Item: Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway
Rating: 9
Author: Vinay Salvanca

Overall Satisfaction with Symantec Web Security Service

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

On our web servers, we monitor, examine, and prevent harmful network traffic using Symantec Web Security Service. It provides a completely isolated network with security. It improves the security perspective for home-based employees and better protects remote workers. Malware and spyware are immediately removed by this antivirus program. Network traffic monitoring shields web servers against sophisticated cyber-attacks in general.

Pros and Cons

Pros

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

Cons

Slows down the system.
On the costlier side.

Most Important Features

Cross Platform Support.
Web Filtering.
Advanced Threat Protection.

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Skip; have mainly used bundled/default products before this purchase.

Key Insights

Do you think Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway's feature set?

Yes

Did Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Symantec Cloud Secure Web Gateway again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Norton, Norton Secure VPN, McAfee Mobile Security

Likelihood to Recommend

It is a cloud-based online security service that offers a variety of tools to guard against risks that may be found on the internet, such as malware, phishing, and advanced persistent threats (APTs). We rely extensively on web-based applications and services, and this software's strong protection against web-based attacks has been one of the main purchase reasons.

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