Zero Trust & SASE
Inspect Every Byte, On Every Network
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Signal
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Review
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Decision
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Requirements reviewed with your team
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Technical fit and integrations assessed
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Pilot scope defined around measurable outcomes
The problem
Once a laptop leaves the office network, most organizations lose visibility into what it's downloading, uploading, or connecting to — the same inspection that happens behind the corporate firewall simply doesn't follow the device home.
The gap widens with shadow IT: employees adopt cloud apps IT never provisioned, and without visibility into that traffic, there's no way to apply policy to it, or even know it exists.
Legacy secure web gateways address this with an appliance that traffic has to backhaul through, which reintroduces the latency problem VPNs have and doesn't scale gracefully as a workforce spreads out geographically.
How MaskFlare Shield works
Shield inspects web traffic for every user through the Flare Mesh, regardless of network, applying the same content filtering, malware scanning, and shadow-SaaS visibility whether a laptop is in the office or three time zones away.
Benefits
The same policy everywhere
One inspection policy follows the user, not the network they happen to be on.
Shadow SaaS visibility
See which unsanctioned cloud apps employees are actually using, beyond whatever IT approved.
Malware caught before download
Files are inspected in transit, before they land on a device.
No backhaul required
Traffic is inspected at the nearest Flare Mesh point of presence, not routed back to a data center first.
Cloud app control without a separate product
Visibility and control over sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS use, built into the same inspection layer.
Covers contractors and BYOD too
The same policy applies whether a device reaching the internet through Shield is company-issued or not.
Capabilities
Content and category filtering
Policy-based filtering by content category, applied consistently regardless of network.
Inline malware scanning
Files and web content are scanned in transit before they reach a device.
Shadow SaaS discovery
Traffic patterns reveal cloud applications in use that IT never provisioned.
TLS/SSL inspection
Encrypted traffic is inspected in line, so policy isn't blind to the majority of modern web traffic.
Cloud app access control
Granular allow, block, or read-only policy per cloud application, beyond a binary allow/deny.
Explore related capabilities
See how the capabilities planned for MaskFlare address adjacent security and privacy requirements.
Frequently asked questions
What is a secure web gateway?
A secure web gateway inspects and filters internet-bound traffic for malware, policy violations, and unsanctioned applications, regardless of which network a device is connected to.
Does Shield slow down browsing?
Traffic is inspected at the nearest Flare Mesh point of presence rather than backhauled to a central location, which avoids the latency penalty of older gateway architectures.
Can Shield see which SaaS apps employees actually use?
Yes — traffic patterns surface cloud applications in active use, including ones never provisioned or approved by IT.
What's the difference between Shield and a firewall?
A firewall controls network-level access by port and address. Shield inspects the actual content of web traffic — files, categories, cloud app usage — regardless of network.
Does Shield work for contractors on unmanaged devices?
Yes — the same inspection policy applies to traffic routed through Shield regardless of whether the device is company-managed.
How does Shield handle encrypted (HTTPS) traffic?
Shield performs inline TLS inspection, so policy reaches encrypted traffic the same way it reaches unencrypted requests.
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