The test was commissioned by Cisco and performed by AV-TEST to determine the malware protection and phishing block capabilities of the vendors. The lab test assessed each secure web gateway vendor’s ability to protect roaming and remote workers.
Given that the global pandemic has accelerated the move of edge security controls to a cloud-delivered model, each of the vendors’ offerings was configured with the protection of their roaming agents. A separate test for DNS-layer protection was also performed.