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What Is a Secure Web Gateway? Features, Benefits & Challenges

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Secure web gateways (SWGs) are network security solutions that monitor and filter internet traffic to guard against threats and ensure policy compliance. Content inspection: SWGs end web sessions to inspect content using URL filtering, advanced machine learning (AML), antivirus (AV) scanning, and sandboxing.

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

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Implement monitoring tools to track performance and ensure policy compliance. By deploying ALGs alongside VPN gateways or concentrators, you can enforce policies and apply security measures to VPN traffic. Establish communication routes between ALG and firewalls. Thoroughly test integration to ensure smooth operation.

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