Checking incoming internet traffic such as for malware, spyware and ransomware is among the most important but by now even the most demanding and resource-intensive tasks of IT security. Therefore, many companies continue to prefer using dedicated secure web gateways instead of consolidating all DMZ security measures in a device.

Secure web gateways examine web traffic consistently for malware and check each accessed website for its reliability and potential risks. A dedicated proxy gateway is able to break up all web sessions in order to implement your enterprise-wide security policy and if necessary can also be expanded easily and quickly with additional functions such as sandboxing.

Established measures for safeguarding:

• Malicious code cleaning during internet access and file transfer
• Webpage check according to categories or topics
• SSL interception (de-/encryption)
• Sandboxing or containment for ATP attacks
• Cloud SaaS control thanks to integrated CASP functionality
• Transparent user authentication before internet access
• Media stream splitting for bandwidth optimisation
• Accelerated delivery for whitelisting or content caching
• Improved user productivity with time-controlled user policies
• Virus check for file transfer up/downloads
• File encryption before saving to external file cloud services
• Extension with future functionality via ICAP interface
• Implementation as appliance, as virtual system or as a cloud service
• Cost reduction thanks to hybrid approach by mixing cloud and on-premise proxy gateways