Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall
A hybrid mesh firewall (HMF) is a multideployment mode firewall, including hardware, virtual appliance and cloud-based options, with a unified cloud-based management plane. HMF's are designed to support hybrid environments and evolving use cases by offering mature continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline integration, native cloud integration, and advanced threat prevention capabilities extending to Internet of Things (IoT) devices and DNS-based attacks. With the adoption of hybrid environments, clients prefer the same firewall vendor with centralized management and visibility of firewall policies across environments to ease administration and reduce operational complexity.
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Vendors must, among other requirements:
A: This research covers the hybrid mesh firewall market, analyzing 12 vendors that offer unified cloud-based management across hardware, virtual, and cloud firewall deployments. It evaluates vendors on their ability to support hybrid environments with features including CI/CD integration, native cloud controls, advanced threat prevention (IoT and DNS security), secure remote access, and centralized visibility and orchestration capabilities across multiple deployment types.
A: This research should be used by security and risk management leaders, network security teams, and IT decision-makers who are evaluating firewall solutions for hybrid environments. It is particularly valuable for organizations seeking centralized management and visibility across on-premises, cloud, and edge deployments, those looking to consolidate firewall vendors, and enterprises addressing complex use cases involving multicloud environments, IoT security, and modern threat prevention requirements.
A: Vendors must offer: (1) Hardware/virtual and dedicated cloud firewall deployment forms managed by a single management interface, (2) A cloud-based centralized manager with autotuning and policy recommendation capability, (3) Core firewall capabilities including stateful inspection, SSL decryption, URL filtering, app control, and threat prevention, (4) Advanced threat prevention for IoT- and DNS-based attacks, (5) Secure remote access options including SSL VPN, IPsec VPN, and ZTNA, (6) CI/CD integration, and (7) Integration with cloud-native infrastructure.
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A: Ability to Execute evaluates vendors' current capability to deliver products and services, including product quality, sales execution, pricing, market responsiveness, customer experience, and overall viability. It focuses on present-day execution and operational performance. Completeness of Vision assesses vendors' strategic understanding of market trends, innovation potential, product strategy roadmap, and ability to drive future market direction. It emphasizes forward-looking strategy, market understanding, and the vendor's vision for how the market will evolve.