking access to websites based on category and risk score, blocking download of malware, blocking upload of sensitive data to personal filesharing accounts, detecting shadow IT, and optionally providingRemote Browser Isolation (RBI) with Content Disarm andReconstruction (CDR).N/A

    ThreatLocker

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThreatLocker Inc. is a security platform used to stop misuse and vulnerable software as well as control application elevation, storage and network traffic.N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
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    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
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    Forcepoint
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    ThreatLocker
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and ThreatLocker
    Feature
    Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
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    Ratings
    ThreatLocker
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings5.87 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
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    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
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    SentinelOne Singularity
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    UniFi Cloud Gateways
    Score8.3 out of 10
    BlackBerry Protect (CylancePROTECT)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway
    Score8 out of 10
    ESET PROTECT
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (76 ratings)
    9.7
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint SWGThreatLocker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    Over the years, [in our experience], the maintenance of the Forcepoint Web Security solution proved to be more cumbersome and troublesome with each version upgrade. In addition, it did not transition well to support the large increase of remote workers. We also experienced weird incompatibilities with the client. We have since replaced this solution with Zscaler Internet Access, a cloud-based secure web gateway solution with a client that behaves as expected, is more flexible, and requires significantly less administration.
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    ThreatLocker
    Threatlocker does exactly as it advertises. I would recommend it to anyone seeking a comprehensive solution for managing software approvals. It is also very easy to use with an online support team, or Cyberheros, as they call it, that is very quick and responsive. The preset programs are also a nice touch, making deployment easy.
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • It prevents users from accessing websites that may have recently been created for the purpose of distributing malware.
    • It prevents users from accidentally or intentionally accessing websites that are considered inappropriate for a work environment.
    • It allows us to create different policies for different teams in our organization.
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    ThreatLocker
    • Application whitelisting.
    • Unified audits of everything network & application.
    • Clean and concise portal to manage the same.
    • Dynamic ability to allow users to request more apps.
    • Security and a sense of complete control.
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    Cons
    Forcepoint
    • The user access logs contain a lot of useless information. I understand this is very hard to tackle as I've seen this across any product that logs web activity.
    • I would like to see more customization options of website block pages.
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    ThreatLocker
    • When running the Unified Audit, I like to use certain filters. I wish there as a way to save those filters, so I don't have to select them every time I do a Unified Audit.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    It is very stable, the organisation has "locked in" the product and has no plans to change or try another product. We have already renewed our 2019-2020 licenses. It is user friendly and people catch on easily when they first use it. The only downtime is when we install Microsoft updates! It has excellent reporting which help in determining how the organisation's Internet is used and also during both internal and external IT audits.
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    ThreatLocker
    ThreaLocker has done its job and has prevented malware from executing. It has stopped an encryption process once already. It has kept a user from going to a bad website. He tried twice and was wondering why he was getting an error message from ThreatLocker and ESET both.
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
    Despite the intimidating Linux CLI when you use the appliance for troubleshooting, the web security usability compensates as most of the Administration of the system is done there. It is GUI based and has an easy to use UI where one can navigate around rather easily like getting reports, checking alerts, looking the whole setup under deployment to check if all services are running in one place though there are other parts to the system.
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    ThreatLocker
    Technician and Analyst alike will love this tool as long as they learn to use it. They have fantastic study material that breaks everything down on it where to find settings and how to best manage the tool. End users are the only complaints we get only because they sometimes don't understand that installing a PDF convertor that is labeled as Free on the internet isn't always in their best interest.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    ThreatLocker
    There is rarely ever an outage. I have seen slowness in ThreatLocker service. But that is very rare too!
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    Performance
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    ThreatLocker
    ThreatLocker is always available. The admin's console loads very fast and report runs almost instantly. It does not interfere with operating system.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    The is a quick first response to acknowledge your issue and the Engineers never take more than two hours to fix an issue and we hardly get issues looking at the fact that the system is pretty stable. There is also a robust Knowledge Base in the site for known problems.
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    ThreatLocker
    You can email, call or do online chat with tech support. I love their online chat. They are quick and friendly. Also, if you need to show them something, you can give the chat technician permission from your Chat box to allow the tech access to your computer. They also can pull out your admin console on their side. They can look at your "Unified Audit" log and see the same thing that you can. They have a good KnowledgeBase that you can look for answers. They have what is called "ThreatLocker University" where you can go through tutorials and take tests.
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    In-Person Training
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    ThreatLocker
    The owners and co-founders work with you through Zoom Meetings. They walk you through how to use and setup ThreatLocker. They also have webinars. You also can go through ThreatLocker University online training.
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    Online Training
    Forcepoint
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    ThreatLocker
    Using ThreatLocker University online training is very easy and informative. You take online tests to see how well you learned the material. It is great!
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    Implementation Rating
    Forcepoint
    Research known issues with upgrading from the Support Knowledge base, this will enable you avoid road blocks along the way and reduce your dependence on Forcepoint Support
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    ThreatLocker
    ThreatLocker is a family ran business. The owners, co-founders work with you to ensure you are up and running as quickly as possible. They went to ensure your success with ThreatLocker.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forcepoint
    To be honest, once using Forcepoint for our Web Security, I have not wanted to look anywhere else. The dashboard gives me quick insight of threats, productivity, and bandwidth usage. Again, this is a layer in my security and it fills many holes. I feel safe and I do like I can just let it do its thing
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    ThreatLocker
    Prior to buying ThreatLocker, we evaluated Tanium's whitelisting module. We felt that ThreatLocker's method of baselining existing applications and comparing them to known IoC's made for an easier implementation. To be fair, this was solely based on demonstrations by each vendor and not by actual PoC's. The implementation for ThreatLocker went smoothly and we have very few issues with the product that require support intervention. When support is needed, it is readily available via chat.
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    Scalability
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    ThreatLocker
    ThreatLocker is very easy to add new ThreatLocker agents on computers and servers. It is very easy to do. You can install an agent on a computer or server in about 2 minutes or less.
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    Return on Investment
    Forcepoint
    • Being a non-profit the cost is a bit higher than some competitors so our ROI takes a bit longer to recoup. I would really like to see better non-profit pricing.
    • The ease of doing a report on someone cuts down on the IT man-hours to do website tracking for managers as we can do it from a central point whereas in the past (prior to Forcepoint/Websense) we would have to ghost their machine to look for activity as well as their local servers.
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    ThreatLocker
    • Allowed us to deliver zero-trust at an affordable cost
    • Can be managed with existing skillset
    • Most cost effective application control for small businesses
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