While perimeter-based security devices can no longer protect all of an organization’s assets, they are still valuable tools. Secure web gateways (SWGs), for example, control and protect on-premises users and applications through features such as policy-based URL filtering, anti-malware capabilities, and bandwidth throttling. In addition to scanning unencrypted web traffic (HTTP), SWGs can—when deployed in full proxy mode—decrypt, scan, and re-encrypt HTTPS traffic.

Enterprises that wish to make changes to their security architectures will often rely on insight from their peers. This brief presents results from NSS Labs’ 2017 Enterprise Security Architecture Study, which included survey responses from 510 information security professionals representing 50 US industries.

ABOUT THIS STUDY: Part of a series on security controls deployed by US enterprises, this brief includes current usage statistics for secure web gateways (SWGs) within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large enterprises (LEs), and very large enterprises (VLEs).