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Pro Services Spotlight: Shaping Network Access

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On November 8, 2018

Pro Services Spotlight: Shaping Network Access

While quality network security appliances are crucial for your organization’s success, there are more factors at play when it comes to ensuring your network functions at the highest levels possible. That’s why, in addition to top-notch hardware, we have a staff of manufacturer-certified experts offering a variety of customized solutions to help your network excel. Our engineers, located on-site at our Indianapolis Security Operations Center, can assist with anything from email security to phone systems. We offer both hourly support contracts and one-time security services.

We introduced you to a few of our Professional Services in the first of our Pro Services Spotlight posts, and a few more in the second. As we wrap up the series, we’ll explore how our experts can help you create a content and accessibility framework that maximizes security and productivity.

Content Filtering

Are you concerned employees are spending too much time watching videos or updating their social media accounts instead of working? Or maybe you just want to ensure the websites they visit are legal and secure.

Either way, we can give you granular control of the sites your users can access. Through content filtering, you can even customize rules to specific groups, so if your marketing team needs to post on your organization’s Facebook, they can, while the rest of your employees have to use their own time to scroll through puppy photos. And if you ever want to tweak your policies for any reason, we can help with that, too.

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Access Control Lists

Winters here in Indianapolis can get pretty frigid, so to keep warm, layering is key. That same principle applies when it comes to protecting your network. Access Control Lists can provide an extra blanket of security to your organization by allowing you to create ground rules for what your network lets in, who can see it, and when.

Our experts can help you build upon existing blacklists and whitelists to create firm controls unique to your organization’s needs. Limiting how users and groups can interact through your network can also limit access to sensitive data, functions, and applications, which not only keeps your information secure, it also helps you meet regulatory compliance requirements.

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Single Sign-On

It can be hard to keep track of who’s who and who’s where on your network. At least that used to be a problem…

With Single Sign-On setup by our engineers, your employees’ identities can transfer seamlessly from device to device, allowing you to easily track individual activity. It’s like a FitBit that instead of measuring their steps, measures their activity on your network. Employees can also appreciate this feature, as it eases access to their personal files and configurations – saving them time and headaches (and frantic calls to the IT department) when moving between devices.

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Explore All Our Services

These are just a few of the many Professional Services our Firewalls.com experts offer. If you’re interested in one or all of them, see our full suite of options or call us today at 317-225-4117 to learn more.

SonicWall SMB Bundles: Enterprise Security for Small Businesses

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On November 2, 2018

SonicWall SMB Bundles: Enterprise Security for Small Businesses

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SonicWall SMB Bundles Deliver Cost-Effective All-In-One Solutions

Small businesses can be big targets for cybercrime and often, SMBs don’t have the specialized staff or budget necessary to keep up with the arms race. Small business owners know they need network security, but question where to start. SonicWall is making “square one” much easier to navigate by introducing their newly launched TotalSecure SMB Bundles. These bundles are designed to corral all of the quintessential security products and services under a single price tag, meaning small business owners aren’t scrambling to match up compatible services and compare dozens of firewall models.

What’s in a SonicWall SMB Bundle?

The SonicWall SMB Bundles provide both the technology and services that small businesses need to lock down their network in one fell swoop. The foundation of the bundle is a next generation firewall from either the SonicWall TZ series or an SonicWall NSa 2650. The TZ 370, TZ 470, TZ 570, TZ 600, and all of their wireless counterparts make up the SonicWall TZ series, providing the cutting-edge of network security technology wrapped in one small package. These next gen firewalls are capable of utilizing SonicWall’s patented Re-Assembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI), allowing even small offices to scan the encrypted traffic that makes up over 60% of all Internet activity.

In addition to a next generation firewall, SonicWall SMB Bundles include two years of SonicWall’s Advanced Gateway Security Suite (AGSS), a 10-User License for SonicWall’s Capture Client Advanced, and access to the Capture Security Center for management and reporting. You can find a more detailed look at SonicWall’s Advanced Gateway Security Suite in our recent article about the service.

What’s Capture Client Advanced?

SonicWall Capture Client is an antivirus platform that includes a wide range of endpoint protection capabilities like real-time malware protection, sandboxing integration (pairs well with AGSS’s Capture ATP), and increased visibility into encrypted traffic. Capture Client is a behavior-based antivirus platform, meaning your security doesn’t rely on a distance database of security signatures and known threats. The SonicWall SMB Bundles expand your protection to shutting down malware cocktails and ransomware zero days that may not have even been invented yet! Capture Client Advances identifies suspicious files and automatically kicks them over to your Capture ATP sandbox to be analyzed, safely detonated, and banished from your network before they ever have a chance to do harm.

What’s Capture Security Center?

Capture Security Center is your new network security command center, bringing all of the moving parts and loose ends of your security posture and tying them into one easy-to-navigate dashboard. Bring governance and compliance together in a single screen, centralizing all of your security operations in an automation-friendly management & reporting powerhouse. This service is perfect for small businesses that may not have the specialized skills or staff necessary to manage large, complex infrastructure.

