The shift to a hybrid workforce and the rapid adoption of cloud services have allowed today’s users to connect to any resource from any location using any device. Although this flexibility is necessary, it also expands the attack surface, which opens the door to new threats. Organizations need to be sure their network security enables complete visibility across the entire distributed infrastructure. Otherwise, it will be impossible to effectively deliver and coordinate security protection with fast enough threat detection and remediation.

Combining next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) with FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services provides real-time threat intelligence, giving users multilayered security with intrusion prevention, malware scanning, and web filtering for comprehensive protection. This combination reduces downtime and data breach risks, minimizing costly recovery efforts and reputational damage. Tightly integrating security services into the firewall offers a valuable approach to bolstering network security.

NGFWs should provide threat protection at every edge across the branch, campus, and the data center without sacrificing performance. To be effective across the organization, they must also be part of a broad, integrated, and automated security architecture and address scalability, cost of ownership, and environmental concerns.