NG Firewall

NG Firewall is a modular network security software platform that consolidates content filtering, intrusion prevention, VPN, and application-based bandwidth shaping into a single product deployable across a range of hardware appliances, virtual machines, and cloud environments. The modular architecture allows organisations to activate the security capabilities they need without paying for capabilities they do not (an organisation that requires only content filtering and VPN does not need to operate the bandwidth shaping or IPS modules), while leaving a clear upgrade path as requirements grow. The browser-based management interface provides a single dashboard for configuring and monitoring the security posture of individual appliances or a distributed estate of appliances across multiple sites, without requiring a separate management server or a client application installed on the operator's workstation.

The appliance range spans from the Q4 to the Q20, covering deployments from 10-user branch offices to multi-hundred-user enterprise sites. The Q4 (the entry-level model) uses a quad-core Intel Atom X6413E processor, 8 GB DDR4, 128 GB eMMC storage, and 4 GbE interfaces, sized for locations with up to 50 users and 150 devices. The Q20 at the high end uses 32 GB DDR4 and provides 17 GbE interfaces with SFP options, for environments where the port count and processing headroom of the entry-level appliance would be insufficient. Virtual and cloud deployment options allow the same software to be run on KVM or VMware infrastructure without hardware procurement, or hosted in a cloud environment for organisations that have moved their perimeter security function to cloud-based infrastructure. The same NG Firewall codebase runs in all deployment modes, ensuring consistent policy behaviour between hardware, virtual, and cloud instances managing the same network segments.