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Network Firewalls (Transitioning to Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Cloud Firewalls) Reviews and Ratings

What are Network Firewalls?

Gartner defines the network firewall market as the market for firewalls that use bidirectional stateful traffic inspection (for both egress and ingress) to secure networks. Network firewalls are enforced through hardware, virtual appliances and cloud-native controls.

Network firewalls are used to secure networks. These can be on-premises, hybrid (on-premises and cloud), public cloud or private cloud networks. Network firewall products support different deployment use cases, such as for perimeters, midsize enterprises, data centers, clouds, cloud-native and distributed offices.

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FortiGate: Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

By Fortinet

4.6
(2779 Ratings)

Founded more than 20 years ago in Sunnyvale, California, Fortinet continues to be a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Securing people, devices, and data everywhere is our mission. To that end, our portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products is the largest integrated offering available, delivering proven cybersecurity everywhere you need it. More than 680,000 customers trust Fortinet solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry.

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Check Point Quantum

By Check Point Software Technologies

4.5
(1805 Ratings)

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a company that offers cyber security solutions to governmental and business entities around the world. The company's solutions are designed to safeguard against a variety of cyber threats including malware and ransomware. With Check Point's multilevel security architecture, dubbed 'Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention', cloud, network, and mobile devices of businesses are protected. Additionally, Check Point provides a comprehensive and easy-to-manage control security management system.

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Sophos Firewall

By Sophos

4.8
(1320 Ratings)

Sophos is a global provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions. Their main focus is the delivery of an extensive range of security technologies including Managed Detection and Response (MDR), incident response services, as well as endpoint, network, email, and cloud security systems. These products and services are designed to help organizations combat various cyber threats such as active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, and malware. The company offers fully-managed, turnkey security solutions, providing cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations worldwide. Moreover, Sophos hosts a cloud-based management console, known as Sophos Central, and supports the Sophos X-Ops, a cross-domain threat intelligence unit. The unit enriches the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem by optimizing its centralized data lake with a powerful set of open APIs. Sophos' operations are globally distributed and the company's headquarters are in Oxford, U.K.

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PA-Series

By Palo Alto Networks

4.6
(1149 Ratings)

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity organization shaping the future of cloud-centric technology. The main business objective is to provide effective cybersecurity solutions, maintaining and valuing the digital way of life. It addresses the significant issue of maintaining digital security in an increasingly online-centric world. The company utilizes innovative approaches leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. Offering an integrated platform and bolstering a burgeoning ecosystem of collaborators, it assures protection across various platforms including clouds, networks, and mobile devices. The organization envisions a progressively safe and secure digital world each day.

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Cisco Secure Firewall

By Cisco Systems

4.7
(1073 Ratings)

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

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Cisco Meraki MX appliances

By Cisco Systems

4.6
(491 Ratings)

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

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Unified Security Gateway (USG)

By Huawei

4.9
(307 Ratings)

Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions. The company's main focus is to enrich human progress through innovative technologies. Huawei aims to ensure that connectivity is a basic need, emphasizing the importance of access to ICT and the benefits it can provide to a wide audience. The firm specializes in creating customer-focused innovations and establishing strong partnerships, developing capabilities across carrier networks, enterprise, consumers, and cloud computing sections. With operations in over 170 countries, Huawei has a significant global presence. The company's objective is to digitally connect every person, home, and organization in order to achieve a comprehensive connected, intelligent world. Through this, Huawei works to narrow the digital gap, facilitating access to broadband services.

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SonicWall NSa Series

By SonicWall

4.6
(296 Ratings)

SonicWall has a three-decade long presence in the cybersecurity industry, providing defense solutions for businesses of various sizes globally. SonicWall's prime solution offering involves detecting and preventing real-time breaches. These services are based on the research provided by the Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network. The company's solutions assist businesses in maintaining the security of their mobile and business networks, along with applications, emails, and data. SonicWall is notable for its extensive global business operations, serving approximately 500,000 businesses across 215 countries and territories worldwide. The company was initially established in 1991.

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Firebox

By WatchGuard

4.4
(283 Ratings)

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. is a global company focusing on cybersecurity. It presents a Unified Security Platform approach, especially designed for managed service providers. This unique design aims to amplify their business scale and speed, while simultaneously enhancing operational efficiency. The company caters to an array of security resellers and service providers, offering services involving network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.'s security platform comprises five core features: comprehensive security, shared knowledge, clarity and control, operational alignment, and automation. The company holds its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and has worldwide establishments in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

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SRX Series

By Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Juniper Networks)

4.7
(245 Ratings)

Juniper Networks, a Silicon Valley-based technology company, was founded approximately two decades ago by Pradeep Sindhu, Dennis Ferguson, and Bjorn Liencres. The aim of the company is to develop innovative products and solutions specifically designed to meet the growing demands of our increasingly connected world. The primary focus of their business model is revolutionizing networking. The company's location is in Sunnyvale, California, and it boasts a strong workforce of over 9,000 employees spread across 50 different countries. The services offered by Juniper are utilized by a diverse range of service providers and enterprises across the globe. The company also serves several government agencies and higher educational institutions. Juniper believes in the information superpower of networking and fosters innovation to connect ideas and enable human potential. They aim to develop a network that is intelligent, agile, secure, and open to all vendors and network environments.

