What is FWaaS?

As networks become increasingly distributed, traditional firewalls are no longer providing the protection businesses need to secure their data and users.

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is a next-generation firewall that offers a cloud-native approach to providing scalable, consistent protection across your entire network.

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What does Firewall as a Service do?

FWaaS is a Cloud-based firewall ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) that works as an intrusion prevention system and provides security measures such as URL filtering, advanced threat protection (ATP), intrusion prevention system (IPS), and Domain Name System (DNS) security.

Firewall as a Service VS Traditional Firewall.

FWaas is a next-generation cloud-based firewall that has a variety of capabilities that traditional firewalls don't offer. This enables organisations to scale their cloud security as their business evolves, creating a more secure network with a longer lifespan.

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Deeper content inspection

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Malware attack identification

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Enables the move to a cloud infrastructure

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Management efficiency

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Deeper network traffic inspection & policy enforcement

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Lower CapEx costs

FWaaS in Action

Here is how FWaaS is utilised within a typical business to protect its users and devices.

Global Network

FWaaS is adopted to secure an organsation’s global network. Remote and onsite employees connect to their network using the cloud-based FWaaS - without even knowing they’re doing it. The FWaaS then inspects all inbound and outbound network traffic.

Central Management

The network security policies are centrally managed, ensuring consistent security across all locations. The service scales dynamically to handle varying traffic loads, providing advanced threat protection and real-time monitoring.

Secure & Seamless

By routing traffic through Digital Space’s infrastructure, this customer maintains robust security without the need for physical appliances. This setup simplifies management, reduces costs, and ensures compliance with industry regulations, while offering secure and seamless connectivity for all users and devices.

Our security customers include

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Tool Station
Microsoft Azure
ABP
AWS
Cloud
IBM Cloud
Pure Storage
Pure Storage
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Part of the SASE family

FWaaS is part of the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) family due to its cloud-based network traffic surveillance and access controls.

SASE enables you to consolidate your network security services such as ZTNA, SWG, FWaaS and CASB with SD-WAN (Software-defined Wide Area Network) into a single management platform to simpler and faster management to enable more efficient cloud computing.

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Digital Space is your Secure, Connected Cloud Partner

Digital Space is a recognised managed security service provider (MSSP), partnering with leading security vendors like Fortinet, Cisco, and Mimecast.

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