What’s In It For Me?

The SonicWall SMB Bundle sweeps down your checklist of security needs and marks every box along the way. Not only are small businesses getting solid perimeter firewall protection, but they’re granted SSL traffic inspection, intrusion prevention, content filtering capabilities, advanced sandboxing with Capture ATP, behavior-based scanning, visualized reporting, and more. And if a threat should ever slip past your defenses and do some damage, Capture ATP allows windows users to literally rollback and erase the damage left behind. That’s right, even a successful attack won’t have a lasting impact thanks to the rollback features included with the Capture suite.

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What Is FortiGuard? A Look at the Security Services Available for your FortiGate

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On October 31, 2018

What Is FortiGuard? A Look at the Security Services Available for your FortiGate

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There’s a reason why Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and the Fortinet Security Fabric solutions continue to earn praise after praise after praise from industry benchmarkers. With their UTM Solutions entering their 9^th consecutive year as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leaders, the minds at FortiGuard Labs certainly have secured their spot at the top of the industry. So what makes Fortinet FortiGuard security services excel?

The Fortinet Security Fabric

Fortinet’s FortiGuard security solutions were built to balance performance and protection across all of Fortinet’s security platforms. Whether you’re deploying a FortiGate, a FortiDDoS appliance, or a FortiWifi for wireless networking, you can access a comprehensive range of services that weave seamlessly together, forming the Fortinet Security Fabric. The Fortinet Security Fabric delivers protection and unparalleled visibility into every segment, device, and appliance operating on your network.

The individual tools found within the Fortinet Security Fabric automatically synchronize to enforce policies, coordinate responses, and provide intuitive management & reporting tools through a single console. This Security Fabric is broad, integrated, and automated. Below, you can view which services are available on your Fortinet products.

What Is Included in FortiGuard Bundles?

Firewalls.com offers two distinct tiers of Fortinet bundles for your FortiGate firewall: the UTM Protection Bundle and the more advanced Enterprise Protection Bundle. Each of the bundles includes a range of security services designed to tackle the most advanced Internet threats facing networks in 2018. This includes AntiVirus, AntiSpam, Advanced Malware Protection, Content Filtering, Sandboxing, AntiSpam, Email Security, Botnet Protection, & more. And with the highly-lauded FortiGuard Labs team constantly updating your services with machine learning & an ever-expanding database of malware signatures, you can rest assured that your security infrastructure is not only robust but modernized to the minute with regular, automated updates. Below you can view a diagram outlining how the latest protection against advanced threats is rolled out from FortiGuard Labs, to the cloud, and on to your FortiGate appliance.

Note: Firewalls.com also offers separate FortiCare Contracts for support, firmware updates, hardware return options, & technical resources.

Enterprise-Grade Protection with FortiGuard

The FortiGuard Enterprise Protection Bundle includes three additional services that the UTM Bundle lacks. Fortinet’s Security Rating, Industrial DB Signatures, and FortiCASB give the extra edge that large-scale enterprises and highly distributed networks need to fully secure their large and complex attack surfaces.

Security Rating DB – The FortiGuard Security Rating DB is intended to guide customers in designing and maintaining the optimal network security infrastructure for their organization’s unique needs. This series of audits analyzes your Fortinet Security Fabric deployment to identify vulnerabilities, bottlenecks, & potential blind spots. Similar to Firewalls.com’s Health Check Service!

Industrial Signature Database – The FortiGuard Industrial DB Signatures provides visibility and control to hundreds of industrial applications and allows the use of custom applications. Industrial DB supports most major Industrial Control System manufacturers and delivers real-time threat intelligence updates.

FortiCASB – Fortinet’s cloud-based Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) provides much needed visibility and threat protection into the SaaS and cloud-based applications that enterprises increasingly employ. FortiCASB lends the ability to enforce network policies with API-based access to cloud applications.

How To Buy a Fortinet FortiGate

Firewalls.com offers a variety of FortiGate products and service bundles including the FortiGuard UTM Protection Bundle and the FortiGuard Enterprise Protection Bundle. The best way to navigate your options, though, is to check out our 2021 Fortinet Buyer’s Guide!

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What’s All That Ruckus? Firewalls.com Teams Up with Ruckus Wireless!

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On October 3, 2018

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What’s All That Ruckus?!

Firewalls.com is announcing, loud and proud, the introduction of Ruckus Wireless products to our website, and to celebrate the big ruckus, we want to give you 30% OFF on ALL Ruckus Unleashed wireless access points. There’s never been a better time to build or expand a wireless network for your small business!

Who Is Ruckus Wireless?

Ruckus Wireless is an industry powerhouse offering indoor and outdoor wireless access points, network switches, and controllers to extend high-quality Wi-Fi at a budget-friendly price. When connectivity really matters, organizations turn to Ruckus and it’s no mystery why. Ruckus Access Points are up to any challenge, from high client density, signal-sapping building materials, complex outdoor deployments, and more. Filled to the brim with innovative patented technology like BeamFlex Adaptive Antennas, Ruckus is always thinking outside of the box when it comes to solving the wireless world’s toughest problems.

