What is a firewall and why does your business need one?
In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is more important than ever. As businesses rely on digital tools to operate, the risk of cyber-attacks increases. A firewall is a critical piece of technology that helps safeguard your company from these threats. In this article, we’ll explore what a firewall is, how it works, and why Unifi’s managed firewall solutions are the right choice to protect your business.
What is a Firewall?
A firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing traffic based on security rules. It acts as a barrier, allowing safe traffic while blocking harmful threats.
Why your business needs a Firewall:
- Prevents Cyber Attacks: Unifi’s firewalls solutions are designed to block harmful traffic, preventing attacks like malware and ransomware.
- Protects Sensitive Data: Our solutions ensure your business’s valuable data remains protected from unauthorised access.
- Ensures Compliance: Unifi’s firewall solutions are compliant with industry standards, helping your business meet regulatory requirements.
Why Unifi’s Managed Firewall Solutions?
Unifi offers advanced, customisable managed firewall solutions that provide robust protection for businesses of all sizes. With manage Unifi’s firewall systems, you can have peace of mind knowing that your network is secure.
At Unifi we understand the importance of comprehensive security protection for your organisation’s network infrastructure. Our Managed Firewall combines Unified Threat Management (UTM) with Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) for advanced security capabilities to safeguard your network against evolving cyber threats.
- Comprehensive Threat Protection: Advanced firewall capabilities with comprehensive threat detection and prevention technologies to provide multi-layered security protection against a wide range of cyber threats.
- Advanced Firewall Functionality: Our NGFW solutions offer state-of-the-art firewall functionality, including stateful inspection, packet filtering, and network address translation (NAT), to effectively control incoming and outgoing network traffic.
- Enhanced Threat Detection and Prevention: Our NGFW solutions integrate intrusion prevention system (IPS), advanced threat detection, and real-time threat intelligence feeds to detect and block advanced threats, including malware, ransomware, and zero-day attacks.
- Application Control and Visibility: With deep packet inspection (DPI) capabilities, our NGFW solutions provide granular visibility and control over application usage, allowing you to enforce policies based on application type, category, and user identity.
- Secure Remote Access: Our NGFW solutions offer secure remote access capabilities, including virtual private network (VPN) functionality, to ensure secure connectivity for remote users and branch offices.
- Scalability and Flexibility: Our NGFW solutions integrate intrusion prevention system (IPS), advanced threat detection, and real-time threat intelligence feeds to detect and block advanced threats, including malware, ransomware, and zero-day attacks.
- Dedicated Support and Expertise: With Unifi, you’ll have access to dedicated support resources, security experts, and consulting services to help you optimise your firewall policies and configurations and address any security concerns or challenges.
Explore our range of Firewalls.
Firewall is essential for any business’s cybersecurity strategy. With Unifi’s comprehensive Managed Firewall Solutions, your business will be protected from external threats. Explore range of Unifi’s security products and keep your business safe.
The Cisco Firepower 1000 Series is a family of four firewall platforms that deliver business resiliency, management ease-of-use, and threat defense. They offer exceptional sustained performance when advanced threat functions are enabled. 1000 Series addresses use cases from small offices to remote branches. 1000 Series platforms run Cisco Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco ASA software.
The mid-range Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series supports your evolving world. It makes hybrid work and zero trust practical, with the flexibility to ensure strong return on investment. The Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series is a family of four threat-focused security appliances that delivers business resiliency and superior threat defense. Each model offers outstanding performance for multiple firewall use cases, even when advanced threat functions are enabled.
The Cisco Meraki MX are multifunctional security and SD-WAN enterprise appliances with a wide set of capabilities to address multiple use cases-from an all-in-one device. Organizations of all sizes and across all industries rely on the MX to deliver secure connectivity to hub locations or multi-cloud environments, as well as application quality of experience (QoE), through advanced analytics with machine learning.
The Firepower 2100 Series has an innovative dual multicore CPU architecture that optimises firewall, cryptographic, and threat inspection functions simultaneously. Now, achieving security doesn’t come at the expense of network performance. They are designed to be the central hub of all network security activity with maximum productivity
Ready to strengthen your cybersecurity?
A firewall is an essential tool for protecting your business in today’s digital landscape. With Unifi’s managed firewall solutions, you can safeguard your network, protect sensitive data, and stay compliant with industry standards.
Contact us today to learn more about our customisable security options and take the first step towards a safer, more secure business.