Forcepoint Web Security review
July 01, 2019
Forcepoint Web Security review
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Forcepoint Web Security
Forcepoint is used for two purposes. First, to scan all emails inbound and outbound for malware and spam, etc. Second, all web traffic is scanned after having passed through a squid proxy server. The primary objective is to stop malware in emails from entering the organization and stop malicious websites.
- The control panel is good and the email search functionality is very good, note the default storage time for email history is 30 days.
- You can have multiple profiles for different departments: one department needs more access to social media than other departments, for example.
- Whitelist functionality is easy to access.
- You cannot add whitelists to allow known organizations who send encrypted emails through without catching them all.
- Sometimes the email history systems falls behind the actual filtering so you cannot review an email although you have been warned about it.
- We have had some occasions when Forcepoint has been blacklisted with some internet systems.
- The price was very competitive with alternative products we investigated.
- Having an extra level of security for web browsing has allowed more relaxed settings for some departments.
- Social media access can be controlled so users use the social media for business purposes when appropriate.
When we purchased Forcepoint we had investigated a wide range of other products. This was several years ago. Forcepoint had all the features we required in a very cost-effective solution that was significantly cheaper than all the products we looked at on a like for like basis. We have never regretted our decision.