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Forcepoint Web Security Reviews

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Pros:

The software is very easy to set up and use once deployed. The user interface is pretty straight forward and pretty basic to use.

Cons:

Also it is not very flexible. Transparent proxy is not possible.

Forcepoint Web Security ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.3
Value for Money
4.2

Likelihood to recommend

7.8/ 10

Forcepoint Web Security has an overall rating of <span class="">4.4</span> out 5 stars based on <span class="">10</span> user reviews on Capterra.

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Elif
Elif
information security Specialist in Türkiye
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

İmplemantation was easy and user friendly dashboar and stong report Feature

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: i advise dlp dss product about security. we are happy using dlp dss management. we use all feture and we are so happy fingerprint,machine learning and regex feature.

Pros:

Forcepoint support team is very stong and knowledgable. Our Every question is solved include sql query. Database is useable and we can write a lot of query on database and integrated other system.

Cons:

we use DLP 8.5.1.66 version all modüle. we use protector, MTA protector and Endpoint management server. All of them same version

Joevanne
Joevanne
IT Security Engineer in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Consumer Goods
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Solution has gotten worse

3.0 7 years ago

Pros:

The software is very easy to set up and use once deployed. The user interface is pretty straight forward and pretty basic to use.

Cons:

Forcepoint has really gotten worse with the years. Features could be a lot better and more granular. The solution is very expensive compared to their competitors and they make you pay extra for malware detection.

Praveen
Network Engineer in India
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Best Review I have given to Forcepoint firewall and SDWAN Devices. as per our knowledge.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: 90% solution we are bear from Forcepoint firewall & SDWAN devices.

Pros:

It's Functionality, firewalling, GUI, VPN, everything is best in this Forcepoint firewall.

Cons:

Need to improved Reporting System, NTP issues, and hardware issue, which going in shell mode anytime.and we are not able to resolve that issue without console.

vikrant
Network Engineer in India
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

ngfw

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I have found the web content filtering and malware filter the most valuable.

Cons:

I did not find any problem in forcepoint web security yet.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Triton Enterprise, the backbone of the Forcepoint brand

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: Great. Support from the Forcepoint side is always top notch.

Pros:

The Triton Enterprise package continues to be the backbone (single pane of glass) for that ties all their solutions into a polished gem. Its great if you own a number of Forcepoint solutions to be able to access them all from a single unified console.

Cons:

You need robust hardware on the database side to ensure the front-end performance does not suffer. Wish they had a appliance model of this as well vs. running on windows.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Government Relations, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

forcepoint web security

4.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Forcepoint web security product is a product that helps us limit the internet access of our company users especially within the scope of corporate information security policy. You can write group, ip or user based rules with the product. It has over 60 categories.

Cons:

real time monitoring screen is not very flexible. After the filter is put, the filter disappears when you go to the other page.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Consumer Goods, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very reliable soloution

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: System security

Pros:

The soloution is reliable, felxible and allow global deployment. After setting up the installation it does not require almost any support.

Cons:

The first deployment is not easy. You have to make sure all rules are set rigt without contraindications.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Utilities, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Secure, Not Flexible

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: We use it for email and web scanning (on premise).

Pros:

The software helps you to keep your network secure. It also delivers performance for email and web traffic.

Cons:

It is complex to configure. Also it is not very flexible. Transparent proxy is not possible. Proxy bypass rules have to be defined both it the proxy and in the firewall. That increases operational costs.

Ozan Dursun
IT SECURITY SENIOR EXPERT in Türkiye
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Triton management

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: We have a tight connection with them. We get quality service.

Pros:

Easy to use interface user friendly nice to have modules in one interface

Cons:

bad menus. the services are constantly standing.

Gianpiero
Security Analyst in Italy
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Miglior proxy usato fino ad ora

5.0 last year

Pros:

Finalmente abbiamo trovato il proxy che ci riuscisse con facilità a creare dei filtri granulari in base all'utenza e venire incontro a situazioni particolari come elettromedicali. Finalmente siamo riusciti a controllare e filtrare siti in https cosa che non riuscivamo con il semplice firewall. Ottima anche la parte relativa ai controlli di sicurezza con un'ottima threat intelligence da parte di forcepoint

Cons:

Non abbiamo riscontrato features negative in questo proxy