Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) delivers cloud-based firewall protection for users, branches, and
applications. Enforce consistent security policies across users, branches, and cloud environments,
while simplifying operations and securing traffic from a single, unified platform.
Why choose FWaas with Orixcom
Secure everywhere
Identify every cloud and SaaS application in use across your network, including personal devices. Maintain a continuously updated inventory of sanctioned and unsanctioned apps.
Simplify Firewall Management
Assess each discovered app against compliance, security, and data handling criteria. Assign a risk score so security teams can prioritise which apps to allow, restrict, or block.
Protect against advanced Threats
Discover which generative AI tools employees are using across the workforce. Apply allow, restrict, or block policies to manage adoption alongside data protection controls.
Built for cloud and SASE
Differentiate approved corporate apps from unsanctioned alternatives in use. Apply policies that restrict or block high-risk apps without disrupting legitimate work.
Improve visibility and control
Move beyond allow or block. Restrict specific actions within an app, such as uploads, downloads, or sharing, to balance productivity with security.
Scale security on Demand
Inspect content moving to cloud apps and apply policies to prevent sensitive data exposure. Stop unauthorised uploads to risky or unapproved destinations.
Where FWaaS delivers impact
Secure Internet Access
Protect users from web-based threats with intelligent inspection and control of internet-bound traffic.
- Block malicious sites and content before users can access them
- Enforce consistent security policies across all users and locations
- Reduce cyber risk exposure with real-time threat prevention
Protect Distributed Users
Extend carrier-grade firewall security across branches, remote users, and hybrid work environments.
- Secure users wherever they connect
- Deliver consistent protection across all locations
- Support a modern, hybrid workforce with cloud-delivered security
Simplify Security Operations
Move firewall management to the cloud and reduce operational complexity across your environment.
- Centralise policy control across users, locations, and applications
- Gain full visibility into traffic, activity, and security events
- Scale security without additional hardware
Better together
Explore the SSE Architecture
FWaaS is one part of a broader security edge. Explore how other SSE components
work together to secure users, applications, and data.
Secure Web Gateway
Extend protection to all web traffic with real-time threat filtering and activity control.
Zero Trust Network Protection
Provide secure, identity-based access to private applications without relying on VPNs.
Cloud Access Security Broker
Enforece consistent network security policies across users, locations, and cloud environments.
FAQs
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What is Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)?
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is a cloud-delivered security solution that applies firewall protection across users, branch locations, and cloud environments. Instead of relying on traditional hardware firewalls, FWaaS enforces security policies through the cloud, providing consistent protection regardless of where users connect from.
How does Firewall as a Service work?
FWaaS inspects and secures network traffic through cloud-based security infrastructure. Security policies are applied centrally, allowing organisations to control internet access, inspect traffic, block threats, and enforce compliance across distributed users and locations without deploying physical firewalls everywhere.
What are the benefits of FWaaS?
Employees adopt cloud apps faster than IT can review them. Without Shadow IT Discovery, sensitive data can move to unvetted services, bypassing DLP, identity, and compliance controls. App discovery closes that blind spot before it becomes a data breach or audit finding.
How does FWaaS fit into SASE and SSE?
FWaaS is a core component of both Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Within SSE, FWaaS provides cloud-delivered firewall protection alongside technologies such as SWG, CASB, and ZTNA.
Within SASE, these security capabilities are combined with networking services such as SD-WAN to create a unified connectivity and security architecture. Explore our SASE Guide for Enterprises and Growing Businesses to learn how these capabilities work together within a unified security framework.
What should enterprises look for in an FWaaS solution?
Enterprises should evaluate scalability, threat protection, policy management, application visibility, SSL/TLS inspection capabilities, cloud integration, and support for Zero Trust security principles.
An enterprise firewall security solution should also integrate seamlessly with broader SASE and SSE strategies.
What are the 5 types of firewalls?
The most common firewall types are:
- Packet Filtering Firewalls
- Stateful Inspection Firewalls
- Proxy Firewalls
- Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW)
- Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
Each serves different security requirements, with FWaaS extending firewall protection through a cloud-delivered model designed for distributed and cloud-first environments.
What is a managed firewall service?
A managed firewall service combines firewall technology with ongoing monitoring, policy management, reporting, and expert support. Orixcom helps organisations deploy, manage, and optimise firewall security while reducing the operational burden on internal IT and security teams.
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cloud-delivered firewall security
Secure users, locations, and applications with
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), designed for today’s distributed enterprise.