Fortinet FortiProxy vs. Symantec Web Security Service

Fortinet FortiProxy is a secure web gateway designed to protect organizations from internet-borne threats by integrating multiple security measures, including web and video filtering, DNS filtering, data loss prevention (DLP), antivirus, intrusion prevention, and client browser isolation. It ensures secure, optimized, and compliant internet access for enterprises of all sizes. Key Features and Functionality: - Advanced SSL Inspection: Utilizes powerful hardware to perform SSL inspection, effectively eliminating blind spots in encrypted traffic without compromising performance.

Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) provides the same proactive web protection capabilities delivered by the market’s leading on-premises Secure Web Gateway, Symantec ProxySG, but delivered as a resilient and performant cloud security service. Sitting between employees, wherever they are located, and the Internet, the service protects the enterprise from cyber threats, controls and protects corporate use of cloud applications and the web, prevents data leaks, and ensures compliance with all company information and web/cloud access policies.