Next-Gen Secure Web Gateway for Security Enforcement

Secure every web session with the Enclave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) — built for scale, speed, and security. Enclave inspects traffic at line rate to block malicious content and enforce policies without latency or complexity.

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Protect Your Network with Enclave Next-Gen Secure Web Gateway

Networks are constantly under siege from a barrage of web-based threats. Ransomware. Social engineering. Polymorphic malware. Legacy perimeter defenses are no longer enough. For real security, you need a robust, modern defense that actively monitors, filters, and protects your users from the moment they connect to the internet.

You need the Sidechannel Enclave Secure Web Gateway.

The Sidechannel Enclave next generation secure web gateway solution is a powerhouse solution embedded in a zero-trust platform, built to defend critical technologies from compromise.

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How Sidechannel Enclave’s Secure Web Gateway Solution Works

The Sidechannel Enclave platform next-gen secure web gateway solution is built entirely on a Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) foundation. This shatters the approach of legacy, perimeter-based secure web gateways. With Enclave, web access security is a continuous, identity-driven control rather than a one-time checkpoint.

As a modern secure web gateway solution, Enclave is built around:

01

Next-Gen Zero Trust Egress:

Enclave delivers its core secure web gateway through dedicated Gateways and Egress Routes. Access to the web is granted only after verifying the user’s identity and the device’s posture, a massive upgrade over legacy IP-based proxies. With the ability to leverage leading IAMs like Okta, Google, Duo, Microsoft, and more … you never have to worry about validating identities.

02

Integrated Threat Containment:

Unlike other access solutions, Enclave’s microsegmentation capability isolates assets into secure “enclaves.” This architectural benefit means the platform is both a secure web gateway solution designed to stop threats from entering via the web and a containment system that prevents lateral movement if a threat gets past the gate.

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Unified IT/OT
Security:

Enclave extends its controls to challenging environments like Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and SCADA architecture. Specialized Physical Gateways provide secure web access and policy enforcement for agentless, legacy systems, unifying the security posture across the entire enterprise.

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Operational
Simplicity:

All network segmentation, access control, and web egress policies are managed from a single, intuitive console – the Enclave Management Console. This consolidated approach drastically reduces the operational complexity typical of deploying and managing multiple standalone secure web gateway products, defining it as a simplified next-gen secure web gateway solution.

What Puts Enclave Secure Web Gateway Ahead of the Pack

Enclave is not only a secure web gateway solution — it’s a zero trust segmentation powerhouse with

automation as a core feature.

Fine-Grained Microsegmentation:

Segment the network into dozens of small enclaves to enforce zero trust and stop lateral movement cold.

Policy-Powered Trust:

Set your policies once — enforce them everywhere, unconditionally.

Cloudless & On-Prem:

Keep control close, slash SaaS expenses, deploy anywhere you want.

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How Enclave Compares to Legacy Solutions

Feature	Sidechannel Enclave Secure Web Gateway	Legacy Secure Web Gateway
Core Architecture	Native zero trust functionality is provided via gateways within a microsegmented overlay network.	Perimeter-based Proxy that uses an inline appliance at the network edge/data center.
Security Philosophy	All traffic, user, and device access is encrypted, authenticated, and authorized before connecting to a resource (or the internet).	Implicit trust is often given once a user/device is "inside" the perimeter.
Deployment Focus	Secures access to and from any asset (user, device, or service) regardless of location (on-prem, cloud, remote).	Securing traffic leaving the corporate office/data center. Backhauling remote user traffic is common.
Security Mechanism	Gateway Agents enforce Egress Routes and rules, backed by ZTA, microsegmentation, and device/user identity.	Focus on URL filtering, basic anti-malware, and content inspection on internet-bound traffic.
Access Control	Granular, context-aware access is based on explicit policies tied to verified user identity and device posture.	Coarse-grained, often based on IP address, network segment, and URL category.
Applicability to Agentless Devices (IoT, OT)	Physical and Virtual Gateways are specifically designed to act as secure ingress/egress points for agentless devices, integrating them into the Zero Trust network.	Often requires separate infrastructure, or agentless devices are forced to pass through a choke point.
Protection Against Lateral Movement	Microsegmentation isolates assets, limiting a threat’s ability to move laterally even if a device is compromised.	High risk. Once a threat bypasses the perimeter, it can move freely across the flat internal network.
Policy Complexity	Centralized management (Enclave Management Console) for all segmentation, access, and egress policies.	Policies for remote access, cloud, and on-prem internet traffic are managed separately across different products.

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Enclave seamlessly combines access control, microsegmentation, encryption and critical secure networking practices to create a comprehensive software solution.

