If you are looking for firewall companies/vendors in India then you have landed at the right place. Cyber threats are now becoming a critical challenge for companies worldwide. Companies are facing a number of cyber threats like network-based ransomware, social engineered trojans, unpatched software (such as Java, Adobe Reader, Flash), phishing, network traveling worms, advanced persistent threats and many more. To protect your business from internal and external cyber threats, one must consider to impellent a firewall to filter incoming and outgoing network traffic.
History of firewall: The term firewall was officially used in computer network security in the late 1980s when the internet was establishing as a medium of corporate and social communication. Routers were the first hardware-based firewall used for network security.
A firewall is a network security device or software that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and decides whether to allow or block specific traffic based on the defined set of security rules.
Firewalls are generally categorized as network based or host based. Network-based firewalls are positioned on the gateway computer of LANs, WANs, and intranets. They could be either software application running on general purpose hardware or hardware-based appliances.
Host-based firewalls may be a daemon or service as a part of the operating system or an agent application such as endpoint security or protection.
Types of Firewalls:
- Proxy firewall
- Stateful inspection firewall
- Unified threat management firewall
- Next-generation firewall
- Threat-focused NGFW
List of Top 5 Next-Gen Firewall Companies in India
Fortinet: Fortinet is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and markets cybersecurity software, appliances, and services, such as firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and endpoint security, among others. It is the fourth-largest network security company by revenue. The company is operating from Bangalore in India as a Fortinet Innovation Centre India Pvt Ltd.
Sophos Technology India Pvt Ltd: Sophos is a British security software and hardware company. Sophos develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security, mobile security, and unified threat management. The company is operating from Ahmedabad in India.
WiJungle: WiJungle, a HttpCart Technologies Pvt. Ltd product is a unified (NextGen Firewall + Hotspot Gateway) appliance that seamlessly manages the network, internet, and security of industry verticals like Corporates, Education Institutes, Hospitality, Healthcare, Retail, Transport, Smart City, Residential Estates, Events etc. across the globe.
WiJungle is a Govt. Of India (DIPP) recognized appliance for product, process and service innovation and is one of the Most Promising Enterprise Information Security Product as per CIO Review.
Sonicwall: SonicWall, a subsidiary of Dell from 2012 to 2016 now is an independent private company headquartered in San Jose, California. In India, the company is operating from Bangalore. The company develops, manufacture and sells network firewalls, content control, and network security hardware and software. The company’s main products are network firewalls, UTMs (Unified Threat Management), VPNs (Virtual Private Network), and anti-spam for email. For safer VPNs and proxies, visit https://proxy-rarbg.org/
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd: Check Point is an Israeli multinational provider of software and combined hardware and software products for IT security, including network security, endpoint security, mobile security, data security, and security management. The company is operating from Bangalore in India as a Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
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