Just a few years ago, teams of corporate datacenter security and network experts worked tirelessly to maintain their on-premises infrastructure to support employees working at the main office headquarters. This on-premises security and network infrastructure typically included a range of multi-vendor web proxy appliances that were not designed for use with cloud-based applications and lacked the ability to support large numbers of remote workers.
In addition, the dramatic adoption of cloud infrastructure, cloud applications, and cloud services also makes it difficult for traditional on-premises datacenter security and network appliances to keep up. Employees today regularly access a variety of cloud- and datacenter-based applications from coffee shops, home offices, parks–just about anywhere–via a wide range of personal and employer-provided devices that includes phones, tablets, and computers.
The combined increases in cloud technology adoption and the number of employees working remotely have resulted in 61% of organizations reporting they've struggled to provide the necessary remote security to support work-from-home capabilities.
Traditional, on-premises web proxy appliances were designed for use in datacenter environments, providing headquarters-based office workers with internet access and security. However, these secure web gateway (SWG) appliances were never designed to support large numbers of remote workers, lacking the scalability and performance needed to support cloud-based applications. As a result, many organizations are open to a new approach to SWG, with only 8% of organizations indicating they are very satisfied with their current SWG solution and not planning to change any time soon.
Some of the key limitations associated with traditional on-premises web proxy appliances include:
Traditional web proxy appliances are managed separately from other security controls, creating complexity, policy inconsistency, and ultimately leading to security gaps that put enterprises at risk. Fortunately, organizations can now transition from traditional web proxy appliances to the modern Cloud Secure Web Gateway capabilities in Prisma Access.
Prisma Access provides a natively integrated cloud SWG and a completely reimagined, user-centric workflow built from the ground up to offer simple and easy-to-define web security rules. Now, businesses can go beyond the traditional “allow” or “block” rules to enable more granular action controls that accommodate the emerging needs of their hybrid workforces to achieve:
We also simplify the transition from traditional web proxy appliances to the Cloud Secure Web Gateway capabilities in Prisma Access. By leveraging the cloud explicit proxy option, organizations can use Prisma Access Cloud Management to update existing PAC files so that internet-bound traffic is directed to Prisma Access cloud explicit proxy for user access and internet threat protection without requiring any network architecture changes.
We also provide a best practices dashboard, assessments, field checks, and reports to improve your security posture, streamline management, and increase user productivity. Continually assess your configuration against these inline checks, which include:
Cloud Secure Web Gateway in Prisma Access also provides flexible connectivity options that make it easy for organizations to protect all users and applications, wherever they reside, including:
By using the Cloud Secure Web Gateway capabilities available in Prisma Access, organizations can consolidate or eliminate the need for multi-vendor web proxy appliances to enjoy simplified management, lower costs, improved security, and a superior remote user experience. Learn how our Cloud Secure Web Gateway in Prisma Access can protect all of your users and applications, everywhere.
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