1. Network firewall protection to keep off harmful attacks on networks.
2. Priority queuing of traffic within the network and deep packet inspection. This ensures quick detection and destruction of bad tools.
3. Anti-bot and anti-malware detection services, VPN and protection and on-appliance reporting.
4. Policy based routing, application control, IP address blocking, SSL decryption and email spam filtering tools. Each offers deployment as an on-premises hardware appliance, a virtual appliance or a cloud solution.

A key Fortinet network security firewall feature that gives it an edge over competitors is its Sandboxing feature which gives an additional layer of protection for your systems. FortiSandbox is a two-step AI-based approach. At-risk and suspicious files are taken through stage 1 of analysis. Thereafter, the tool quickly identifies known and emerging malware via an AI-powered static analysis. FortiSandbox works as a unified threat management system or part of a comprehensive next generation firewall structure. With a sandbox you observe the behavior of potential malware and their effects and proactively defeat them.

Fortigate has a strong ability to understand and manage application use. Unlike most firewalls that only identify IP addresses, ports and protocols, FortiGate NSFW gives you more. Enjoy visibility of all your open applications in real time. The application views and reports are easy to understand and user-friendly for admins to block or restrict access to suspicious applications. Furthermore, helps optimize your bandwidth by prioritizing, de-prioritizing or blocking network traffic based on applications in use. For example most admins block applications such as  e.g. Facebook & NetFlix, since they don’t add value to the company.

Further, the web browser administrator interface uses graphics, screens and menus for easy navigation, centralized management and reporting. An uncommon feature in most firewalls. Useful features include system and router configuration and monitoring, load balancing, email filtering, antivirus, VPN configuration, intrusion and data leak prevention, Wi-Fi controller management, web caching, WAN optimization and most importantly, user authentication. The Fortigate Firewall dashboard displays your system performance and sends notifications on firmware updates, virus detection, etc.

Overall, at a relatively low price point the Fortinet FortiGate firewall has the ability to comprehensively cover your network with a single solution. Admins manage security risks with one single product and one vendor. Talinda East Africa is an official Fortinet Partner. We supply FortiGate NGFWs next-Generation Firewalls, the latest in digital protection. Contact us for installation and solution. Shop Fortinet FortiGate 30E, 40F, 50E, 60F and 61F, 80E, 100E and 201E Firewalls as well as Fortinet FortiWIFi, FortiGate Switch

Finally, we provide Fortinet Licenses. We deliver and install in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Murang’a, Kiambu, Kakamega, Kisii and all major towns in Kenya as well as neighboring countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Zambia. Call us today for your firewall inquiries.

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A firewall device is one of the first lines of defense in a network because it isolates one network from another. Firewalls can be standalone systems or they can be included in other infrastructure devices, such as routers or servers. You can find both hardware and software firewall solutions; some firewalls are available as appliances that serve as the primary device separating two networks.

Firewalls exclude unwanted and undesirable network traffic from entering the organization’s systems. Depending on the organization’s firewall policy, the firewall may completely disallow some traffic or all traffic, or it may perform a verification on some or all of the traffic. There are two commonly used types of firewall policies:

• Whitelisting — The firewall denies all connections except for those specifically listed as acceptable.
• Blacklisting — The firewall allows all connections except those specifically listed as unacceptable.

There are four types of firewalls: packet-filtering firewalls, stateful packet-filtering firewalls, proxy firewalls and web application firewalls.

When buying Network Security Firewalls, you should evaluate the needs of your organization specifically and your needs. It is important to consider what exactly you need from a firewall. For free advice on how to buy network security firewalls for your business, call us on +254700446536. Forcepoint, Fortinet, Sophos,  firewalls and more

Firewalls carefully analyze incoming traffic based on pre-established rules and filter traffic coming from unsecured or suspicious sources to prevent attacks. Firewalls guard traffic at a computer’s entry point, called ports, which is where information is exchanged with external devices. For example, “Source address 172.18.1.1 is allowed to reach destination 172.18.2.1 over port 22.”

Think of IP addresses as houses, and port numbers as rooms within the house. Only trusted people (source addresses) are allowed to enter the house (destination address) at all—then it’s further filtered so that people within the house are only allowed to access certain rooms (destination ports), depending on if they’re the owner, a child, or a guest. The owner is allowed to any room (any port), while children and guests are allowed into a certain set of rooms (specific ports).

The right firewall for your company is the one that matches your current requirements and can handle most future needs. Enterprise firewalls are very expensive, and most SMB’s don’t require that level of protection, but if you have a massive network and a lot of data to protect, it’s your best option. For an SMB on a budget, a high-performance network firewall can meet your demands.

If you can’t afford on-site maintenance and mostly work with remote employees, a cloud firewall solution should provide all the protection you require. And for companies with a low-traffic website and network, a software firewall will be sufficient in keeping you safe and secure.

Since there are so many features packed into each and every firewall, here’s a short list of some essentials that you should look for in the firewall you choose.

A virtual private network, or VPN, is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a network. The encrypted connection helps ensure that sensitive data is safely transmitted. It prevents unauthorized people from eavesdropping on the traffic and allows the user to conduct work remotely. VPNs implement site-to-site encryption and anonymize your IP address so that hackers, governments, and even your ISP can only see that you connected to a VPN server.

