{"id":3956,"date":"2015-11-11T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2015-11-11T12:12:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:12:57","slug":"a10-networks-expands-portfolio-with-new-thunder-convergent-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2015\/11\/11\/a10-networks-expands-portfolio-with-new-thunder-convergent-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"A10 Networks introduces new Thunder Convergent Firewall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A10 Networks<\/a>\u00a0has announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/firewall\" target=\"_blank\">A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall<\/a> (CFW); a standalone security product that leverages the ACOS Harmony platform with cutting-edge innovations. Thunder CFW key benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>High-performance Secure Web Gateway with integrated explicit proxy, URL filtering and SSL Insight<\/strong>. It enables security policy enforcement for client outbound HTTP\/HTTPS traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-performance data center firewall (DCFW) with integrated network denial-of-service (DoS) protection and Server <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/products\/load-balancing\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Load Balancing<\/strong><\/a><strong> (SLB)<\/strong>. It provides Layer 4 stateful firewall and Layer 7 application-level gateway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-performance Gi\/SGi firewall with integrated network DoS and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/products\/carrier-grade-network-address-translation\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Carrier Grade NAT<\/strong><\/a><strong> (CGN)<\/strong>. The Gi\/SGi firewall protects the mobility infrastructure with advanced policy enforcement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-performance IPSec site-to-site VPN.<\/strong> It helps enterprises to secure application traffic between sites and it enables global enterprises to use public networks to transport application traffic securely.<\/li>\n<li><strong>aGalaxy Centralised Management System support for Thunder CFW<\/strong>. aGalaxy provides device management, configuration, reporting and troubleshooting for Thunder CFW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce the industry\u2019s first solution that consolidates multiple converged security solutions in one package,\u201d said Lee Chen, CEO of A10 Networks. \u201cThunder Convergent Firewall provides a highly effective, highly scalable all-inclusive converged secured application network platform to protect organisations\u2019 assets. Thunder CFW is a testament to the power and versatility of the ACOS Harmony platform and we\u2019ve worked with our customers in implementing some of the key security modules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explosion of mobile devices and apps\u2014plus the move to SDN, NFV and cloud\u2014is driving the need for a new type of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/firewall\" target=\"_blank\">firewall<\/a> that consolidates network security modules, SSL Insight, ADC and CGN in a reduced data centre footprint. The firewalls of the future need to be high performance, have built-in SSL visibility, and handle ever-increasing data traffic. Thunder CFW offers a converged security solution for service providers, cloud providers, and large enterprises; benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Achieve unprecedented performance and scale in a compact form factor:<\/strong> Firewall performance leverages ACOS for over 150 Gbps throughput and 5 million CPS in a one rack-unit appliance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lower OPEX and CAPEX by converging security and application delivery on a single appliance:<\/strong> Combines security and application networking, thereby reducing costs, latency and data center footprint.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Streamline and automate operations with a truly programmable platform: <\/strong>Leveraging aGalaxy centralized management and the ACOS Harmony platform with standards-based RESTful APIs to providing access to telemetry data and all aspects of configuration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gain advanced URL classification:<\/strong> Thunder CFW has classified more than 13 billion URLs into 83 categories to provide outstanding scale and accuracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficiency with single pass <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/becbdkor\/www.a10networks.com\/products\/ssl-decryption-encryption-and-inspection-ssl-insight\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SSL decryption<\/strong><\/a><strong> and SSL inspection for multiple devices:<\/strong> Best-in-class decryption capabilities enable security devices to process clear text traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expand security efficacy and extend the life of existing security infrastructure:<\/strong> Expand and offload functionality by adding SSL Insight to existing firewalls for full SSL visibility, URL filtering and threat intelligence processing; data centre firewall and Gi\/SGi firewall policy enforcement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A10 Networks\u00a0has announced the A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW); a standalone security product that leverages the ACOS Harmony platform with cutting-edge innovations. Thunder CFW key benefits include: High-performance Secure Web Gateway with integrated explicit proxy, URL filtering and SSL Insight. It enables security policy enforcement for client outbound HTTP\/HTTPS traffic. 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