Which secure access service edge (SASE) networking component inspects web-based protocols and traffic to securely connect users to applications?

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Options

• Aproxy
• BSD-WAN
• Csecure web gateway (SWG)
• Dcloud access security broker (CASB)

• A
  4% (1)
• C
  91% (21)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

A Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is specifically designed to inspect web-based protocols (HTTP/HTTPS) and traffic, filtering malicious content and enforcing policy to securely connect users to web applications - making it the correct answer. A proxy (A) can forward and cache web requests but is a general-purpose mechanism, not a full SASE security component with deep inspection capabilities. SD-WAN (B) is a networking component that optimizes traffic routing across wide-area networks but does not perform security inspection of web protocols. A CASB (D) secures access to cloud applications and SaaS services specifically, acting as a policy enforcement point between users and cloud providers - related but distinct from web traffic inspection broadly.

Memory tip: Think of SWG as a security checkpoint at the web gateway - it sits between users and the internet, scanning everything that passes through, while CASB is the checkpoint specifically for the cloud app parking lot.

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