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With Enclave, you gain the fine-grained control of a secure web gateway solution in addition to:

Enclave is the only zero trust platform uniting a secure web gateway with asset intelligence, certificate management, microsegmentation, and vulnerability discovery.

Asset intelligence that discovers and tracks every network device and software asset, immediately exposing unauthorized access.

Automated certificate management to streamline issuance, renewal, and compliance for unparalleled visibility into certificates.

Continuous local scans spotting vulnerabilities in devices and apps, tracking vulnerabilities against MITRE, NVD, and common vulnerability databases like those from Microsoft and Debian.

With Enclave secure web gateway, organizations can protect their critical data and comply with key protection frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, and more. Keep business running and make sure only approved users access critical data with Enclave.

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Benefits of Enclave Next Generation Secure Web Gateway

Enclave is not only a secure web gateway solution-it’s a zero trust segmentation powerhouse with automation as a core feature.

Access Control

It explicitly manages who and what can access network resources, including third-party vendors and remote workers, based on a "never trust, always verify" model. This simplifies access management and reduces the overhead of adding external users to internal systems.

Centralized Control:

The Enclave Management Console (EMC) provides a single pane of glass for managing all these features. This simplifies security operations and reduces the complexity of maintaining multiple, disparate security tools.

Agent-Based and Agentless

Enclave’s next-generation secure web gateway supports both agent-based deployments on devices and agentless deployments for IoT or vendor-locked devices, providing broad coverage and flexibility.

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More Than Just a Secure Web Gateway

With Enclave, you don’t just secure web access — you:

Enclave is the only zero trust platform uniting a secure web gateway with asset intelligence, certificate management, microsegmentation, and vulnerability discovery.

Discover and track every network device and software asset, immediately exposing unauthorized access.

Deploy laser-targeted network access controls, fortified by zero trust, to lock down your infrastructure.

Automate certificate management to streamline issuance, renewal, and compliance for unparalleled visibility into certificates.

Stay ahead of threats with continuous local scans spotting vulnerabilities in devices and apps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Secure Web Gateway (SWG)?

A secure web gateway is a cybersecurity solution that acts as a checkpoint between a user and the internet. It inspects all web traffic (both incoming and outgoing) to enforce an organization's security policies and protect users from web-based threats like malware, phishing, and viruses. Sidechannel’s Enclave secure web gateway is a key feature of a zero trust security methodology, ensuring that only approved users gain access to critical information.

How does a secure web gateway solution work?

When a user attempts to access a website, the request is first routed through the secure web gateway. The SWG then performs a series of inspections, including:

URL Filtering: It checks the requested URL against a database of categorized websites to see if it should be allowed or blocked based on company policy (e.g., blocking social media or known malicious sites).
Malware Scanning: It scans the content of the webpage and any files being downloaded for malicious code.
HTTPS Inspection (SSL/TLS Inspection): Since most of the web is encrypted, the SWG decrypts the traffic, inspects it for hidden threats, and then re-encrypts it before sending it to the user. This is a critical function for catching threats that hide in encrypted traffic.

What is the difference between a secure web gateway and a firewall?

This is a very common point of confusion. The key difference is their scope:

Firewalls operate at the network level (Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI model) and control traffic based on IP addresses, ports, and protocols. Their focus is on creating a perimeter between your internal network and the outside world.
SWGs specialize in web traffic (Layer 7). They offer more granular control by inspecting the content of web requests (HTTP/HTTPS), URLs, and applications, which firewalls typically do not. Modern firewalls (Next-Generation Firewalls) have incorporated some SWG features like URL filtering, but SWGs are more specialized for web-specific threats.

What is the difference between a secure web gateway and a proxy server?

A proxy server is a basic intermediary that acts on behalf of a user to access the internet. A Secure Web Gateway is a type of proxy server, but with advanced security features. While a basic proxy can provide anonymity and some content filtering, an SWG adds critical security functions like malware scanning, URL filtering, and data loss prevention (DLP).

How does an SWG protect remote and hybrid workforces?

With the rise of remote work, a traditional on-premises SWG is no longer sufficient. Cloud-based SWGs have become essential. They extend the corporate security perimeter to remote users by inspecting their web traffic regardless of their location or the device they are using. This ensures consistent policy enforcement and protection without the need for a user to be connected to the corporate network via a VPN.

What role does an SWG play in a SASE framework?

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is a modern cybersecurity architecture that combines networking and security functions into a single, cloud-delivered service. An SWG is a foundational component of a SASE framework, along with other services like ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access), CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker), and SD-WAN. In this model, the SWG is the core service that secures all web traffic as part of a unified, cloud-native platform.