If your primary firewall shuts down for any reason, it will cut over to a secondary firewall which will resume operational capabilities.

Packet filtering is commonly deployed in a small network by using a router that functions as a firewall to examine every packet of data passing through your network.

A Stateful firewall individually tracks sessions of network connections traversing it. Stateful packet inspection, also referred to as dynamic packet filtering This is a very effective feature that any SMB should look for in their firewall.

Online meetings have become very popular, in particular Zoom, Google talk, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex. A Kenyan startup has also launched an online meeting space, Gumzo. The most sought after systems are easy to use, need minimal registration and have a free offer. There are audio conferences, Video Conferences, Webinars, team task collaboration spaces and Corporate chat systems. In another article, I will clarify the difference.

Webcams, Video conferencing kits & cameras, Conferencing audio systems and visual systems like TV screens are the hardware needed to make your meetings flawless. Security and safety have been major challenges, with reports of people being hacked while in meetings. Paid systems are mostly safer, for us we use Zoho meetings which is uber clear, can hold both conferences and webinars and if considerably safe and secure. Most cloud systems are now focusing on safety and security and this is the new frontier of growth.

This is mostly a cloud computing and Security specialization. Depending on where your servers are, or where the organization computing and storage for work resources are, for people to work from anywhere, they need to securely access their work resources. These resources include shared file services, customer information, service delivery applications like ERPs, CRM, Help desks and other corporate resources. One you can do a Virtual Private Networks, choose to have remote desktop access, set up a cloud computing network or simply sharing files between home offices to create a virtual office setup. This is as detailed below;

VPN is not vulnerable to direct attack, and encryption protocols can make the transfer of information through VPN to employees working remotely very secure. It is setup on your firewall, ensure you have all the licences. The biggest threat to a VPN-based remote access solution rests with the remote worker. If the employees PCs are not protected, they could transfer viruses and malware to the VPN. Also, with an always-on broadband connection, connection to a VPN can make it vulnerable if employees don’t disconnect. This is resolved by ensuring you have a proper Network Access Control system with comprehensive user and device management policies.

This is much easier to set-up than VPNs and are a product of unattended remote control service. In order to establish a connection to a company server, businesses may choose to use a remote server access solution. This allows remote users to gain access to important files, software, and print services from a remote location TeamViewer which is traditionally used for help desk, Aeroadmin , Any desk and Remote Utilities are some of the tools we recommend.

Using Public, Private or Hybrid clouds organizations can build their own cloud computing services which then offer their employees a browser based access to the corporate resources. In a different article we shall detail how organizations can achieve these. On the cloud, there are also existing services offered mostly by ERP suppliers that could be extremely essential for work from anywhere office set-ups. A few we love include Office365, Zoho One, ERPNext, Quickbooks online, Sage online, SAP and Oracle.

Service customers remotely require that organizations are able to stay in contact regardless of being away from the office. The evolution of the telephone system has significantly enabled this.

Today's call centers do not have to be located in a large ugly warehouse with industrial air management. Call center agents and supervisors can work remotely, serve customers as usual with similar quality to onsite call centers. With Omnichannel contact systems, proper CRM integrations, a secure cloud or remote server connection, Browsers and headphones, the agent and supervisor are set. WebRTC is the technology that enables browser based call systems. It eliminates the need to have soft-phones as applications as this can be very limiting. However, this can also be achieved with soft-phones. Reach out for more info, we have a very rich collection of call and contact center systems of all sizes that can help you achieve this.

You can have the PBX in the office being used remotely with the usual extensions and rules. This can be through Cloud/Hosted PBX that can be a managed service or self hosted system. Cloud PBX systems have evolved since MTN Business launched Kenya's first Hosted PBX system in 2011. Today,

• you can have a hosted PBX system by hosting your own PBX on cloud, 3CX, Hodusoft, Yeastar, Vicidial, Asterisks and a host of other PBX systems allow this.

• Other systems like Avaya connect and Cloudone, are a managed service
• If you have a hardware PBX, do not despair, we may not put it on cloud, but we can setup features like Call forwarding, follow-me and soft-phones, that can enable your employees to be reachable remotely.

• Traditionally we only have had GSM desk phones that are standalone, working mostly as home or small business phones. With new technologies, we have GSM-IP Phones, they come as both an IP Phone and a 4G router. These connect through a 4G sim card to the internet, then a secure tunnel is created on the 4G link to the office PBX, giving a SIP connection that enable the extension to be configured as other office SIP Phones.
• These are also very useful for areas like gate houses that maybe too far from your facilities, instead of pulling fibre to them which is the traditional solution. Click here to buy

To do any of the above, all users will need to have a proper internet connection. Some of the available services include

• Fibre to the house
• 4G LTE internet connection; reach out for a permanent Safaricom 4G link of up to 7Mbps that's almost similar to fibre. If your location has no fibre services.
• Google Loon Services

People working from home need tools that will improve productivity. Check out the ones below on shop.

Laptops, Docking stations, Webcams, TV screes, Mounting brackets, Headphones, All in one Computers, WiFi Range Extenders, WiFi routers, GSM Phones, iPads. For large homes with Internet access only in the room where the service provider router is located, we have an array of services and products that can help get internet to all rooms. Reach out to us for customized solutions. We are the Best Technology shop in Kenya