The document discusses factors to consider when choosing a firewall for a business, including network topology, traffic levels, security needs, vendor support, and pricing. Key considerations include the intended use of the firewall, number of remote sites and VPN users, published servers, application needs, throughput requirements, security features, vendor reputation, high availability, and ongoing maintenance needs. Popular firewall vendors are then briefly mentioned.

1. What is the best firewall ?

2. What is the best firewall ?

3. What is the best firewall for your business ?

4. How to Choose the Right Firewall for your business? ( Sizing )
01- Why are you implementing a firewall?
04- How many remote sites and VPN Clients?
05- How many published servers? DoS/DDoS Attacks
02- Where put the Firewall on network topology?
• Facing the Internet ( Edge )
• Internal Firewall ( Secure between Internal VLANS )
06- Application-aware & Users Identity
03- The amount of traffic and Data across through firewall
• Throughput
• Concurrent Sessions
• Interface Speed (1 G or 10 G)
07- Threat Prevention ( IPS,AV,DLP ) or URL Web filleting or Both?

5. How to Choose the Right Firewall for your business? ( Sizing )
11- How strong is the vendor’s customer support?
• 8 hours X 5 days a week
• 24 hours X 7 days a week
13- Management & Reporting and logging
14- Price and renewal Licenses
10- Reputation and Expertise
09- Performance when high utilization
08- Hardware vs. Software
12- High availability ( HA )
15- Correct Configuration & Fine Tuning

6. What is the best firewall ?
Depending on the functions required, we can determine the type of firewall you'll need to run your business.

7. Top 10 Popular Companies Network Security

8. What is the best firewall ?