Web Gateway Validation

Test and optimize your secure web gateway against the latest
web-based threats.

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Most malware is delivered via the web and email, making secure gateways essential protection.

1 in 100

Web URLs link to
malicious sites

Source: Cloudflare

31%

Web traffic
originates from bots

Source: Cloudflare

32%

Malware distributed
via the web

Source: Expert Insights

Web Gateway Assessment

Cymulate uses breach and attack simulations to assess the efficacy of your web defenses. The automated security validation simulates different types of web-based threats and malicious content to validate the effectiveness of your secure web gateway, including:

Inbound validation

Malicious payloads (files)
File policies

Outbound validation

Malicious links
URL category policies

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Solution Features

Solution Features

Automate the testing of your web gateway controls and policies by simulating a full range of the latest inbound malicious files and outbound connections to malicious websites commonly used by threat actors.

Test over 20,000 inbound malicious files and outbound malicious links using production-safe simulations to validate your secure web gateway.

Optimize and measure your web gateway exposure level and penetration ratio of inbound malicious payloads and outbound malicious sites not blocked by the gateway. Implement mitigation recommendations to harden your web defenses against modern web-based attacks.

Solution Results

81%

Improvement in malicious
file detection

91%

Improvement in malicious file
detection post mitigation

50%

Prevention of known exploit techniques from a single policy change

Solution Benefits

Automated security validation

Automated continuous testing of secure web gateway controls and policies against the latest web-based threats.

Identify gaps and weaknesses

Find gaps and weaknesses in your web gateway that could expose your users to malicious content.

Optimize security controls

Configure and tune your web gateway controls with mitigation guidance to block websites containing malicious content.

Reduce exposure risk

Continuously measure and improve your web gateway security controls to reduce the risk of phishing attacks and web-based threats.

What our customers say about us

Organizations across all industries choose Cymulate for automated security validation, proactively confirming that defenses are robust and reliable-before an attack occurs.

“During a Web Gateway assessment we discovered that we do not monitor or log any traffic that does not originate from a web browser. We would never have been able to discover this without Cymulate.”

– SecOps Team Member, Healthcare Industry

“We need a tool to measure malware attack related risks for Endpoint, Email and Web gateways and to mitigate them. We get it, it’s easy to run tests ad-hoc or regularly, we know the risks and we can verify how our cyber defense is effective.”

– Information Risk Officer, Banking Industry

“Our organization has been using Cymulate for the past three years and our experience has been exceptionally positive. Cymulate BAS capabilities have proven instrumental in enhancing our security posture.”

– IT Security & Risk Management Associate, Financial Services Industry