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Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker vs. Symantec Web Security Service

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

MetricProofpoint Cloud App Security Broker

by Proofpoint

Symantec Web Security Service

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.44.4
Review count11120
Ease of use9.49.1
Ease of setup9.49.0
Quality of support9.68.6
Meets requirements9.48.9
NPS7059.633028
Small Business18.2%28.3%
Mid-Market18.2%24.2%
Enterprise63.6%47.5%
Total page views75187
Total LLM citations100367

Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker

Proofpoint provides the only CASB to meet the needs of security people serious about cloud threats, data loss and time-to-value. We secure Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox, Slack, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure and more. Proofpoint CASB protects organizations from account compromise, oversharing of data and compliance risks in the cloud.

Pros

    Symantec Web Security Service

    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.

    Pros

    • Security Protection
    • Ease of Use
    • Simple
    • Easy Access
    • Implementation Ease
    • Affordable