Top 3 Benefits of Next Generation Firewall for your wireless security
Posted by Beth Jackson on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 @ 12:05 PM
There is a new generation of devices heading for your network. Having a "Next Generation Firewall" in place makes sure you are ready. Application Visibility, Application Control, and the best Threat Protection are all provided with a Next Generation Firewall.
Here are 3 Benefits of the Next Generation Firewall:
1) Application Visibility
Application visibility gives you the ability to see streaming audio and video, file sharing, collaboration, and social networks; just a few types of applications that are capable of hopping from port to port, using encryption and non-standard ports all as a means of evading traditional firewalls. The value these applications provide varies widely, but without application visibility and control, all of them introduce a range of risks including loss of productivity, compliance issues, threat propagation and data leakage.
2) Application Control
Application control is as critical as identifying the applications. Attempts at regaining application control by bolstering the port-based firewall with intrusion prevention systems (IPS), URL filtering or proxies have been exercises in futility. None of these offerings are capable of seeing all the traffic on the network nor are they designed to act as the most strategic security element on the network – the firewall. The Next Generation Firewall identifies and controls applications, users and content.
3) Threat Prevention
In order to prevent threats effectively, any network needs to first reduce the avenues of attack by controlling which applications run on it. Then, a firewall needs to scan “allowed” application traffic for threats more broadly, while not limiting them to a strict definition of a particular type of threat (e.g., "virus" or "exploit"). SecurEdge Networks next generation firewalls deliver a high performance threat prevention solution.
The Next Generation Firewall can limit traffic to only approved applications, thereby avoiding risks from unnecessary applications. A byproduct of this is also reduced bandwidth consumption from unnecessary traffic. The Next Gen Firewall can also scan "good" applications for a wide variety of threats, even confidential data leaks.
These are just a few of the new features in the next generation firewall series. Want to know more about how the Next Generation Firewall can help you? Contact us for a free consultation on how we can help eliminate subscription services and get your network secure or download our Free wireless design kit!
