Network security is almost invisible from a layman’s perspective, and to keep it that way, so that applications and users don’t notice any security-related overhead, you need devices in your business that can keep up with the high performance of today’s multi-gigabit networks. The USG FLEX H Series from Zyxel Networks provides triple the power to secure small and medium-sized businesses.
While it may seem to the average user that there isn’t much going on when it comes to network security, the opposite is true. Continuous control of network traffic and monitoring of network events require a lot of computing capacity and energy. Growing dependence on digital technologies places ever higher demands on networks. Business users need ever higher speed and transmission capacity of networks, whether to support video conferences and collaboration in the online space, to use cloud services, or to transfer the huge amount of data and content that they now generate and use every day. This requires a firewall that provides the same speed and performance.
The USG FLEX H Series provides high-performance firewall, VPN and UTM (Unified Threat Management) along with multi-gigabit speeds from 1 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps up to 10 Gbps, offering small and medium-sized businesses enough capacity to meet their growing network demands. In addition, some models of the new H series have PoE ports for power over Ethernet, so that WiFi access points and 5G routers can be powered directly from the firewall. Power over Ethernet brings additional flexibility to customers requiring extended connectivity at the point of installation of equipment by eliminating the need to purchase a separate PoE switch and run additional cabling around the office.
However, at the same time as the dependence on digital technologies grows, the risk of cyber threats and the severity of losses in the event of infiltration of IT systems also increases. That’s why we need high-quality and reliable protection, always and in all parts of the network. This means that security solutions must be faster and more responsive. To combat increasingly complex enterprise threats, the USG FLEX H Series uses cloud-based intelligence with artificial intelligence to provide multi-layered protection. The defense system includes sandboxing, anti-malware, DNS/IP/URL filtering, intrusion prevention system (IPS) and application guarding. In addition, the firewalls support widely used VPN protocols such as IPSec IKEv2/EAP and SSL VPN across multiple operating system platforms, all covered by a single Zyxel Networks SecuExtender VPN Client license key from version 7.
Another advantage of H-series firewalls is the extremely simple and intuitive user interface, which greatly facilitates the setting of complex security configurations. Nebula’s cloud-based network management platform enables security IT staff, network administrators, and managed service providers to gain insight into what is happening in the networks they manage. This platform makes it possible to monitor network events at any time and from anywhere and to change its settings operatively, thus ensuring the smooth operation of the network. And if a problem threatens, you can intervene effectively in time.
The USG FLEX H series includes six models that meet the versatile requirements of small and medium-sized businesses. UTM bundled firewalls come with an annual Gold Security Pack license that includes services such as sandboxing, reputation filter, Nebula Pro Pack, SecuReporter and more.
Source: www.nextech.sk
