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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

I liked that it has multilayer protection and implementation of role based access. It also provides the administrators to monitor threats and respond to critical threats in a simple way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Cloud security features should also be included and the connectivity should be improved also and its heavy systemresources consumption should be enhanced and SD-WAN core features should also be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

The best thing I liked the most is its easy to use GUI and its protection is great but the connectivity should be improved and the use of system recourses also and the support for application based policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Overview

What is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Connecting and protecting distributed enterprises and government agencies is more important than ever before. Defending your people and critical assets starts at the new edge. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall combines true enterprise-class SD-WAN, advanced intrusion prevention, and seamless integration with cloud-based SASE security to keep your people and data safe—all at global scale. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall provides: - Proactively detect and discover advanced threats - Keep people and data safe with a human-centric approach to SASE security - Protect distributed enterprises and government agencies using secure branch networking and SD-WAN

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Details
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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a network security solution that combines advanced threat protection, deep packet inspection, and integrated security management to safeguard networks across distributed environments while ensuring high performance and reliability.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall provides advanced multi-link connectivity with innovative intrusion prevention at global scale.

Forcepoint pioneered both the integration of SD-WAN capabilities into firewalls and the defense against evasion techniques that internet attackers use to get past most network defenses. Our appliances provide zero-downtime, mixed-model clustering of up to 16 devices. Our global customers manage thousands of sites from a single console which simplifies threat mitigation and allows security teams to become more agile.

Forcepoint is a 4-time Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary for Network Firewalls.


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Recent Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Reviews

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Firewall for advanced threat protection with deep packet scanning capabilities"
Forecepoint provides Advanced threat protection, intrusion preventation and secure web application scanning. Forecpoint Policies are flexible and r...
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Sanket M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Forcepoint NGFW"
Forcepoint most secure feature is, we are not able to take GUI acces via web browser. As per other firewall vendor the forcepoint is easy to imple...
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Nitin K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Forcepoint NXGEN - Future firewall"
Forcepoint NGFW provides ultimate UTM security to the organisation perimeter network. IT comes with SD wan capablities which seamless network flow ...
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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Pros and Cons

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Forecepoint provides Advanced threat protection, intrusion preventation and secure web application scanning. Forecpoint Policies are flexible and rules can be created and modified as per business requirements. It has low latency and does not impact the network performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Limited customization

Advance configuration options are complex and requires subject matter expert to customize the rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Forecepoint protects advanced level cyberattacks from external attackers and cyberthreats like ransomware , zero-day exploits and data exfiltration etc and helping business to secure our digital assets.It provides real-time network visibility and attack surface to improve company security posture , ensure compliance and reduce risk of unahuthroized access and data breaches Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Forcepoint NGFW provides ultimate UTM security to the organisation perimeter network. IT comes with SD wan capablities which seamless network flow and security over the internet. We can monitor and control firewall via signle console. In consolve we can add different versions and different models of firewall which is additional feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Contact to the Management server with firewalls sometimes fails that we need to do again and again via OTP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Forcepoint firewall is best SD-WAN and firewall solution. We can implement this as a router with SD-WAN and Firewall by adding multiple ACL's.

We can manage centralised logs of all the firewall in internal server or we can assign dedicated log server to all the firewalls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Forcepoint most secure feature is, we are not able to take GUI acces via web browser.

As per other firewall vendor the forcepoint is easy to implement and configure, also user freindly dashboard.

if we want to integrate with the any tool we are received articles regarding the integration on support portal.

TAC Support is also user freiendly and valuable quick suport. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

SMC Dashboard is like older one.

as checked with the other vendor forcepoint is very costly in price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

facilitate the secure connectivity etween user to the office connection.

provides vissibility of user traffice in proper manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

The initial implementation posed some difficulties. But the security coverage it provides is above expectations. The Next Gen features are exceptional and fulfill our requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

The lack of application-based protection support which is something that is very essential for cyber threat protection makes Forcepoint somewhat questionable choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint SASE Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Forcepoint SASE Platform solves the need for NGFW Network Security. It is safeguarding our networks, against cyber threats. This ensures our data remains protected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Products used within Forcepoint SASE Platform: Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
What do you like best about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

Forcepoint SASE Platform has some occasional performance issues. It offers security. It consistently improves and becomes more mature, over time. There are some glitches that block websites while ensuring overall security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

The lack of application-based protection support and troubleshooting capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint SASE Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Forcepoint SASE Platform solves our network security concerns. This benefits our business by providing protection against cyber threats but does not ensure data integrity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Products used within Forcepoint SASE Platform: Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
What do you like best about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

Forcepoint SASE Platform is a product in which the dashboard may experience some glitches. Its performance is solid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint SASE Platform?

Forcepoint SASE Platform Provides security characters there is room for improvement in terms of connectivity and system resource usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint SASE Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Forcepoint SASE Platform solve the problems of safeguarding our network against cyber threats. Its NGFW security features ensure that our valuable business data remains protected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Next-Gen helps not just stop the intruder but it senses the loopholes that would be at risk of exploitation and help the team fix them. A must-have product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

I don't have any dislike at the movement; Next-Gen has identified all the customer requirements and developed it. If anyone doesn't have Next-Gen, that's my dislike. :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Next-Gen have helped my ROI grow; my response team can better manage their time for other essential items on their plates that require their quality and cognitive thinking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

Forcepoint keeps the product up to date as per the industry needs. The most important thing that I liked is it provides the administrators to monitor the cyber attacks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

No proper trial version to hands on, A proper documentation need to be developed.They still need to work more on user interface.

I want you guys to focus more on self training videos and to maintain a learning platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is mostly helpful in Virtual Private Network connections. And it helps in cyber attacks and unknown threats. It will be the main source for security in the market going forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

The best software for architecture the network for multi cluster architecture. It is better to have configure the security for ingress and outgrew for each and every nodes in the cluster architecture and this is the best tool to go for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

It is not that much easy to configure the firewalls. It requires more time and effort to structure a network with firewalls configured as it takes time to self build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security issues getting solved, and configuring a firewall system for a multi cluster architecture network is possible without much intervention of security audits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

User-friendly and easy to configure and understand. Easy to detect vulnerabilities and fix. Comparing to other legacy products this is very updated according to the industry need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?

It would be better if documents or troubleshooting steps can be provided and updated regularly. To make ease to create support requests and to use trial versions easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps to implement effective security architecture to prevent cyber attacks. Especially my organization iqvia recenlty strated exploring it in our Azure Cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.