The Firewall segment has seen a good growth in India. The fast paced growth was contributed by the strong growth in the IT/ITeS, BFSI and e-Commerce verticals in the country. Key drivers for the growth is the rapid growth of malware, growing attacker sophistication and the rise of new unknown zero-day threats which requires a different approach to keep enterprise networks and data secure, adoption of Firewall is a bare necessity.
UTM is a single system that secures the network from viruses, malware, or malicious attachments by scanning the incoming data using Deep Packet Inspection and prevents attacks before they enter the network by inspecting the packet headers. It also prevents access to unwanted websites by installing enhanced web filtering whereas the Network Firewalls are more cost effective than securing each computer in the corporate network. As enterprises consider how to provide comprehensive visibility and advanced layer 7 security including threat protection, intrusion prevention, web filtering and application control.
Channel Players: Fortinet, Check Point, Paloalto, Cisco, Sophos, SonicWall and Aruba (Clearpass)
