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A hybrid mesh firewall (HMF) is a multideployment mode firewall, including hardware, virtual appliance and cloud-based options, with a unified cloud-based management plane. HMF’s are designed to support hybrid environments and evolving use cases by offering mature continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline integration, native cloud integration, and advanced threat prevention capabilities extending to Internet of Things (IoT) devices and DNS-based attacks.

With the adoption of hybrid environments, clients prefer the same firewall vendor with centralized management and visibility of firewall policies across environments to ease administration and reduce operational complexity. As a result, the demand and adoption of cloud firewalls from the same on-premises firewall vendor is growing. Hybrid mesh firewalls support this use case through hardware, virtual and dedicated cloud firewall deployment types, along with cloud-based centralized visibility and management capability.

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Cisco Systems

VP, IT

Secure firewall is a great product. Very flexible and gives us good options for various requirements across our company. 

50M - 250M USD

<50M USD

500M - 1B USD

250M - 500M USD

1B - 3B USD

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

3B - 10B USD

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

10B - 30B USD

30B + USD

Gov't/PS/ED 50,000 + Employees

Director of IT

Workhorse for remote connectivity and overall user experience 

IT Security & Risk Management Associate

The teams at Cisco have gone above and beyond in consulting and supporting our organization as the need arise

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Palo Alto Networks

Check Point Software Technologies

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Juniper Networks)

SonicWall

Barracuda

Sophos

Huawei

Forcepoint

WatchGuard

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Microsoft

Broadcom (VMware)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Alibaba Cloud

NETGEAR

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Stormshield

WINS

Cato Networks

GajShield Infotech

Zyxel Networks

GreyHeller (do not use)

Blockbit

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Wide endpoint protection, though VPC and VLAN configuration can be intricate

Critical Review

Reliable remote connectivity, but product roadmap lacks exciting features

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