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Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

 

A NEXT-GENERATION FIREWALL (NGFW) IS A NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE THAT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF FEATURES BEYOND THE BASIC PACKET FILTERING AND PORT BLOCKING CAPABILITIES OF TRADITIONAL FIREWALLS. NGFWS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT NETWORKS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF THREATS, INCLUDING MALWARE, INTRUSION PREVENTION, AND APPLICATION-LAYER ATTACKS.

SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF NGFWS INCLUDE:

APPLICATION AWARENESS AND CONTROL:

NGFWS CAN IDENTIFY AND CONTROL TRAFFIC FROM SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS, EVEN IF THE APPLICATIONS ARE USING ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC. THIS ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS TO BLOCK MALICIOUS APPLICATIONS AND PREVENT DATA EXFILTRATION.

INTEGRATED INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEM (IPS):

NGFWS TYPICALLY INCLUDE AN INTEGRATED IPS THAT CAN DETECT AND BLOCK KNOWN AND UNKNOWN ATTACKS. THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST MALWARE, ZERO-DAY ATTACKS, AND OTHER THREATS.

THREAT INTELLIGENCE:

NGFWS CAN USE THREAT INTELLIGENCE FEEDS TO UPDATE THEIR SECURITY POLICIES AND BLOCK NEW THREATS AS THEY EMERGE.

CLOUD DELIVERY:

SOME NGFWS CAN BE DELIVERED AS A CLOUD SERVICE, WHICH CAN SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT.

NGFWS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY NETWORK SECURITY STRATEGY. THEY CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTECT THEIR NETWORKS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF THREATS, INCLUDING MALWARE, INTRUSION PREVENTION, AND APPLICATION-LAYER ATTACKS.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF USING AN NGFW:

IMPROVED SECURITY:

NGFWS PROVIDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LEVEL OF SECURITY THAN TRADITIONAL FIREWALLS. THEY CAN DETECT AND BLOCK A WIDER RANGE OF THREATS, INCLUDING MALWARE, INTRUSION PREVENTION, AND APPLICATION-LAYER ATTACKS.

REDUCED COMPLEXITY:

NGFWS CAN CONSOLIDATE MULTIPLE SECURITY FUNCTIONS INTO A SINGLE DEVICE, WHICH CAN SIMPLIFY DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT.

INCREASED VISIBILITY:

NGFWS CAN PROVIDE VISIBILITY INTO NETWORK TRAFFIC AT THE APPLICATION LAYER. THIS CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND INVESTIGATE SECURITY INCIDENTS MORE QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE:

NGFWS ARE DESIGNED TO HANDLE HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC WITH MINIMAL IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE.

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