Secure internet and SaaS access with identity-centric SWG - Global Secure Access deployment, web content filtering, Conditional Access integration, traffic logs, and a practical rollout model for users and branch locations.
Microsoft Entra Internet Access is part of Microsoft’s Security Service Edge (SSE) capability under Global Secure Access. It provides an identity-centric Secure Web Gateway (SWG) to protect access to internet destinations and SaaS applications. Rather than relying solely on traditional network-based controls, Entra Internet Access integrates with Microsoft Entra ID so you can apply rich context (user, device, location, risk, and compliance posture) while enforcing network security policies. It also provides detailed traffic logs and dashboards to improve visibility and investigation.
LW IT Solutions delivers Entra Internet Access (SSE) as a structured deployment programme: confirm your access and filtering requirements, design an identity-aware policy model, deploy the Global Secure Access client (and optional remote network connectivity for branch scenarios), configure web content filtering and security profiles, and align enforcement with Conditional Access. The outcome is improved control over internet access, better visibility, and a sustainable operating model that allows you to evolve policies safely over time - without creating fragile rule sprawl.
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Service Overview
Highlights
- Entra Internet Access deployment using Global Secure Access
- Identity-aware Secure Web Gateway policy model with category and FQDN controls
- Conditional Access alignment for consistent enforcement
- Client rollout planning for user devices and optional branch scenarios
- Traffic logging and dashboards for monitoring and investigations
Business Benefits
- Reduce exposure to malicious and high-risk internet destinations with SWG enforcement
- Apply consistent web controls using identity, device posture, and Conditional Access signals
- Improve investigation capability with centralised traffic logs and policy enforcement visibility
- Control exceptions and reduce rule sprawl through a structured policy model and governance
- Support remote users and branch locations without large-scale network redesign
Typical use cases
- Organisations replacing or reducing reliance on traditional web proxies for remote users
- Security teams needing identity-based control over internet and SaaS access
- Businesses introducing web content filtering with a clear exceptions process
- Environments requiring improved visibility into outbound web traffic for investigations
- Branch or hybrid work scenarios needing consistent internet controls across locations
Objectives & deliverables
What Success Looks Like
- Protect users and devices from malicious or unsafe internet destinations via SWG controls
- Apply consistent internet controls using identity context and Conditional Access integration
- Improve visibility using traffic logs and policy-enforcement reporting
- Reduce risk of data exfiltration to unauthorised tenants/accounts (where applicable)
- Enable a practical rollout path for remote users and branch locations without disruptive network redesign
What You Get
- Readiness and design pack: prerequisites, target architecture, and rollout approach
- Policy baseline: initial security profiles and filtering policy set aligned to business requirements
- Configured Global Secure Access components for internet access (client and profiles as scoped)
- Traffic log and dashboard enablement approach for investigations and ongoing monitoring
- Pilot plan and outcomes: validated app categories, exceptions list, and rollout sequencing
- Operational runbook: policy governance, troubleshooting steps, and change management approach
- Continuous improvement backlog: staged enhancements and policy refinements after stabilisation
How It Works
- Discover - confirm business outcomes, user groups, and internet access risk requirements.
- Assess - validate prerequisites, licensing, and device readiness; identify high-risk access patterns.
- Design - define filtering model (categories/FQDN), security profiles, and Conditional Access alignment.
- Implement - enable Global Secure Access, configure profiles/policies, and prepare client rollout.
- Pilot - test with a controlled cohort; validate line-of-business SaaS apps and exception handling.
- Rollout - deploy in waves; embed operational ownership and policy governance routines.
Engagement Options
- Readiness and Design - prerequisites validation and an identity-aware policy and rollout plan
- Pilot Deployment - configure Entra Internet Access and run a controlled user pilot with exception handling
- Full Rollout - staged deployment for users and optional branch connectivity with operating model handover
- Optimise and Operate - refine policies, reporting, and governance after stabilisation
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