Overview
Forcepoint NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) delivers unparalleled scalability, robust protection, and comprehensive visibility to efficiently manage and secure traffic flowing into and out of your AWS network, as well as within various components of your cloud environment. By integrating advanced application control, sophisticated evasion prevention, and a leading Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) into a unified solution, Forcepoint NGFW streamlines security management across your data center, office, and branch firewalls from a single console. Independent testing highlights Forcepoint NGFW's superior capability in stopping Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs) compared to other security devices, its effectiveness in blocking vulnerability exploits, and its sandboxing technology for identifying zero-day attacks and advanced malware. Additionally, Forcepoint NGFW offers robust protection against the exfiltration of sensitive data, ensuring a comprehensive defense for your network.
Highlights
- Effortlessly extend your network to AWS cloud via secure virtual private network (VPN) gateway connecting remote sites, branch offices, and more.
- Safeguard your virtualized network against advanced attacks with dynamic security controls application layer exfiltration security and advanced evasion techniques (AETs) identification.
- Express your business processes as technical controls quickly and naturally with Forcepoint's unique Smart Policies that can be updated globally in seconds, not minutes or hours.
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Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
This is a BYOL product. No refund or cancelation policy applies.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Additional details
Usage instructions
To perform the initial configuration, use SSH and the username 'aws', then type 'sudo sg-reconfigure'. You can also give initial contact file engine.cfg via userdata encoded in base64. For additional information and configuration instructions see https://www.websense.com/content/support/library/ngfw/howto/ngfw_ht_deploy-ngfw-in-aws_en-us.pdf
Support
Vendor support
Technical support is delivered primarily in English. While we cannot guarantee local language support in all instances, best effort local language support is available as follows: Americas: English and Spanish EMEA: English, French, German, Italian APAC: English
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.