Netskope CASB vs. Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway

The Netskope CASB solution is well-suited for any company due to the proliferation of SaaS applications. With the agent being installed on endpoints, the product is well suited for remote work environments where a managed corporate network may not be available. The agent allows visibility and controls to be applied to any networks the devices connect to.

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.

Incentivized

• Monitor SaaS usage.
• Manage gaps in shadow IT.
• Provide basic DLP functionality for SaaS usage.

Incentivized

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

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• Public IP for user can be from different country then it came from
• Sometimes you can't get anywhere with Netscope ON
• Location is the key for speed so users complain for speed of 'internet'
• Some location blocks Netscope IP ranges

Incentivized

• Advanced and targeted attacks
• Policy granularity
• better support

Incentivized

Ease of deployment and strong security solution.

Wide knowledge base and learning tutorials available for customer as well as partners.

Multiple use case be it only governing, data security or protection against threat can be catered and customized depending on objective organization wants to achieve. Talented pool of TAC team to reach out and resolve the concerns.

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There have been some struggles with their infrastructure keeping pace with demand and load. Support can only do so much and has to defer to known problems being escalated.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

I find that Netskope CASB provides a larger catalog of SaaS applications and provides additional security controls for each app, allowing granularity to what actions end users can perform on the sites. This goes beyond simple block download/block upload, making it highly effective at enforcing the actions outlined in corporate policies.

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.

Incentivized

• Identify non-sanctioned cloud applications.
• Justify use and expansion of IaaS.
• Track sensitive data flows in and out of Cloud.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized