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Netskope One AI Security
Organizations need secure AI to move their business forward, but controls and guardrails must not require sacrifices in speed or user experience. Netskope can help you say yes to the AI advantage.
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Organizations need secure AI to move their business forward, but controls and guardrails must not require sacrifices in speed or user experience. Netskope can help you say yes to the AI advantage.
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Understanding where the risk lies
Advanced Analytics transforms the way security operations teams apply data-driven insights to implement better policies. With Advanced Analytics, you can identify trends, zero in on areas of concern and use the data to take action.
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Netskope One

Next Gen Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

The foundation of SSE for web and SaaS inline security to prevent malware, detect advanced threats, filter by category, protect data, and control apps for any user, location, or device.
Next Gen SWG

More than half of web traffic is now SaaS

Understand data movement from company to personal instances of apps and cloud services to detect insiders and data theft, plus analyze content and context for adaptive access policy controls and to drive AI/ML real-time security defenses. Upgrade your legacy web gateway to the next generation.

Extend your inline security defenses

Increase single-pass inspection security capabilities for non-web traffic, risky websites, and support unmanaged remote access resulting in consolidation, lower costs, and operational efficiency.
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Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
Secure remote users and branch offices with Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) using one console, one policy engine, and one platform.
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Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)
Netskope One RBI uses pixel rendering of uncategorized and risky websites to deliver seamless safe viewing by users in their natural browsing environment.
Enterprise Browser
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Enterprise Browser
Increase productivity and streamline secure access for unmanaged devices to websites, company applications, collaboration, and resources.

Next Gen SWG features and benefits

The Netskope SSE solution enables the future of work, redefines risk management and data protection, and simplifies operations.

Web/SaaS secure access

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Netskope One platform

Single-pass TLS inspection for web and SaaS inline traffic with adaptive access policies for managed and unmanaged devices with SSO/MFA IdP integration.

Threat protection

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Multiple defenses including anti-malware, ML-based analysis, threat intel feeds, deobfuscation and file unpacking, pre-execution analysis, multi-stage sandboxing, patient zero protection, and malware retention.

Data security

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Multi-layer protection

Multi-channel data security with DLP and DSPM including inline web, SaaS, IaaS, email, plus endpoints with 3,000+ data identifiers, support for 1,800+ file types, ML-based classifications, and 40+ compliance templates.

Behavior analytics

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Behavior analytics

Machine learning (ML)-based anomaly detection (65+ models with 180+ pre-built policies) for insider risk, compromised accounts, and data exfiltration. User Confidence Index (UCI) scoring and event correlation timelines with the ability to invoke adaptive policy actions based on score.

Web filtering

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Granular policy enforcement across 130+ categories, including security risk categories, languages for 190+ countries, custom categories, translation services, safe search, silent ad blocking, dynamic ratings for unrated webpages, site look-up tool, reclassification service, and traffic inspection by category.

Netskope One platform

Single-pass TLS inspection for web and SaaS inline traffic with adaptive access policies for managed and unmanaged devices with SSO/MFA IdP integration.

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Multiple defenses including anti-malware, ML-based analysis, threat intel feeds, deobfuscation and file unpacking, pre-execution analysis, multi-stage sandboxing, patient zero protection, and malware retention.

Multi-layer protection

Multi-channel data security with DLP and DSPM including inline web, SaaS, IaaS, email, plus endpoints with 3,000+ data identifiers, support for 1,800+ file types, ML-based classifications, and 40+ compliance templates.

Behavior analytics

Machine learning (ML)-based anomaly detection (65+ models with 180+ pre-built policies) for insider risk, compromised accounts, and data exfiltration. User Confidence Index (UCI) scoring and event correlation timelines with the ability to invoke adaptive policy actions based on score.

Web content filtering icon

Granular policy enforcement across 130+ categories, including security risk categories, languages for 190+ countries, custom categories, translation services, safe search, silent ad blocking, dynamic ratings for unrated webpages, site look-up tool, reclassification service, and traffic inspection by category.

Business value and economic impact includes


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better at providing insightful contextual data

80%


reduction in networking security support ticket volume

90%


more protected from malware with less blind spots
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Use cases

Next Gen SWG use cases

Remove blind spots

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Remove blind spots

Avoid bypassing office productivity suites known for hosting threats and being utilized for data exfiltration, plus capture traffic packets for advanced threat analysis.

Modernize network security

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Modernize network security

Sunset legacy networking security solutions, remove failure points, consolidate, reduce costs, increase operational efficiency and availability, and improve performance.

Performance with security

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Performance with security

Avoid performance versus security trade-offs with full compute of solutions at each NewEdge data center, leading SLAs, a Trust Portal for full visibility, and digital experience management.

Visibility and control

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Visibility and control

Enable zero trust least-privilege access for web and SaaS, including by application instance and activity, plus provide users real-time coaching for risky behaviors and data activity.

Protect against threats

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Protect against threats

Netskope has the highest published threat detection efficacy rates for inline SSE solutions for malicious PE files, non-PE files, and phishing attacks at T+0 and T+1 hour.

Protect data everywhere

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Protect data everywhere

One platform, gateway, policy engine, and client with advanced cloud-delivered DLP secures sensitive data everywhere across clouds, networks, email services, endpoints, and users.

