Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Scalability

OA
Architect Network Security at GTT

It's not a useful tool if your goal is to expand your architecture or platform. 

View full review »
DM
Associate Consultant at SoftwareONE

The solution scales well. If a company needs to scale, it can do so with ease.

View full review »
Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Manager at Gilat Satellite Networks

From the design that we took, it had the ability to scale up to 250 clients. That was good for what we needed but we failed with the first customer and could not complete the implementation for the second one.

In our environment, we had ten users.

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
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.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
MA
Division Manager, Information Technology at Lonestar

In terms of scalability, it depends on the specific model being utilized. Basic models may have limitations and may need to be more scalable. However, mid to high-range firewall models, such as the Next Generation ones, are stackable and scalable. It means multiple branches can seamlessly run the same solution without encountering any issues.

In our organization, approximately 200 users utilize the solution. It is extensively and regularly used as our users rely heavily on URL filtering.

View full review »
RG
CIO at Content-ti

The number of users depends on the customer environment. Typically, there are up to 5,000 users. 

At the moment, there are no plans to increase usage.

View full review »
Petr Pouzar - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at M-COM s.r.o

It is a very scalable solution. If you don't have enough capacity, you can easily double or even triple it. If you need to add extra Forcepoint devices due to insufficient power, it's just a matter of expanding the cluster. Additionally, the physical boxes can be set up as a hybrid cluster, which means you don't necessarily need the same expensive appliances. You can purchase more affordable ones and integrate them into the Acris cluster. Forcepoint's physical appliances can share and distribute the network traffic between them.

We have enterprise-level as well as small-sized clients. 

View full review »
it_user972015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution is very simple to scale. You just need to keep on adding devices. The firewall can cluster with multiple different models. Scalability-wise, this firewall will be the best firewall for an organization who is operating with a low budget. We typically implement for medium-sized to enterprise-level organizations.

View full review »
Dino R - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten.

View full review »
RG
CIO at Content-ti

We feel Forcepoint's scalability to be pretty easy and good. It works very well. 

View full review »
Ashish Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-founder | Product Manager | CEO @ ReDi at TRIAD Technologies

The scalability is very good. I would rate it eight or nine out of ten in terms of the ability to expand.

We have about 200 people using the solution at this time.

View full review »
AW
Technical Support Specialist Networks at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability-wise, I cannot comment because we have not increased the number of firewalls or the number of nodes on our existing firewall. Although we have not implemented these changes, I know that it's very easy to increase the number of nodes and bandwidth, which means that it is very scalable, but from an on-premise point of view, we haven't done that. 

View full review »
MR
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. However, I think there is room for more improvement in the auto-scaling feature in SD-WAN.

View full review »
HF
Assistant Manager, Information Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

This solution is scalable. 

View full review »
SC
IT Director at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

This is a scalable product. We have approximately 300 users.

View full review »
AN
Head of Infrastructure & Cloud Section at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our projects are not very demanding in terms of performance. Therefore, we don't have any special requirements for scalability. We have some customers for whom we manage this kind of technology, and the scalability or performance is achieved by deploying a greater data appliance.

View full review »
GM
IT Infra Head at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution scales well and the performance is not degraded. We have 35 registered users in the organization.

View full review »
Mohamed Abdel Hassanein - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at FORESEC

It is scalable. We have many customers, and some of them have from 500 to 1,000 users.

View full review »
Vijay Bhaskara Maram - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Pyramid IT Solutions Pvt Ltd

The salability of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is great.

We have three clients that are using this solution.

View full review »
KA
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

With the SD-WAN capabilities, it is very scalable. We have about 6,000 users.

View full review »
AA
Senior IT Operations Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Yes, this solution is scalable.

View full review »
PM
Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

Scalability is fantastic. We are using an active-active cluster and there is no problem with adding another node. Currently, we have a two-node cluster, but there is no problem in adding a third node.

This solution protects approximately three hundred users.

View full review »
LP
Product Manager at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall is a scalable solution.

View full review »
ME
Technical Support Engineer at MCS

It is scalable.

View full review »
Anwar Sleem - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Director at Ceitcon

Adding users is very straightforward. 

View full review »
TA
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have around 50 users of this solution in our company.

View full review »
BH
Security Pre-Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

After three or five years, if you want to change the model with a bigger model because of the network expansion, I think they support that. Our clients are huge enterprise businesses.

View full review »
TO
Security Product Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product.

I work with various types of users and organizations. We have maybe, starting with 20,000 users to 100 users.

View full review »
KA
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It can handle a lot.

View full review »
MS
Managing Director at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

A company would have absolutely no problem scaling this solution. If a team needs to build it out, they can do so quite easily.

View full review »
AW
Manager at Readytech

Scaling this solution is difficult. We have approximately 100 users.

View full review »
EL
Sr. Network Engineer at a university with 201-500 employees

The solution isn't scalable. We have about 5,000 users, but they are never on it at the same time. Traffic just passes through.

View full review »
SZ
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment.

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
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.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.