Most industries have been shut down due to Covid-19 throughout the world excluding the I.T industry. Other industries associated with IT came under it. All workforce from the Software industry, banking, enterprises still needs to work even the social distance followed by everyone. AS world doesn’t stop here, it moves on so work from home culture is adopted by companies and it brings new challenges.
As most people are working from home they are using internet connection directly from their service provider modem and this setup allows the software firewall running on the ISP router and the encryption (WPA/WP2 or WPA3) for the wireless connection, that’s just about it.
For small and enterprise-level security products make sure that the work you do is safe and important information is kept safe from the outside world in the safe and secure network. Most of the networks may get compromised easily as compared to the office networks as the office network is managed by professionals.
Firewalls are installed in big organisations and corporations to protect the vast chain of networks and data. A firewall prevents inside and outside data from entering a network as it denies access to certain websites.
One of the most effective ways to prevent malware from spreading across your network is by segregating the networks by partitioning via Firewall and hence, creating safe zones. It is very important to deploy a Firewall between networks and servers/computers.
For small and medium-sized businesses, a firewall occupies a special place.
To select the most appropriate firewall hardware, required skills and insights and foresight to make sure about the correct firewall. If you are worried about where to start looking for a firewall? Please check the below information.
Pondesk offer appliances compatible with most firewall like pfSense, Untangle, Sophos etc and is very easy to manage. It’s not a required team of professionals to set it up. We have the right products with features like AES-NI, purpose-built systems to boost IPS and IDS workloads.
The below information is giving a real-world performance for different firewalls. Described Technical specification and configuration required to admin firewall and operate and troubleshoot the hardware or software properly
| FireWall | pfSense | OPNsense | Sophos | Endian | Kerio | |
| Number of Users | 1350-5,400 | 1350-5,400 | 1350-5,400 | 1350-5,400 | 1350-5,400 |
New Sessions per second refers to how many new connections from clients can be accepted.
IPSec VPN Tunnel image shows volume of traffic that can pass through a firewall for a user who has connected to the network via an SSL-VPN remote access connection.
Open VPN is used by many virtual private networks.
VPNs, to make sure any data sent over the internet is encrypted and private.
Bridge – Connecting multiple routers can extend the Wi-Fi coverage in your office/home.
NAT – successful message delivery over a communication channel
Routed – When a firewall has IP addresses assigned to its interfaces, it acts as a router hop for packets passing through it
PONDESK specialises in embedded Industrial fanless security gateway appliances with excellent security protection.
Fanless Security Gateway Appliance (MNHO-085 ) is perfect for industrial automation, firewall, cyber security, manufacturing process etc.
Thanks to Pondesk PICOPC for providing the best security appliances for small and medium businesses with a firewall.
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