McAfee® Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

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McAfee® Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

The McAfee® Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is the industry’s first enterprise-class, high-performance Web security appliance solution that delivers comprehensive protection against Web-borne threats. Its high-performance ASIC-accelerated platform delivers unmatched price-performance, and its McAfee filtering technologies block spyware, inappropriate Web content, phishing, known viruses, worms, and Trojans. Secure Web Gateway’s comprehensive protection, ultra high-performance, and low total cost of ownership are unequaled in the industry. McAfee SWG is a member of the McAfee Secure Content Management family of appliances which also includes a specialized e-mail security appliance - Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) - and a fully integrated Web and e-mail security appliance designed for small- and medium-sized businesses - Secure Internet Gateway (SIG).

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Key Benefits
Block Spyware from entering network, reduce desktop costs, and reduce risk of information theft. Maintain business continuity by blocking known viruses and worms. Increase employee productivity and conserve internet bandwidth by blocking access to inappropriate web sites. Outstanding price performance. Transparent user experience.
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Product Features Unparalleled Spyware Prevention - McAfee SWG includes McAfee's award-winning anti-spyware technology. McAfee SWG filters HTTP and FTP traffic to protect your network against spyware, adware, dialers, keyloggers, and backdoors. McAfee SWG uses the same highly accurate pattern files as our desktop security product, McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise, to block known threats before they enter your network. The optional Web filtering module (see below) provides a second level of protection against spyware. It prevents employees from surfing to Web sites known to host spyware and adware.
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In Depth Anti-virus Prevention - McAfee SWG is based on the same anti-virus technology as our award-winning desktop product. The heart of McAfee anti-virus is an engine that blocks both known and unknown viruses, protecting you against zero-day attacks and new virus threats. McAfee SWG scans all Web traffic using HTTP and FTP protocols.
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Web Filtering Module - McAfee's Web filtering module lets you block Web pages that are unrelated to your business in order to preserve bandwidth, reduce business risk and legal liability, and improve employee productivity. The module is completely integrated with McAfee SWG and is available via an optional license. It includes a comprehensive database containing over 6 million URLs, updated daily, and grouped into 69 URL categories and 10 user-defined categories for flexible policy enforcement options.
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Outstanding Price Performance - McAfee SWG offers the best price-performance of any comparable solution. You have two appliance choices: The 3300 appliance is designed for enterprises up to 5,000 users; it will filter Web traffic at the rate of 100 Mbps. The ASIC-accelerated 3400 appliance is designed for businesses over 5,000 users; it will filter Web traffic at a rate of 200 Mbps. If your organization has fewer than 1,000 users, consider using McAfee Secure Internet Gateway (SIG)
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Comprehensive Scalable Management - McAfee SWG includes a built-in browser-based management system, and can also be managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™). ePO allows you to centrally manage gateway devices, as well as desktop systems for all of your key security measures, such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and Web filtering solutions. Central management allows you to lower your cost of ownership.
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ICAP Support - If you have an existing Web caching server that supports ICAP, McAfee SWG will seamlessly interoperate with it for optimum performance
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If your demand is less than 1000 users you may wish to consider our fully integrated messaging and web security appliance specifically designed for small and medium sized businesses (Secure Internet Gateway.
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System Requirements

Operating System

McAfee 3300 or 3400 appliances

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