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Forcepoint Web Security vs. ProxySG and Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricForcepoint Web Security

by Forcepoint

ProxySG and Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.24.2
Review count6212
Ease of use8.88.6
Ease of setup7.77.9
Quality of support8.48.9
Meets requirements8.89.2
NPS55.17241440
Small Business4.8%8.3%
Mid-Market56.5%50.0%
Enterprise38.7%41.7%
Total page views480140
Total LLM citations90570

Forcepoint Web Security

Forcepoint Web Security is a comprehensive solution designed to protect organizations from web-based threats, ensuring secure and efficient internet usage. It offers real-time content analysis to detect and block malware, viruses, and phishing attacks transmitted through web channels such as HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. The solution provides granular control over internet access, enabling organizations to enforce precise Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) and monitor traffic across more than 100 protocols.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Ease of Management
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Threat Protection

ProxySG and Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)

Our Secure Web Gateway includes ProxySG, and sits between your users and their interactions with the Internet to identify malicious payloads and to control sensitive content. Our Secure Web Gateway consolidates a broad feature-set to authenticate users, filter web traffic, identify cloud application usage, provide data loss prevention, deliver threat prevention, and ensure visibility into encrypted traffic. It also provides coaching and feedback to the user to ensure a strong and secure user experience when interacting with the Internet.

Pros