Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Addresses the gap between encrypted internet traffic (over 90 percent) and the small fraction of organizations that inspect it (fewer than one in ten).
- Explains why HTTPS inspection on traditional firewalls creates operational barriers including manual certificate management, throughput degradation and configuration complexity.
- Demonstrates how SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge automates certificate management and supports 100 MB file analysis compared to 10 MB on typical firewalls.
- Presented by Amelia Foss, Product Marketing Manager for Cloud Secure Edge, and Angela Darling, Solutions Engineer.
The Encrypted Traffic Blind Spot
More than 90 percent of internet traffic now travels over encrypted connections, yet fewer than one in ten organizations actively inspect that traffic. This disparity has created a significant security gap that malware authors increasingly exploit. The session examines why this blind spot persists and how it can be addressed without the operational burdens that have historically prevented security teams from enabling inspection.
Why HTTPS Inspection Remains Disabled
The session frames the inspection gap as an operational problem rather than a matter of negligence. On traditional firewalls, enabling HTTPS inspection introduces several challenges: manual certificate management, measurable throughput reduction, complex configuration with increased error potential, and the risk of disrupting production systems. These factors lead most security teams to leave inspection disabled despite understanding the associated risks.
Cloud Secure Edge Approach
SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge is presented as a solution that removes the barriers to encrypted traffic inspection. The platform automates certificate management, eliminating the manual processes required on firewalls. A key technical differentiator highlighted is the 100 MB file analysis limit, compared to 10 MB on typical firewalls, enabling detection of threats that would otherwise pass through uninspected due to file size constraints.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is relevant for network security professionals, security operations teams and IT administrators responsible for traffic inspection and threat detection. Organizations currently relying on firewall-based inspection, or those that have disabled HTTPS inspection due to operational concerns, may find the session particularly applicable to their environments.