Overview
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SWG builds on outbound APM to provide URL classification to:
- Increase security with advanced threat detection
- Increase regulatory compliance with data loss prevention
- Enforce Corporate AUP with logs that provide forensic level details
- Increase employee productivity when combines with single sign-on
- Lower TCO by simplifying on-premise infrastructure
- Licensed separately from Good/Better/Best bundles in 1/3 year options
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SWG filtering engine has Real-Time URL classification for Policy-Based Blocking of:
- Offensive Web Pages
- Explicit Web Pages
- Malware Web Pages
- Phishing Web Pages
- Time-Wasting Web Pages
- 41 categories and 24 subcategories
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SWG enhancements
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Extended Protection
- Newly Registered Websites
- Elevated Exposure
- Suspicious Content
- Emerging Exploits
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Modes of Operation
Transparent Forward Proxy
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Browser is unaware it is communicating with a proxy. This solution can also be used with:
- WCCP
- GRE
- Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
- Works best with browser apps
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Non-browser apps without proxy capability require extra BIG-IP configuration
Explicit Forward Proxy
- Typically used for network with fewer users
- Requires less configuration
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Requires manual browser proxy settings, or:
- Set by Group Policy
- Set by Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) file
- Set by Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD)
- Works best with browser apps
- Non-browser apps without proxy capability may not work
- The user can bypass browser proxy config
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