What is the role of the Prisma Access Secure Web Gateway (SWG)?

Question

Options

• ATo monitor and report user activity for compliance purposes
• BTo provide secure internet access with inspection capabilities
• CTo enforce firewall policies at the branch level
• DTo steer user traffic through VPN connections

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  86% (24)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

Prisma Access SWG acts as a cloud-delivered security checkpoint that sits between users and the internet, inspecting web traffic for threats, enforcing URL filtering policies, and decrypting SSL/TLS to scan encrypted content - making B the accurate description of its core function.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because compliance monitoring/reporting is a secondary outcome, not the SWG's primary role - that function belongs more to CASB or DLP tools.
• C is wrong because branch-level firewall policy enforcement describes an SD-WAN or zone-based firewall capability, not an SWG.
• D is wrong because VPN tunnel steering is handled by the IPSec/GlobalProtect tunneling layer within Prisma Access, not the SWG component specifically.

Memory tip: Think "SWG = Security at the Web Gateway." The word Gateway is the clue - it's the door between users and the internet, and it inspects everything passing through that door. If the answer mentions internet access + inspection together, that's your SWG.

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