With digital data occupying a ubiquitous role, enterprises have to safeguard sensitive data from any threats that can have a direct impact on operational and financial aspects of the company. Companies are increasingly depending on firewalls to perform this function that monitor all the incoming and outgoing network traffic. By leveraging firewalls, businesses also seek to allow remote access to a private network through secure authentication procedures.

An integrated next generation firewall protects critical information as well as reduces complexity of managing data across various networks. Firewall technology is now incorporated into a variety of devices; many routers that pass data between networks contain firewall components and most computer operating systems include software-based firewalls. From monitoring data at the router level to multi level inspection, firewalls enable organizations to keep their data intact. Larger companies also require antivirus applications coupled with firewalls that incorporate privacy controls and web filtering to block malicious traffic. As the market is overwhelming with various firewalls ranging from packet filter, application gateway, proxy server to stateful firewalls, enterprises are in search of the right fit solutions for their businesses.

A distinguished panel comprising CEOs, CIOs, VCs, analysts, and the Enterprise Security editorial board assessed hundreds of firewall solution providers and shortlisted the ones that are at the forefront of providing cutting-edge technology solutions. The listing provides a look into how the solutions in this domain are put into use, so that you can gain a comprehensive understanding of how they will optimize business processes.

We present to you Top 10 Firewall Solution Providers 2016.