Checklist Summary:

The Symantec Edge SWG Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) provides security policy and technical configuration requirements to protect organizations across the web, social media, applications, and mobile networks. SWG acts as a proxy between users and the internet to identify malicious websites and payloads and control access to sensitive content. SWG solutions consolidate a broad feature-set to authenticate users, filter web traffic, identify cloud application usage, provide data loss prevention, deliver threat prevention, and ensure visibility into encrypted traffic. Symantec SWG features include threat prevention with advanced detection, malware scanning, and sandboxing; deep visibility and analysis for network traffic and security events; web isolation to protect against high-risk sites; and data loss prevention to enforce policies for cloud applications. The Symantec Edge SWG STIG includes the following: • Symantec Edge SWG Network Device Management (NDM) STIG. • Symantec Edge SWG Application Layer Gateway (ALG) STIG.

Checklist Role:

• Application Server

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

Parties within the DOD and federal government’s computing environments can obtain the applicable STIG from the DOD Cyber Exchange website at https://cyber.mil/. This site contains the latest copies of STIGs, SRGs, and other related security information. Those without a Common Access Card (CAC) that has DOD Certificates can obtain the STIG from https://public.cyber.mil/.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed
• Specialized Security-Limited Functionality (SSLF)

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

DoDI 8500.01

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: [email protected]. DISA will coordinate all change requests with the relevant DOD organizations before inclusion in this document. Approved changes will be made in accordance with the DISA maintenance release schedule.

Disclaimer:

Not provided.

Product Support:

Not provided.

Point of Contact:

[email protected]

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

Not provided.

Change History:

Created New Checklist - 01/08/2026

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NIST checklist record last modified on 01/08/2026