Network Security

Next Generation Firewalls

Security Controls
in the US Enterprise
1

Next generation firewalls (NGFWs) are network

security products that combine firewall capabilities
with intrusion prevention system (IPS) functions,
application control, user awareness, and the
capability to integrate threat intelligence feeds.

ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT TRENDS

85.3%
79.8%

80.5%
76.8%

Small and Medium-Sized Large Enterprises Very Large Enterprises

Enterprises

of US enterprises
have deployed ENTERPRISES DEPLOYING NGFW IN THE CLOUD
NGFW products
4.2% 3.5% 1.0%
Small and Medium-Sized Large Enterprises Very Large Enterprises
Enterprises

Internet Corporate

Client Devices
Deployment Location Network

Web AD DS
Application
proxy Small and
Of Firewall
surveyed Firewall

61%
medium-sized

64%
US enterprises AD FS
US enterprises
deploy NGFWs reported the
at the perimeter most perimeter
Applications
deployments

Management teams responsible

for managing and maintaining
NGFW deployments

Security Operations Teams 47.5%

Network Operations (NetOps) Teams 38.7%
IT Teams 11.1%
Infrastructure Teams 8.2%
Development Operations (DevOps) Teams 1.2%

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¹ Results from NSS Labs’ 2017 Enterprise Security Architecture Study, which included survey
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