Forcepoint is a next-generation firewall, we are using it as a firewall for one of our customers, which includes one data center and 95 branches. Using the SD-WAN feature on Forcepoint NGFW, we provide a secure connection from all the branches to the data center.
Forcepoint NGFW (PAYG) - Next Generation Firewall
Forcepoint | 7.1.10Linux/Unix, Other 7.1.10 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Best in Industry Firewall for Cyber Attacks
What do you like best about the product?
User-friendly and easy to configure and understand. Easy to detect vulnerabilities and fix. Comparing to other legacy products this is very updated according to the industry need.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be better if documents or troubleshooting steps can be provided and updated regularly. To make ease to create support requests and to use trial versions easily.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps to implement effective security architecture to prevent cyber attacks. Especially my organization iqvia recenlty strated exploring it in our Azure Cloud.
Good software but scope to improve
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, good UX and VPN workflow. Overall it is as per my need and suits us. Also centeralized control is the feature which we liked the most.
What do you dislike about the product?
For the first time configuration, it is still a bit tricky. Expecting a better documentation
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Enhancing security at multiple layers for our systems and applications. Easy to trace down the exact issue by referring logs
Facepoint provides best security for product
What do you like best about the product?
Facepoint provides very flexible functionality integrated with the cloud and is better cost-effective.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its installation and configuration is little hard
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its gving good security for our products and protect our datas
Best Firewall For multi clustering
What do you like best about the product?
The best software for architecture the network for multi cluster architecture. It is better to have configure the security for ingress and outgrew for each and every nodes in the cluster architecture and this is the best tool to go for.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is not that much easy to configure the firewalls. It requires more time and effort to structure a network with firewalls configured as it takes time to self build.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security issues getting solved, and configuring a firewall system for a multi cluster architecture network is possible without much intervention of security audits.
Good experience
What do you like best about the product?
It detect malware and dont let them in. It is good for pc means its compatible
What do you dislike about the product?
It sometimes doesnot work well or there is breKdown sometimes .i often realise it some times collect data.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us to interact with customer in easy manner .it helps in other ways also .
Very Good
What do you like best about the product?
forcepoint next gen firewall capability of detecting alerts and threats from malicious actors.
What do you dislike about the product?
ITs algorithm are not updated to the latest
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall helps us in maintaing good cybersecurity posture
Excellent software
What do you like best about the product?
It has an easy user interface, is very efficient while working with applications, cost-efficient, and has zero downtime for upgrade. Most importantly VPN client authentication is really fast and easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I feel is some UI need more enhancement and one more thing is it doesn't shows user logout button, it creates issue sometimes. Otherwise everything is pretty good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For me it is helping me for VPN connections and management purposes.
I had a good experience using
What do you like best about the product?
Its protecting my system and softwares from Viruses. More trustable firewall to use, give us complete protected environment from DDOS attack and all kind of vulnerabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing, its working fine and fulfilling mu needs to secure system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its protecting my system and softwares from Viruses. More trustable firewall to use, give us complete protected environment from DDOS attack and all kind of vulnerabilities
Forcepoint's Next-Gen Review
What do you like best about the product?
I liked that it has multilayer protection and implementation of role based access. It also provides the administrators to monitor threats and respond to critical threats in a simple way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cloud security features should also be included and the connectivity should be improved also and its heavy systemresources consumption should be enhanced and SD-WAN core features should also be improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The best thing I liked the most is its easy to use GUI and its protection is great but the connectivity should be improved and the use of system recourses also and the support for application based policies.
A good and simple solution, but becomes unstable when more features, like auto-scaling are introduced
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
We like the scalability of Forcepoint because, with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller. This also allows the customer to manage the solution centrally.
Forcepoint comes with the SD-WAN feature, which connects all the branches and devices to the data center with a central connection. We bypass using a VPN or IPsec or anything like that because Forcepoint can do it automatically. Also, one of the controller benefits is that it can monitor the tech, meaning all the devices that are managed by Forcepoint.
What needs improvement?
I think some of the customers who already use Forcepoint will benefit from using SD-WAN because it has features like auto-scaling, but I think the auto-scaling needs improvement since only Forcepoint NGFW comes with the SD-WAN solution. Plus, auto-scaling is an important tool and it still may not be good enough for some customers, so I think there is room for more improvement in the auto-scaling feature in SD-WAN.
We have also gotten a slow response from technical support when we experienced hiccups, errors, and bugs. I think there is a lot of room for improvement in the support capabilities.
For how long have I used the solution?
My company has been using the solution for about one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
For a simple deployment with simple requirements, like firewall blocking and connecting to the LAN or data center, the stability of the device is quite good. However, when it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. However, I think there is room for more improvement in the auto-scaling feature in SD-WAN.
How are customer service and support?
I think their support capabilities have a lot of room for improvement because my company has had several issues. Of course, other products have issues too, but they have good support that helps us deliver a solution to the customer. With Forcepoint, however, the technical support is slow and I think the support team needs to be improved.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is quite simple, but when it comes to configuration we need to know why the customer is implementing the solution. Firewalling or connecting other branches is a simple configuration but with something like auto-scaling or antivirus, Forcepoint needs to be more straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
I think we deployed a data center in a half-day, so you can deploy the controller or the data center in about a day. The time it takes to activate and configure each branch varies, and may range from 15-40 minutes. Once we activate the solution and set it up for the customer, they connect it to the internet with our password and can begin working. Overall, I think one week is more than enough time for a thorough deployment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There are some options for licensing. I think usually the licenses are valid for three years, but in my country we only have the option of a one-year license. The license is gauged on the requirements and the controller. There is a basic license and an advanced license, which offers more protection for antiviruses, like web category filtering.
What other advice do I have?
I think Forcepoint is a good simple solution for firewalling. Because of the instability we faced within our project, which I think can be common with Forcepoint, I would only recommend this solution for a retail business with minimal, non-complex requirements. If you need more SD-WAN features, like auto-scaling, I don't think I would recommend Forcepoint.
I would rate this solution as a five out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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