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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

7.0 /10
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
7.0 /10

What is Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall?

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall can be deployed via eight different appliance series to suit any size organization and their unique needs. Each model comes with centralized management, industry-leading integrated security and the dependability needed in modern network security.

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Awards & Recognition

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall won the following awards in the Next Generation Firewall category

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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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80 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

86 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall?

14% Negative
15% Neutral
71% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Friendly Negotiation
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 74

Virtual Private Network

84

Virtual Firewall

80

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

78

DLP Functionality

75

Sandboxing

75

Advanced Threat Protection

74

Encrypted Data Control

74

Network Access Control

73

Identity Based Control

71

Application Control

68

Web Content Filtering

66

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 72

Ease of Data Integration

76

Business Value Created

76

Breadth of Features

76

Quality of Features

74

Ease of IT Administration

74

Ease of Implementation

74

Usability and Intuitiveness

73

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

72

Ease of Customization

66

Vendor Support

64

Availability and Quality of Training

63

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall Reviews

Rıdvan Reşit Ü.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Management is great

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall from other similar products?

It has easy-to-manage, simple and convenient local rail-trained personnel.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has easy-to-manage

What do you dislike most about this product?

There may not be a quick response from the global support.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It has easy-to-manage, simple and convenient local rail-trained personnel.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service

Ethan G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Stable and Scalable Firewall Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall from other similar products?

Forcepoint gives top-notch security and performance for our money. It has rich fully features and functionality and centralized console management. It is easy to implement Forcepoint and ease of use. Support is great and there is high client satisfaction. Powerful reporting capabilities and pricing are flexible.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its ease of management of firewall has reduced complexity and with our previous software dissatisfaction we fount Forcepoint to on top. Configurations and troubleshooting are easy. Issues to do with our VPN timeouts have been resolved successfully with Forcepoint . We are also glad that setting up new devices is not an issues with our previous product.

What do you dislike most about this product?

We realized that the training of one user limited us and is our desire for our entire team to train as well.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a stable and scalable solution. I recommend using Forcepoint and before implementation to finish training to have ease of use.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Leonore J.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Ideal firewall for the protection of data and user

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall from other similar products?

It differs from other applications because it not only covers the protection of data at the business level, but also protects the user, the access gateway and the cloud, it is integrated in a simple way as well as its implementation is simple and easy therefore, this process can be carried out by any user who has basic knowledge of this type of software, its fully centralized management facilitates time saving, it is available both on physical devices, as well as software for virtual and cloud implementations. , being all administered from a single console, so it depends on the user who wants to implement.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that it has very advanced techniques to protect against vulnerabilities and malwares, regardless of whether some of these threats are camouflaged, the one that provides a highly interactive and visual interface makes it easy to observe what happens in the security of the corporate network in a that it is possible to respond to incidents presented quickly and efficiently, in addition to its ability to decrypt the traffic without affecting the privacy of the user is an excellent feature, since while searching for attacks the protection of the user is maintained.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It has a lack of integration with CASB and support for Google Cloud, so this can be an inconvenience if you have them, in addition its creation of policies can be somewhat complex as well as removing them so you have some prior knowledge It's a great help .

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is important to have basic knowledge when managing or wanting to implement this software since its proper functioning depends on it, so a preliminary investigation before doing so can be of great help, in addition its integration with other software enhances its protection even more.

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

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