Check out our Ruckus Wireless Access Points and enterprise-class ICX Network Switches!

What is Ruckus Unleashed?

Ruckus Unleashed is a series of controller-less access points with super simplified management, making them the perfect fit for small businesses looking to deploy or expand a wireless network! Check out our more in-depth look at Ruckus Unleashed appliances to learn more.

Still Need Help Deciding?

Okay! To sweeten the deal, we’ll also map out your office’s wireless landscape to provide you with a reliable, predictive map of Wi-Fi signal coverage and performance using the ZonePlanner mapping tool–for FREE. The ZonePlanner mapping tool helps you predict dead zones, optimize placements, and more in order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of your wireless investment! ZoneFlex accounts for antenna patterns, building materials, obstructions, WAP configurations, and building layout to show you exactly how a Wi-Fi signal will behave in your office.

Learn How To Get A FREE ZonePlanner Wireless Mapping Report

This report is 100% unique to your needs, your location, and your products. That means you’re ONLY going to purchase the wireless devices you need—no more, no less. And remember, we’re going to give you 30% OFF any Ruckus Unleashed access points you choose!

This Ruckus Wireless sale is valid only when you speak with one of our Account Managers, so grab your phone and dial 317-225-4117 to get 30% off Ruckus Unleashed products, a FREE customized ZonePlanner report, & expert guidance from our firewall geniuses. Mention the promo code RUCKUS30OFF when you call!

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What Is Ruckus Unleashed?

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On August 30, 2018

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What Is Ruckus Unleashed?

Are you a small business owner looking to deploy a secure, high-speed WiFi network without hiring an expensive IT team to maintain it? Ruckus Unleashed is a series of controller-less WLAN solutions that checks all the boxes on a small business owners’ checklist: it’s affordable, easy to install, and simplified management means just about anyone can deploy their own reliable WiFi network in a few minutes. No experts required.

Since Ruckus Unleashed is a controller-less WiFi solution you won’t need to buy a separate hardware controller to utilize the full benefits of your wireless network. This translates to a much lower upfront cost without sacrificing features and benefits you would get with a dedicated controller.

How Does It Work?

Wireless access points operate on two distinct “planes” of data: the control plane and the data plane. The data plane makes up the majority of wireless signal activity and includes all of the actual traffic from web usage, client requests, and browser data. The control plane is a second, smaller dataset containing commands to direct how access points prioritize, segment, and transfer information across the data plane. Think of a controller as the “manager” and the access points as its employees.

Ruckus Unleashed eliminates the need for a controller by empowering each access point to assume a manager, or “Master AP,” role as needed. Not only does a Master AP fulfill its normal function serving WiFi clients, but it also performs control functions and pushes them out to other Member APs on the network. Member APs automatically join the same subnet as their Master AP and will not attempt to join other controllers introduced to the network. If a Master AP goes offline, a Member AP will automatically step in to fill its role. This is built-in high availability, so wireless network downtime is a relic of the past.

What’s In It For Me?

A Ruckus Unleashed Master AP can manage a network of up to 50 access points without the assistance of a controller. Comparable WLAN controllers with capacity for 50 access points can cost anywhere from $1,500 to $10,000 and often require supplemental purchases of licenses and services. Since traditional wireless networks cannot operate sans controller, this expense goes straight to the front of the line as massive upfront CapEx. By eliminating the need for separate hardware to manage your network, Ruckus Unleashed gets your network up and running for a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.

If the CapEx savings aren’t enough to start you drooling, then you’ll surely salivate over potential OpEx savings. Ruckus Unleashed was built with the small business in mind. Simple management and ease of install removes the need for IT staff. Small environments such as retail stores, hotels, and property managers may not always have a networking expert on their payroll and calling in premium support can drain the budget. Ruckus built the Unleashed series so that anyone, no matter their level of expertise, can deploy and manage their own wireless network without outside help. They even provide a Youtube guide demonstrating how to deploy a Ruckus Unleashed network in under a minute.

Where Can I Learn More About Ruckus Unleashed?

We recently added Ruckus Wireless products to our catalog, and we included all the tech specs, datasheets, and documentation that you’ve come to expect from Firewalls.com. However, if you want a truly expert opinion before making a decision—as any smart small business owner would—then our certified network security experts are available via email at sales@firewalls.com, telephone at 317-225-4117, or live chat to help you find the perfect fit for your organization.

Your customers have come to expect fast, secure WiFi and your employees likely can’t operate without it. Ruckus Wireless provides easy answers to some of the most complex questions in wireless networking.

Visit our Ruckus Unleashed Page & Give Employees & Customers What They Crave

Without Calling in a Squad of Expensive IT Vendors Charging $250/Hour

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