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Netskope NextGen SWG

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What is Netskope NextGen SWG?

Netskope NextGen SWG is a secure web gateway solution provided by Netskope. According to the vendor, this solution aims to deliver advanced threat and data protection for web and cloud traffic. It offers comprehensive visibility and control over user traffic, including web, managed and unmanaged SaaS, cloud service providers, and custom apps. Netskope NextGen SWG caters to small, medium, and large enterprises, as well as professionals in information technology, security, and compliance roles.

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Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Netskope NextGen SWG for data leakage prevention because it has strong DLP (Data Loss Prevention) policy capabilities. We have implemented policies mainly for browsing and downloading activities. When a user needs to upload data to a website, we allow it only based on specific business requirements. This approach helps us reduce the surface area for potential data leakage while still supporting necessary business operations and maintaining compliance.

Pros

  • Granular control on the basis of Activity like browse , download , upload, Post etc.
  • Threat Protection.
  • Content Post control on Gen AI platforms like ChatGPT and Copilot.

Cons

  • Netskope NextGen SWG could improve in DLP enforcement. Sometimes policies don’t apply consistently across certain websites, even when configured.
  • In custom connectors, DLP features are not supported.

Return on Investment

  • Reduced Data Leakage Risk.
  • Better Visibility like what type of website and application user are using within the org. and what kind of data user are uploading.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Zscaler Internet Access

Other Software Used

Zscaler Internet Access, Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

How Recover the control of our newly outside corporate users

Incentivized
Raphael Soares
CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Professional Services at Trust Control Segurança em Tecnologia da Informação ltda (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The main use case of Netskope NextGen SWG in my organization is to can control what are accessed by the company users what work from home or outside of the office using or not corporate devices. With this tool we recover the control about what is accessed in internet include threat protection, SSL decrypt and dlp features.

Pros

  • Control Web Traffic
  • SSL Decrypt
  • Control Web 2.0
  • Threat Protection
  • DLP

Cons

  • Reporting
  • Integration with Azure AD
  • Deploy Procedure

Most Important Features

  • Control of WEB 2.0
  • DLP
  • Threat Protection
  • SSL Decrypt

Return on Investment

  • Complete Control of Web access regardless the location of user
  • Deep Application control ( Eg. Allow access just the company tenant of a SaaS App)
  • No Restrictions about the device type ( Eg. Windows, MAC and mobiles)

Alternatives Considered

McAfee Web Gateway and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Other Software Used

Netskope Private Access, Netskope CASB, McAfee Complete Data Protection