Remove blind spots

Avoid bypassing office productivity suites known for hosting threats and being utilized for data exfiltration, plus capture traffic packets for advanced threat analysis.

Modernize network security

Sunset legacy networking security solutions, remove failure points, consolidate, reduce costs, increase operational efficiency and availability, and improve performance.

Performance with security

Avoid performance versus security trade-offs with full compute of solutions at each NewEdge data center, leading SLAs, a Trust Portal for full visibility, and digital experience management.

Visibility and control

Enable zero trust least-privilege access for web and SaaS, including by application instance and activity, plus provide users real-time coaching for risky behaviors and data activity.

Protect against threats

Netskope has the highest published threat detection efficacy rates for inline SSE solutions for malicious PE files, non-PE files, and phishing attacks at T+0 and T+1 hour.

Protect data everywhere

One platform, gateway, policy engine, and client with advanced cloud-delivered DLP secures sensitive data everywhere across clouds, networks, email services, endpoints, and users.

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Cloud and Threat Report 2025

Explore the key trends in four areas of cybersecurity risk facing organizations worldwide in 2025

Netskope has given us an easy-to-deploy, centralized cloud platform that has allowed us to retire legacy environments.

Oscar Lopez, Cybersecurity Manager
GBFoods
Oscar López, Cybersecurity Manager, GBfoods

Netskope enables us to quantify data exfiltration and link risky behaviors to individuals, allowing us to take timely action.

Jeffery Sarnowski, Director and Senior Technical Investigator
JLL
Jeffrey Sarnowski

Netskope has not just maintained network performance levels, its systems have actually improved it.

Julien Rossignol, Product Owner Network Security and SD-WAN
Bel Group
Julien Rossignol, Product Owner Network Security and SD-WAN, Bel Group

Transform Your Firewall and Proxy Gateway with SSE

The roles of firewalls and proxy gateways are rapidly evolving with security service edge (SSE) transformations. Traditional firewalls, once focused on perimeter security, are now part of SSE cloud platforms as Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), while VPNs are being replaced by zero trust network access (ZTNA). Web proxy gateways, previously focused on URL filtering, now decode SaaS applications, applying adaptive access based on content and context.

Transform Your Firewall and Proxy Gateway with Security Service Edge (SSE)

Historical and Future Roles for Firewalls and Proxy Gateways

The landscape of network security is under a metamorphosis. Traditionally, firewalls and proxy gateways have been pivotal in safeguarding our networks. Yet, as we transition into a new era characterized by remote work, heightened digital threats, and the rise of security service edge (SSE) solutions, the roles and effectiveness of these defenses are also transforming. This paper provides crucial insights into leveraging this evolution for enhanced security and efficiency.

Historical and Future Roles for Firewall and Proxy Gateways
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Netskope One Next Gen Secure Web Gateway

Netskope One Next Gen SWG provides capabilities to prevent malware, detect advanced threats, filter websites by category, protect data, and control apps and cloud services for any user, location, or device.

Next Generation Secure Web Gateway

Close the Gapz in Your Security Strategy

Supporting statement: 10 essential insights to update your security policies for modern threat and data protection and to help inform policy controls and unveil blind spotz within traditional and legazy zecurity frameworks.

Close the Gapz in Your Security Strategy

FAQs

How is a Next Gen SWG different from a traditional web filter?

A traditional web filter only looks at URLs and web objects in HTTP/S transactions, but Netskope One Next Gen SWG decodes the actual content and context of SaaS cloud traffic. This allows the gateway to see beyond web categories and web objects into SaaS application traffic for risky behaviors, coaching users in real-time, detecting data exfiltration to personal cloud storage with instance awareness, and allowing users to provide justifications for unusual requests so business continuity is enabled.

Can a Next Gen SWG stop advanced ransomware and phishing?

Yes, Netskope One Next Gen SWG uses multi-layered threat protection including AI/ML models to detect unknown phishing attacks in real-time, unknown malicious PE-files in real-time, HTML smuggling attacks in real-time, behavioral analytics to detect compromise, C2 beacons, and data exfiltrations, and traditional AV, firewall, IPS, and sandboxing defenses. Remote Browser Isolation can also be used for risky websites to defang websites of malicious attacks plus Enterprise Browser for a secure browsing environment on devices These layers allow the solution to block new and unknown attacks before they can enter the network.

How does a Next Gen SWG protect remote employees on the web?

Netskope One Next Gen SWG provides a secure tunnel for all web, SaaS, and AI traffic, applying inline security policies regardless of the user location or device. This ensures the platform keeps users safe, transactions private, and secure from malicious sites and content even when they are off the corporate network.

Does a Next Gen SWG include data protection for web uploads?

Yes, Netskope One Next Gen SWG has built in DLP that inspects web, SaaS, and AI traffic for sensitive information in real time. This allows the gateway to block unauthorized uploads to social media or personal cloud storage. Netskope also provides DLP for endpoints, email, and non-web traffic in Firewall as a Service.

How does a Next Gen SWG manage personal web use on work devices?

Netskope One Next Gen SWG can be configured to allow safe personal browsing while strictly enforcing data security rules. For example, the gateway can allow a user to check personal email but block the attachment of company files. Netskope Remote Browser Isolation can also enable secure access to personal email, social, and collaboration applications using isolation to defang threats, plus DLP and threat protection for file activities, and a secure viewer for PDF files.
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