How Next-Gen Firewalls Can Benefit You
How Next-Gen Firewalls Can Benefit You 19
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How Next-Gen Firewalls Can Benefit You

A firewall has always been an essential element for global networking and security teams. In the early days, when the first generation of firewalls came out, the major focus was on source IP, destination IP, port, and protocol. Since firewall was new in the tech world, engineers have to develop both inbound and outbound rule sets in order for the firewall to know the “state” of the connection. On the second generation of firewall, engineers build and incorporate intelligence in order to oversee and monitor the “state” of the connections. Thus, in this generation, the rules are set to apply to bidirectional connections.

In the third generation of firewalls, engineers now added intelligence to understand how different protocols function and adapt accordingly in real-time. This dynamic change in technology paves the way for the Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) feature we use today.

The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) adds more intelligence and protective layers to the boundary of conventional firewalls such as application layer detection, and intrusion prevention system. By its very name, NGFW is the advanced level of firewall protection, and in this blog, we will discuss how this Next-Generation Firewall can benefit your organization.

Next-Generation Firewall Benefits

1.   Application-Level Security Functions

NGFW delivers application-level security by integrating with the Intrusion Detection (IDS) and Prevention (IPS) system. These integrations help detect threats and block the packets from circumventing the firewall.

With these applications, you will be able to optimize packet content filtering. Furthermore, they also help in identifying, analyzing, and responding to inconsistent deviations from threat signatures, smart attacks, and standard activity sets based on user behavior.

2.   Remote Console Access

You can remotely set up Next-Generation Firewalls from a single console. Whereas in traditional firewalls, you are required to set up and configure the firewall manually.

3.   Multi-Layered Protection

Traditional can only prevent access through ports which is a single layer of protection. It is an outdated method, especially when it comes to a highly complex and dynamic data architecture environment.

On the other hand, NGFW inspects traffic from Layer 2 to Layer 7, providing multiple layers of protection. At the same time, NGFW also understands the nature of data transmission. For instance, it will allow transferring the data if it’s within the predefined firewall policy, otherwise, it will block the data transfer in its entirety.

Easy-To-Manage Infrastructure

In traditional firewalls, you need a separate security application to deal with each new threat. While, in NGFW, you can use a single authorized device to manage and update security protocols quite efficiently.

Thus, NGFW simplifies the entire process of managing security infrastructure and saves you time for easily conducting daily operations.

Efficiently Utilize The Internet Speed

In traditional firewalls, the internet speed slows down with the addition of a number of security protocols and devices. This is because private network speeds cannot efficiently leverage the internet speed due to the increase in security equipment and services.

Whereas in NGFW, you can efficiently and effectively utilize the internet speed with no regard to how many security protocols and devices you add to your network infrastructure.

End-To-End Security From Virus And Spams

Traditional firewalls do not provide end-to-end security which makes your data vulnerable to threats and cyberattacks.

On the other hand, NGFW comes with a full suite of antivirus, ransomware, and spam protection. It provides end-to-end security to protect your data from potential threats.

Thus, it also saves your money as you don’t have to buy separate software or tools for these purposes. Moreover, it also saves your time and effort as these tools help you easily identify, monitor, and track cyberattacks and prevent them from ever gaining your business data.

Role-Based Access Capabilities

NGFW has a built-in capability to detect and identify user identities. Furthermore, you can establish and set up role-based access to different groups and individuals. That means these groups and users will only get restricted access. With this feature, you will be able to make some data public, while the rest are private. That leads to the protection of your sensitive data.

Conclusion

In the end, NGFW is most definitely an advanced level of firewall that ensures optimum security and privacy of data. Moreover, by utilizing the capabilities of NGFWs, an organization can effectively aggregate the technical debt created by the deployment of multiple disjoint security systems on a single platform. Thus, NGFW helps improve and optimize an organization’s security posture, alleviating the burden and complexity of IT administrators and moderators. As a result, it ensures a high level of security with potential for growth and scalability.

 


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