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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) was rated AAA by CyberRatings.org.

AAA RATED BY CYBERRATINGS

Top-Rated NGFW and Secure SD-WAN

Blocking 100% of evasion attempts and 100% of exploits, Forcepoint Cloud Network Firewall was given a AAA rating when tested by CyberRatings.
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Centralized Management

Ability to manage large quantities of firewalls and fleets of firewalls at scale without compromising performance.

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Management

Ease of management, granularity of controls, and scalability of management capabilities.

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Security Effectiveness

Assessed block rate, IP Packet Fragmentation/TCP Segmentation, false-positive testing, stability, reliability and web filtering for QUIC & HTTP/3.

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SASE Integration

SD-WAN, site connectivity to Security Service Edge over GRE and IPsec, built-in ZTNA app connector

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Evasion Protection

Assessed ability to protect against evasions, HTTP evasions, and a combination of evasion techniques.

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Value 

Based on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)/Mbps over a 3-year period

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DISCLAIMER: Product comparison is based on in-product capabilities and cross-portfolio integrations available from the same vendor as of April 7, 2021. Comparisons do not include integrations with third-party vendors. Feature comparison is based on each vendor’s most recent and modern version available as of April 23, 2021. Information is based off of data collected from public websites and forums, analyst papers, Cyber Rating https://cyberratings.org/publications/enterprise-firewall-overview/, and product datasheets as of April 23, 2021.

Greater security with less disruption

Built-in Secure SD-WAN, zero trust network access controls and the ability to push out unified policies globally with one click empowers your team to manage and maintain a secure network at scale.

Get ahead of breaches by lowering your exposure

With one central console, you gain 360-degree visibility which lets you quickly identify risks. And industry-leading integrated intrusion detection and prevention helps you mitigate them before they become a problem.

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Cut down on redundant tasks. With advanced automation, you can get updates and upgrades on your schedule. Plus with a single management console, you can make changes on a global scale.

Deploy anywhere (branches, HQ, cloud)

A wide range of physical and virtual appliance models make it easy to automate, orchestrate and accelerate your network architecture - remotely and at scale.

Hybrid-ready, SASE and cloud enabled

Designed like software, rather than hardware, NGFW gives you the flexibility to deploy on appliances, virtually or in the cloud. Open APIs let you customize automation and orchestration to your own specifications. Integration with Forcepoint ONE Security Service Edge simplifies connecting private applications to Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).

Connect directly to the cloud with Secure SD-WAN

Safely and efficiently mix internet broadband and private MPLS circuits to connect offices, branches, and remote sites to business resources in the cloud or internal data centers.

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Continuously battle-tested

Our products routinely undergo rigorous certifications testing to meet the most stringent needs of sensitive and critical industries, agencies, organizations and governments around the world.

Do More with Less with Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall

Greater security with less disruption

Built-in Secure SD-WAN, zero trust network access controls and the ability to push out unified policies globally with one click empowers your team to manage and maintain a secure network at scale.

Get ahead of breaches by lowering your exposure

With one central console, you gain 360-degree visibility which lets you quickly identify risks. And industry-leading integrated intrusion detection and prevention helps you mitigate them before they become a problem.

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Cut down on redundant tasks. With advanced automation, you can get updates and upgrades on your schedule. Plus with a single management console, you can make changes on a global scale.

Deploy anywhere (branches, HQ, cloud)

A wide range of physical and virtual appliance models make it easy to automate, orchestrate and accelerate your network architecture - remotely and at scale.

Hybrid-ready, SASE and cloud enabled

Designed like software, rather than hardware, NGFW gives you the flexibility to deploy on appliances, virtually or in the cloud. Open APIs let you customize automation and orchestration to your own specifications. Integration with Forcepoint ONE Security Service Edge simplifies connecting private applications to Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).

Connect directly to the cloud with Secure SD-WAN

Safely and efficiently mix internet broadband and private MPLS circuits to connect offices, branches, and remote sites to business resources in the cloud or internal data centers.

Learn more about Secure SD-WAN

Continuously battle-tested

Our products routinely undergo rigorous certifications testing to meet the most stringent needs of sensitive and critical industries, agencies, organizations and governments around the world.

Appliances For Every Size Business

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall can be deployed via eight different appliance series to suit any size organization and their unique needs. Each model comes with centralized management, industry-leading integrated security and the dependability needed in modern network security.

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Our Customers

Why organizations are choosing Forcepoint

Gartner Peer Insights
“Cost effective and scalable solution for NGFW.”

IT Supervisor

Gartner Peer Insights
January 5th, 2023

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“We would still be able to expand without Forcepoint NGFW. But it would be much more difficult and expensive to do so.”

Piotr Kulicki
Business Development and Infrastructure Services Director, Nexpertis

 

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The GNZ blocks 4 million IP addresses per day from accessing the network, and stops users from visiting roughly 10,000 blacklisted websites per week.

Robert Gruppe

Firewall Administor, Joint Network Center (GNZ) for the Berlin-Brandenburg Max Planck Institutions

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Forcepoint Cloud Network Firewall was given a AAA rating when tested by CyberRatings.

CyberRatings
July 2022

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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) enables organizations to deploy network configurations from the cloud without any additional work.
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