zWAN – NEXT GENERATION FIREWALL USE CASE
Securing Your Environment with the zWAN NGFW Appliance
Organizations need more than basic routing to protect today’s distributed networks. Branch offices, remote sites, retail locations, and enterprise environments require security at the network edge to inspect traffic, enforce access policies, block threats, and maintain reliable connectivity across locations.
The zWAN Gateway Router can serve as a Next Generation Firewall appliance, combining secure SD-WAN connectivity with firewall, IPS/IDS, DNS filtering, URL/domain filtering, SSL inspection, VPN, traffic controls, reporting, and centralized management. This use case highlights how zWAN helps organizations strengthen network security while simplifying deployment and administration.
The Need for Next Generation Firewall Protection
The zWAN Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a security enforcement platform that inspects, controls, and protects all network traffic at the application, user, and content level stopping threats before they enter, move through, or exit your network.
zWAN NGFW appliances help organizations protect users, applications, and network traffic across distributed environments. By combining firewall enforcement, traffic inspection, threat prevention, web filtering, VPN, and centralized management, zWAN provides a practical security appliance for branch offices, remote sites, small businesses, and enterprise networks.
Key Security Features of zWAN Next Generation Firewall Appliance
Core Firewall and Threat Protection
- Stateful Firewall: Monitors active network sessions and applies intelligent traffic controls to help block unauthorized access.
- DDoS Attack Protection: Helps protect the network from denial-of-service attacks designed to disrupt business operations.
- IPS/IDS: Detects and helps prevent suspicious or malicious network activity before it can impact critical systems.
- DNS Filtering: Blocks access to known malicious, risky, or unwanted domains at the DNS request level.
- MAC Address Filtering: Controls network access by allowing or restricting devices based on their MAC addresses.
- Geofencing: Restricts or allows traffic based on geographic location to help enforce regional security policies.
- SSL Inspection: Inspects encrypted traffic to detect hidden threats while maintaining secure communication controls.
- URL and Domain Filtering: Filters web access by category, reputation score, and real-time anti-phishing intelligence to reduce exposure to unsafe websites.
- Antivirus Protection: Scans network traffic for malware and other known threats to help prevent infections.
- Application Control: Identifies and manages application traffic to help enforce usage policies, reduce exposure, and prevent risky or unauthorized applications from impacting the network.
Advanced Security, Management, and Connectivity
- Flexible Management Options: Supports standalone local GUI management, NMS-based monitoring, and centralized Director management for scalable administration.
- Deep Packet Inspection: Analyzes network traffic beyond basic headers to identify applications, threats, and policy violations.
- Rules and Policies: Gives administrators granular control over traffic behavior, access permissions, and security enforcement.
- SNMP Compliance: Supports SNMP-based monitoring for integration with existing network management tools.
- Alerts and Reporting: Provides visibility into security events, system activity, and policy enforcement through alerts and reports.
- Simplified and Secure Deployment: Streamlines setup and ongoing administration while maintaining strong security controls.
- Security Updates: Automatically updates security signatures to defend against malicious sites, malware, and unauthorized network access.
- Captive Portal: Provides controlled user access for guest, public, or authenticated network environments.
- Site-to-Site VPN: Enables secure encrypted connections between branch offices, headquarters, and remote locations.
- MultiWAN Support: Improves WAN reliability and performance with link failover and link aggregation capabilities.
Find the Right zWAN NGFW Appliance for Your Environment
zWAN Next Generation Firewall Appliances are available in multiple hardware models to support different network sizes, security requirements, and deployment environments. Whether you need NGFW protection for a small business, multi-location organization, or enterprise infrastructure, AmZetta offers a zWAN appliance designed to fit your needs.
zWAN z50
Best Fit: Small BusinessesThe zWAN z50 is a strong fit for small businesses that need firewall protection, secure VPN access, web filtering, and reliable multi-WAN connectivity without deploying a large enterprise appliance. It provides practical NGFW protection for growing teams and everyday business operations.
zWAN z60
Best Fit: Medium Businesses and Multi-Location NetworksThe zWAN z60 is designed for medium-sized businesses, branch offices, retail locations, and distributed teams that need scalable NGFW protection. With additional ports and support for larger user environments, it helps secure traffic across multiple locations while simplifying network management.
zWAN z70
Best Fit: Large Business InfrastructureThe zWAN z70 is built for larger business environments that require rackmount deployment, higher-speed connectivity, and stronger edge security. It is well suited for enterprise sites, larger branch locations, and infrastructure teams that need NGFW features with high-performance network throughput.
zWAN z100
Best Fit: Enterprise and Data Center EnvironmentsThe zWAN z100 is designed for enterprise-grade NGFW deployments, data centers, and large-scale distributed networks. It provides the performance, reliability, and scalability required to secure high-traffic environments while supporting advanced network security and centralized management.