Item: Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Forcepoint Web Security

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Forcepoint (starting with Websense and Triton) for numerous years for URL filtering and web security across the organization to control and protect URL/Internet access across the organization. This product has met our needs. We are currently migrating to the cloud and investigating DLP.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Internet Filtering and Protection
Web Security Protection

Cons

Reporting ease of use
Development of stronger documentation to assist in reporting

Return on Investment

Immediate reduction in liability
Reduced inappropriate bandwidth utilization

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (formerly Aorato)

We have not reviewed other products within the past few years but we did look at Microsoft. Forcepoint has historically been a leader in its market space. They became stagnant for a while due to transitions, which caused us to start looking, but they have now come back with a stronger and more aggressive portfolio and are reemerging again as a leading force.

Likelihood to Recommend

Forcepoint is well suited for the specific tasks that it performs, e.g. web and content filtering as well as web security. We are evaluating the other aspects of the Forcepoint toolsets to see how they enhance our portfolio. It is appropriate for all of our current scenarios.

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