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Cisco Umbrella’s Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

A cloud-delivered SWG with 20/20 vision for advanced protection

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Enforce deeper control with a Secure Web Gateway

Gain more control, transparency, and protection easily. The Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) functionality provides cloud native, full proxy capabilities to improve performance and reduce risk by efficiently logging, inspecting, and controlling web traffic. Find out why security doesn’t have to be complicated.

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Get simple, streamlined cloud security with SWG

Cisco Umbrella’s SWG is a full proxy that logs and inspects your organization’s web traffic to deliver full visibility, URL and application-level controls, and advanced threat protection.

SWG is essential to a Security Service Edge (SSE) architecture that also includes Umbrella’s firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and DNS-layer security. With Umbrella as a foundation, and the addition of a Meraki or Viptela software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), an SSE architecture evolves toward a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture that delivers best-in-class secure connectivity for modern hybrid workplaces and remote workers.

Cisco’s Umbrella product offerings allow organizations the opportunity to deploy a simple, inexpensive, recursive DNS service today and migrate to full inspection proxies over time.

— Gartner 2020 SWG MQ
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Umbrella’s integrated secure web gateway

Includes full visibility of all web traffic, anti-virus and advanced malware protection, sandboxing, decryption, content control, and granular app activity controls, in one easy to use interface.

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Moving to a better way

79%

of organizations are shifting to direct internet access for some or all of their branch/remote offices

76%

of organizations would prefer a multi-function security platform to secure their branch offices

67%

of organizations expect that all their proxies will be cloud-based in the future

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Cisco is a top player in the Radicati Market Quadrant for web security

Radicati Market Quadrants are designed to identify top vendors within specific technology markets. Get this report to learn why Cisco Umbrella is ranked as a Top Player by Radicati and compare strengths and weaknesses against other web security leaders.

Radicati says, “Cisco Umbrella delivers a broad set of web security capabilities in a single platform, that normally requires separate solutions.”

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Radicati ranks Cisco for best web security

Efficient and flexible cloud-based protection

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Unlike appliances, secure direct internet access easily without scalability concerns

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Apply consistent protection quickly across all locations from a single console

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Simplify management and incident investigation with one cloud security service

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Complemented by Umbrella’s additional capabilities

The secure web gateway is part of a comprehensive cloud security solution that is designed to simplify your environment, accelerate cloud migration, and provide flexible security that can grow with your organization.

Consolidating multiple services into one easy to use console cuts costs while reducing deployment, integration, and management tasks for your limited security staff.

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Protection fueled by Cisco Talos

The largest private threat intelligence group in the world

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350+ full-time threat researchers and data scientists

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Analyzing 1.5 million unique malware samples daily

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Blocking 20 billion threats daily — more than 20x any other vendor

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An innovative new approach to IPSec tunnels

A patent-pending process that leverages Anycast technology is used to simplify deployment and eliminate management tasks for IPSec tunnels.

  • Choose the data center to handle requests
  • No need to build backup IPSec tunnels
  • If a data center fails, the IPSec tunnel automatically moves with minimal downtime

Additionally, you can deploy using Cisco AnyConnect, PAC files, or proxy chaining.

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Vicinity Centres Customer Story

“No matter where our employees work, we know they’re protected when they’re connecting directly to the internet, and we have full visibility into all the web traffic from Umbrella’s secure web gateway.”

David Wang
Network and Security Engineering Manager
Vicinity Centres

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Frost & Sullivan applauds Cisco Umbrella

Recognizing leadership in Secure Web Gateway solutions

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Security Report: 2022 DNS Discoveries

Learn which DNS-layer threats your network is most at risk for

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See how Cisco Umbrella’s cloud-delivered secure web gateway can improve your visibility, enforce controls, and block threats in your environment, while reducing the strain on your security staff.

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