What is the function of Generation Secure Web Gateway?
(Next Gen SWG) provides capabilities to prevent malware, detect advanced threats, filter websites by category, protect data, control applications and cloud services for any user, location or device. One-pass online proxy unmatched in its ability to decode web and cloud traffic, including instance and activity.
Today, online businesses use an average of 2,415 cloud applications with 89% of its active users in the cloud1. More than 98% of these applications are unmanaged, and while traditional API protection is limited to only managed applications, Netskope Next Gen SWG decrypts thousands of cloud applications online. Cloud-enabled threats span all stages of the removal chain and account for 68% of malware downloads in 2021, primarily from cloud storage applications.
Next Gen SWG is at the core of the secure access service edge (SASE) architecture, providing data context and granular policy controls for the cloud and web.