FortiGuard Web Filtering Service vs. Symantec Web Security Service

FortiGuard Web Filtering Service is well-suited for an organisation that is able to funnel all its Internet connectivity through one device, i.e., the office environment - or perhaps where WFH workers are using a remote desktop or VPN. It allows management/IT to minimise risk by blocking websites that may be harmful, as well as websites that may enable data leakage, or even are websites that people ought not to be visiting in the workplace.

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Symantec Web Security Service monitors and filters network traffic to protect web servers from cyberattacks. Its single dashboard view, excellent UI/UX, and easy DLP integration make it a market leader. Excellent sandboxing for safe browsing in restricted IT networks. Threat categorization and stateful SSL description of web traffic to identify dynamic threat vectors. However, alerts and notifications only work quickly when large-scale DDoS attacks happen.

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• FortiGuard Web Filtering Service effectively protects websites. There is no need to install the root certificate on all PCs inside the network.
• The database signature updates every hour, so we don't need to spend time updating the website to blacklist or whitelist.
• It can protect very well. Whereas, some traditional proxies can not do that. For example, others can not block Youtube or Facebook.
• It can also protect the search keyword, like in Youtube or other social media, Google, etc.

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• Complete web protection.
• Easy to setup.
• Great reputation and credibility.

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• Some websites are classified as Meaningless content, especially links used in emails to unsubscribe from lists. Luckily FortiGuard Web Filtering Service is responsive about reclassifying those quickly.

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• Advanced and targeted attacks
• Policy granularity
• better support

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Took a little longer for support to get our problem solved, but when the upper tier tech support was involved, we got excellent customer support.

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The support has become average ever since broadcom acquisition and they moving to GCP. There is no focus of existing customers as the presale do not exist

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We selected FortiGuard Web Filtering because it came in the service bundle with our FortiGate unit. After testing the service for a couple of months, we disabled the web filtering that was running on our client machines and have not looked back. It's been easy to manage, effective, and fast. There isn't much more you can ask for from a filtering solution.

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Symantec Web Security Service is a powerful tool for moderating website traffic and protecting user data. Easy DLP integration makes it a market leader, and it works with Symantec DLP and EDR to protect remote users' browsing activity. Threat categorization and stateful SSL description of web traffic to identify dynamic threat vectors. Unified threat dashboard with seamless alerting. So compared to other solutions, it is standout.

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• We can be confident staff cannot inadvertantly or deliberately access websites that contain porn, or other non-safe for work content
• We can be confident staff cannot inadvertantly or deliberately access harmful and malicious websites
• We can be confident data leakage is minimised

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• Slightly on the costlier side.
• Less risk of security lapse.
• Extensive protection against web attacks.

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