Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Primary Use Case
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OusaidAbaz
Architect Network Security at GTT
We use it internally. We use it as a firewall. We use it just as a gateway.
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Dharmendra Mishra
Associate Consultant at SoftwareONE
We primarily provide the solution to our customers.
I don't create the use cases. I just deploy as required.
Largely, the solution is used for protection. It can be used for various purposes, including URL filtering, spam filtering, and VPN.
View full review »We had planned on using this product as our multi-tenant firewall. After one year, we stopped using it because there was a problem with supporting some of the protocols.
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
April 2024
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Mairajuddin Ahmed
Division Manager, Information Technology at Lonestar
The platform is a firewall and Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution. We have implemented it in our production environment, particularly with VPN configurations. It proves to be an excellent tool for safeguarding our perimeter network. One of its standout features is its centralized management server, allowing us to manage multiple devices using a single console efficiently.
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reviewer1047669
PS & Technical Manager at a integrator with 11-50 employees
Many of our clients have a two-stage firewall. They use one vendor in the data center and another on-prem, so we have to choose between Forcepoint or Cisco. There are choices, but many of our clients have Forcepoint.
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Robson Giovanelli Silva
CIO at Content-ti
We primarily use it as a next-generation firewall.
View full review »I use Next Generation Firewall as the main point of security in our infrastructure.
View full review »Our use cases involve deploying the Forcepoint solution, which includes installing the SMC server, management server, log server, as well as physical appliances and designing the clustering of Forcepoint.
View full review »We primarily use the solution for perimeter security. We use it across the entire office.
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MuhammadRicky Anggoro Pratomo
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Forcepoint is a next-generation firewall, we are using it as a firewall for one of our customers, which includes one data center and 95 branches. Using the SD-WAN feature on Forcepoint NGFW, we provide a secure connection from all the branches to the data center.
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reviewer1774215
Assistant Manager, Information Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
We publish books and use Forcepoint Firewall as the first line of defense on VPN access.
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reviewer1072254
IT Director at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
We are using this solution as our corporate firewall.
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reviewer1322226
Head of Infrastructure & Cloud Section at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We give consultancy and propose technology based on the customer's design. We also do long-term deployments. Normally, our solutions are deployed on-premises. We have some key projects where almost everything is deployed on-premises. We also manage the solutions and infrastructures with firewalls, network devices, etc. We have a great experience with different technologies, and Forcepoint is one of them.
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reviewer1506144
IT Infra Head at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We use this product to improve our security, as part of our overall solution that includes antivirus, IPS, and other products.
View full review »Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is mainly used for obligation redundancy, such as for latency distal and packet loss.
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Mustafa Adel
Senior Solutions Architect at Infort
We use it for SD-WAN, IPS, VPN, and subscription keys on the cloud or have an MDM on-premises.
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Yasir Zubair
Senior Manager - ICT Technical at CNS Engineering
We use the solution in a data center for security.
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Koroi Anise
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Our primary uses for Forcepoint are internet access, filtering, and intruder detection. We also use it for file sharing.
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AhmadAlshami
Senior IT Operations Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
We just use this firewall for security in terms of network access.
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reviewer898881
Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
Our primary use case for this solution is as a perimeter between our internal and external networks. It is a critical security firewall.
We have an on-premises deployment.
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MarkEdward
Technical Support Engineer at MCS
I work for a distribution company. We implement around 2,300 firewalls in Egypt for schools. We use the licenses to manage all these firewalls together and push policies for the firewall. We use it for security to restrict some rules for accessing the internet for students.
View full review »Our customer uses this solution as a standard next-generation firewall and VPN.
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reviewer1319712
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We are a platinum partner of Forcepoint. We work on most of the Forcepoint portfolio, such as web security, event security, and DLP at the endpoint level as well as at the laptop level.
This solution can be used for different use cases. You can deploy it as an IPS near the data center zone. You can also put it in-line, which is recommended most of the time not only for Forcepoint but also for many other next-generation firewall vendors. Otherwise, you need to deploy it as a normal next-generation firewall and enable some specific IPS policies on the firewall itself. One of our customers needed encryption between remote sites.
We have a professional services team that handles the implementation of these solutions. We install the latest version of this solution. Most of the customers ask for an on-premises deployment. There are some customers who ask for a private cloud deployment.
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Bishoy-Habib
Security Pre-Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Our customers use Forcepoint like a cluster, which is standby active and passive. They also use it for the perimeter firewall, so it's on-premises.
The primary use case for this solution is when a customer asks for something that does automatic optimization, as well as security at the same time. It also has high performance capabilities, including enabling the SSL decryption feature. I recommend Forcepoint for these customers. If the customer has another solution for deep packet inspection of SSL encrypted traffic, I recommend Palo Alto, because they already have a solution for deep packet inspection for the kind of traffic in the network. From my point of view, at this point they do not need Forcepoint, so I would recommend Palo Alto.
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reviewer1806405
Security Product Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I offer our clients the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall.
I work as a presales representative and a product manager for Forcepoint. I'm working on product demonstration demos and proofs-of-concept. I give customers sessions and show them firewall demos. Even if it's on-premises, cloud-based, or virtualized.
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Koroi Anise
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We use it for a government network, here in Fiji.
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reviewer1378020
Managing Director at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
I provide Forcepoint services to my clients.
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Arf-Wu
Manager at Readytech
Forcepoint makes up part of our security solution.
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reviewer1461459
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The solution has the ability to stop the latest malware threats and any exploits to computer systems.
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.