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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

By Barracuda

4.5
(230 Ratings)

At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers’ journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level.

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Azure Firewall

By Microsoft

4.3
(222 Ratings)

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement.

Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

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SonicWall TZ Series

By SonicWall

4.6
(203 Ratings)

SonicWall has a three-decade long presence in the cybersecurity industry, providing defense solutions for businesses of various sizes globally. SonicWall's prime solution offering involves detecting and preventing real-time breaches. These services are based on the research provided by the Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network. The company's solutions assist businesses in maintaining the security of their mobile and business networks, along with applications, emails, and data. SonicWall is notable for its extensive global business operations, serving approximately 500,000 businesses across 215 countries and territories worldwide. The company was initially established in 1991.

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VM Series

By Palo Alto Networks

4.4
(192 Ratings)

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity organization shaping the future of cloud-centric technology. The main business objective is to provide effective cybersecurity solutions, maintaining and valuing the digital way of life. It addresses the significant issue of maintaining digital security in an increasingly online-centric world. The company utilizes innovative approaches leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. Offering an integrated platform and bolstering a burgeoning ecosystem of collaborators, it assures protection across various platforms including clouds, networks, and mobile devices. The organization envisions a progressively safe and secure digital world each day.

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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security

By Check Point Software Technologies

4.6
(186 Ratings)

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a company that offers cyber security solutions to governmental and business entities around the world. The company's solutions are designed to safeguard against a variety of cyber threats including malware and ransomware. With Check Point's multilevel security architecture, dubbed 'Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention', cloud, network, and mobile devices of businesses are protected. Additionally, Check Point provides a comprehensive and easy-to-manage control security management system.

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Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall

By Forcepoint

4.5
(159 Ratings)

Forcepoint’s mission is to foster safe and trusting environments through a comprehensive security solution that understands digital identities and their cyber behaviors to protect employees and critical data everywhere. Forcepoint achieves this mission by simplifying security for global businesses and governments. The company’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust, Security Service Edge (SSE), and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), by preventing the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. Rather than offering a static one-size fits all approach, Forcepoint solutions inherently understand how people interact with data, providing secure access while enabling employees to create value. Forcepoint creates safe, trusted environments for customers and their employees to achieve their highest potential while reducing risk.

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Sophos SG UTM (Legacy)

By Sophos

4.5
(144 Ratings)

Sophos is a global provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions. Their main focus is the delivery of an extensive range of security technologies including Managed Detection and Response (MDR), incident response services, as well as endpoint, network, email, and cloud security systems. These products and services are designed to help organizations combat various cyber threats such as active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, and malware. The company offers fully-managed, turnkey security solutions, providing cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations worldwide. Moreover, Sophos hosts a cloud-based management console, known as Sophos Central, and supports the Sophos X-Ops, a cross-domain threat intelligence unit. The unit enriches the Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem by optimizing its centralized data lake with a powerful set of open APIs. Sophos' operations are globally distributed and the company's headquarters are in Oxford, U.K.

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Hillstone E-Series Next-Generation Firewalls

By Hillstone Networks

4.7
(131 Ratings)

Hillstone Networks is a cybersecurity firm providing comprehensive digital protection to over 28,000 enterprises globally. The company delivers integrative cybersecurity solutions to safeguard valuable business resources and infrastructure, extending its coverage from the edge to the cloud. Its cybersecurity approach offers control and consolidation in different technological environments, regardless of the workload's location. Hillstone Networks’ array of cybersecurity solutions focuses on the crucial aspect of securing digital transformation.

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Check Point Harmony SASE

By Check Point Software Technologies

4.6
(121 Ratings)

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a company that offers cyber security solutions to governmental and business entities around the world. The company's solutions are designed to safeguard against a variety of cyber threats including malware and ransomware. With Check Point's multilevel security architecture, dubbed 'Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention', cloud, network, and mobile devices of businesses are protected. Additionally, Check Point provides a comprehensive and easy-to-manage control security management system.

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Sangfor Athena Next-Generation Firewall

By Sangfor Technologies

4.7
(101 Ratings)

Founded in 2000, Sangfor Technologies is a multinational vendor of cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and cloud computing solutions. The company invests at least 20% of annual revenue in R&D and has a corporate mission to Make Digital Transformation Simpler and Secure. Sangfor serves over 100,000 customers and operates more than 60 branches across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

The company offers a range of cybersecurity products, solutions, and services, including a next-generation firewall (NGFW), endpoint protection platform (EPP), secure web gateway (SWG), network detection & response (NDR), secure access service edge (SASE), anti-ransomware, extended detection & response (XDR), and managed detection & response (MDR).

Its IT infrastructure and cloud computing products, solutions, and services include hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), software-defined storage (SDS), hybrid cloud, disaster recovery (DR), and managed cloud services (MCS).

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Gartner Research

Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls (Transitioning to Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Cloud Firewalls)Critical Capabilities for Network Firewalls (Transitioning to Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Cloud Firewalls)
Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Network Firewalls (Transitioning to Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Cloud Firewalls)

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