Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, and traditional firewalls are no longer enough to protect organizations from cyber-attacks. Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are the new generation of firewalls that go beyond the capabilities of traditional firewall solutions for businesses by incorporating advanced security technologies and features.
NGFWs provide more than just basic packet filtering and network address translation (NAT). They offer a range of advanced security features, such as intrusion prevention, application control, malware detection, and deep packet inspection. These features allow NGFWs to provide a more comprehensive and proactive approach to network security.
Expertise Wave is a trusted provider of next-generation firewall solutions for businesses of all sizes in Saudi Arabia. Our high-performing firewall solutions for businesses are highly scalable and adaptable to changing network environments. They can be configured to protect networks of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. Our enterprise security firewall solutions also offer the flexibility to add new security features as needed, such as virtual private network (VPN) capabilities or cloud-based security services that can enhance your enterprise security.
Next Generation Firewall - Features
& Monitoring
& SD-WAN
Inspection
Virus Filtering
Integration
Traditional antiviruses offer detection-based protection, i.e., they can scan and detect threats once they are already inside your network. Due to the sophisticated nature of modern-day cyberattacks, this approach is not enough.
There are many sophisticated threats infecting the organization. It might infect your network even before an Antivirus can identify the threat. But a Firewall’s multi-layered approach helps detect and filter a threat and respond even before it reaches the network. Modern Firewall solutions provide preventative security against malware and data theft, especially effective against possible ransomware attacks.
Differences Between Traditional and Next-Gen Firewalls
| Parameter | Traditional Firewall | Next-Generation Firewall (NFGW) |
|---|---|---|
| Stateful and Stateless Inspection | Traditional Firewalls conduct stateful inspections of network traffic, filtering packets based on the packet’s complete context and providing greater security | All NGFWs conduct stateful packet inspections but take it one step further |
| Application Visibility | Provides partial application control and visibility | Provides complete application control and visibility |
| OSI Model Layers | Layer 2 to layer 4 only | Work on layer 2 to layer 7 |
| Decryption and Inspection of SSL Traffic | Cannot decrypt and inspect SSL traffic | NFGW can decrypt and inspect SSL traffic |
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Intrusion Protection System (IPS) and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) |
IPS and IDS are deployed separately | IPS and IDS are integrated in NFGWs |
| Integration of Security Tools | Security Tools are managed separately and can be very expensive | Security Tools are integrated and reduce administrative costs |
| Application-level awareness | Not supported | NFGWs support application-level awareness, enabling them to inspect and control traffic to and from applications |
Services with Expertise Wave
- Protect From Hackers
- Monitor Network Traffic
- Stops Malware Attacks
- Maintain Consistent Network Speed
- Enable Intelligence Application and Port Control
- Block Access to Unapproved Websites
- Enable VPN for multi-offices and Work-from-Home connectivity
- Establish Multi-WAN function
Cisco
Cisco Next-Gen Firewall solutions simplify security management, improve productivity, contain costs, and allow easy collaboration and mobility within your organization's network. They are unprecedented leaders in integrated network and security solutions. Cisco Secure Firewall equips your organization with world-class security control, consistent policy, and visibility. Their comprehensive threat protection and policies are easy to configure and deploy from a single unified platform.
Modern businesses work in hybrid environments, so Cisco offers firewall solutions that are easy to customize to match your business demands. Whether you are an SMB or a high-performing data centre, our firewall security solutions adapt and evolve to your network needs. You can also extend your security policies to your endpoint users with their public and private cloud security services.
With Cisco, you can achieve more value from your network firewall solution and strengthen the overall security approach for your organization.
Sophos
Sophos provides customers with easy-to-use, integrated, and centrally managed security solutions. Powered by SophosLabs Intelix, their industry-leading firewall solution actively protects your organization from the latest threat with services such as deep packet inspection and sandboxing. They aim to make your job easy by delivering fast and effective firewall solutions supported by the latest standards and point-and-click policy tools.
Sophos designs and delivers firewall solutions that are made to fit your business needs. Their all-in-one solutions provide unmatched risk visibility and proactive monitoring across even the most demanding distributed networks. These solutions are affordable, scalable, and simple to manage. Sophos Managed Threat Response also provides continuous data monitoring and analysis for all users on your business network. Sophos also provides top-performing hardware appliances, as well as flexible SD-WAN and VPN connectivity options to make connectivity easy and secure for you.
Fortinet
A leader in Unified Threat Management, Fortinet helps organizations increase their firewall security with advanced solutions like Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Malware, Web Filtering, Antispam, and VPN support. They offer a flexible and scalable approach to network security, helping you manage and deploy a wide set of security components from a central control panel. They prioritize user experience, customizing end-to-end firewall solutions that fit your network security demands.
Next-gen Fortinet Firewall Solutions are powered by Security Processing Units (SPUs), providing SSL inspection, application control, and increased visibility across your organization. It enables network security from all kinds of internal and external threats, attacks and exploits. Fortinet has developed a Hyperscale firewall solution with a high port density to manage security risks for enterprises and high-speed networks.
Fortinet has a solution for everyone and enables seamless integration of your new firewall components into your existing security infrastructure.