Best business firewalls: Which firewall is suitable for your business?
There are countless options to choose from when considering firewall protection. Should you invest in an external firewall, stick with a virtual firewall or take the plunge with both?
The firewalls listed here cater to most sizes of organisation, from small businesses that only require virtual firewalls to larger enterprises that should house external firewall hardware.
With recent data breaches highlighting the importance of securing your network, IT Monteur Firewall Firm investigates the best firewalls on the market for every business’ first line of defence.
Firewalls – Buyer’s Guide and Reviews – March 2018
A10 Networks A10 Networks Thunder CFW Barracuda Networks Barracuda Networks NG Firewall Check Point Check Point Power-1 Check Point Check Point UTM-1 Check Point Check Point VPN-1 Check Point Check Point VSX Cisco Cisco Sourcefire Firewalls Cisco Cisco ASA Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls Cisco Cisco Firepower NGFW Cisco Cisco ASAv Fortinet Fortinet FortiGate Fortinet FortiGate-VM GFI Kerio Control Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3Com H3C Firewall Hillstone Networks Hillstone E-Series Hillstone Networks Hillstone T-Series Hillstone Networks Hillstone X-Series Data Center Firewalls Hillstone Networks Hillstone CloudEdge Intel Security Intel Security StoneGate | Intel Security Intel Security Firewall Enterprise MFE Juniper Juniper SRX NetFortris NetFortris Hosted Firewall NetFortris NetFortris Threat Analyzer OPNsense OPNsense Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks WildFire Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks VM-Series pfSense pfSense SonicWall SonicWall TZ SonicWall SonicWall NSA Sophos Sophos Cyberoam UTM Sophos Sophos UTM Sophos Sophos XG Stormshield Stormshield Network Security Trustwave Trustwave Firewalls Untangle Untangle NG Firewall WatchGuard WatchGuard XTM WatchGuard WatchGuard Firebox Zscaler Zscaler Web Security |
Top Firewalls Solutions
| 1 | Fortinet FortiGate | The FortiGate family of NG firewalls provides proven protection with unmatched performance across the network, from internal segments, to data centers, to cloud environments. FortiGates are available in a large range of sizes and form factors and are key components of the Fortinet Security Fabric, which enables immediate, intelligent defense against known and new threats throughout the entire network | |
| 2 | Cisco ASA | Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is Cisco’s end-to-end software solution and core operating system that powers the Cisco ASA product series. This software solution provides enterprise-level firewall capabilities for all types of ASA products, including blades, standalone appliances and virtual devices. Adaptive Security Appliance provides protection to organizations of all sizes, and allows end-users to access information securely anywhere, at any time, and through any device.Adaptive Security Appliance is also fully compatible with other key security technologies, and so provides organizations with an all-encompassing security solution. | |
| 3 | Sophos UTM | The global network of highly skilled researchers and analysts, protecting businesses from known and emerging malware – viruses, rootkits and spyware. | |
| 4 | pfSense | Providing comprehensive network security solutions for the enterprise, large business and SOHO, pfSense solutions bring together the most advanced technology available to make protecting your network easier than ever before. Our products are built on the most reliable platforms and are engineered to provide the highest levels of performance, stability and confidence. | |
| 5 | Palo Alto Networks WildFire | WildFire™ cloud-based threat analysis service is the industry’s most advanced analysis and prevention engine for highly evasive zero-day exploits and malware. The cloud-based service employs a unique multi-technique approach combining dynamic and static analysis, innovative machine learning techniques, and a groundbreaking bare metal analysis environment to detect and prevent even the most evasive threats. | |
| 6 | Sophos Cyberoam UTM | Cyberoam Unified Threat Management hardware appliances offer comprehensive security to organizations, ranging from large enterprises to small and branch offices. Multiple security features integrated over a single, Layer 8 Identity-based platform make security simple, yet highly effective. | |
| 7 | SonicWall TZ | The secure, sophisticated SonicWALL TZ is widely deployed at small businesses, retail, government, remote sites and branch offices. It combines high-performance intrusion prevention, malware blocking, content/URL filtering and application control. | |
| 8 | Meraki MX Firewalls | With the proliferation of modern applications and mixed-use networks, host and port based security is no longer sufficient. Cisco Meraki’s layer 7 “next generation” firewall, included in MX security appliances and every wireless AP, gives administrators complete control over the users, content, and applications on their network. | |
| 9 | WatchGuard XTM | Small businesses need big security, too, and the WatchGuard XTM Series firewall/VPN appliances deliver that strong protection Ð but without the hefty price tag. Enterprise-grade security includes full HTTPS content inspection, VoIP support, and optional security subscriptions like Application Control and Intrusion Prevention Service. | |
| 10 | Juniper SRX | High-performance security with advanced, integrated threat intelligence, delivered on the industry’s most scalable and resilient platform. SRX Series gateways set new benchmarks with 100GbE interfaces and feature Express Path technology, which enables up to 1 Tbps performance for the data center. |
