SonicWall announced its assertive new focus to protect mid-tier enterprises from known and unknown cyberattacks as the company introduced 12 new enhanced products and solutions including SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform to deliver integrated cloud-scale management and true end-to-end security that protects networks, email, endpoints, mobile and remote users.
Bill Conner, President and CEO at SonicWall
“The past 18 months were focused on expanding our security portfolio and restoring customers and partners to the SonicWall brand,” said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner. “Now, we are delivering a disruptive, cloud-based platform that brings together endpoint, firewall and cloud application security with management, reporting, analytics and integrated threat visibility.
A cornerstone of SonicWall’s mid-tier focus is the launch of five new next-generation firewalls: the NSa 6650, 9250, 9450 and 9650 models, and the NSsp 12000 series.
The NSa series firewalls provide increased performance and value with added features and enhancements. The NSsp 12000 series is designed for distributed enterprises, data centers, universities and MSSPs. Both series of firewalls leverage innovative machine-learning security technologies in the SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform that deliver proven protection from advanced cyber threats, such as ransomware, zero-day attacks and networks intrusions — all without impacting performance.
The new NSa models offer a high availability (HA) solution for sound business continuity at the lowest TCO in the industry. Many competitors require a full-price purchase of the failover unit, as well as full subscription services after the first year.
The NSa 6650, 9250, 9450 and 9650 include 10-GbE and 2.5-GbE interfaces to enable more devices to connect directly to the firewall without requiring a switch. The new NSa firewalls also enable more connections than its predecessors, including nearly five times the number of stateful packet inspection (SPI) connections and 25 times the number of SSL/TLS deep packet inspection (DPI) connections. Additional technical features include:
- Enterprise-grade 10-GbE and 2.5-GbE firewalls
- Available in HA bundle
- Up to 1.5 times higher performance than predecessors
- Up to 10 times more encrypted connections than predecessors
- Real-time TLS/SSL decryption and inspection
- Redundant power supplies and fans
- Built-in modular storage
- Powered by new SonicOS 6.5.2
- High-Performance Security Services Platform for Managed Service Providers, Distributed Enterprises, Campuses & Data Centers
Complementing the expanded NSa offerings, the new NSsp 12400 and 12800 next-generation firewalls are capable of scanning millions of connections for the latest cyber threats.
With multiple 40-GbE interfaces, the NSsp series enables the high-speed throughput large organizations need into today’s fast-paced networked environment. They support more connected devices and the large number of unencrypted and encrypted web sessions they create.
“Organizations serving thousands of concurrent customers require performance and security capabilities not found in standard networking solutions,” said SonicWall Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Atul Dhablania. “We’ve engineered purpose-built security appliances to align with the performance, availability and failover needs of enterprises, service providers, data centers and other highly distributed organizations.”
NSsp series technical features include:
- High port density featuring 40-GbE and 10-GbE interfaces
- Cloud-based and on-box threat prevention
- Real-time TLS/SSL decryption and inspection
- Built-in modular storage
- Redundant power supplies and fans
- 4U rackmount chassis
- Built-in redundancy features
- Manage Shadow IT with Real-Time Cloud Application Security
SonicWall Cloud App Security is a cloud-based security service that enables organizations to secure SaaS application usage and reduce risk of shadow IT. The service provides functionality like Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solutions, delivering real-time visibility and control of applications being used by employees.
A comprehensive dashboard enables administrators to discover usage of risky applications, track user activity, and set allow/block policies on sanctioned and unsanctioned applications, ensuring safe adoption of SaaS applications.
