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Securing Web Gateway

Secure Web Gateway (SWG) provides an alternative means of connecting to the internet via a system or a browser’s proxy configuration as opposed to building a VPN tunnel into the Prisma Access infrastructure. This can be a preferred connection method to provide secured internet access where a company is required to use proxies or for a company to transition over to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) without impacting connectivity in the first phase.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Considerations when using the SWG
  • Configuring the explicit proxy
  • Proxy Auto Configuration (PAC) file and client configuration
  • GlobalProtect in proxy mode

Technical requirements

This chapter will deal with proxy ...

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