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FEaTURE STORY














                                                                                             improve customers’
                                                                                             knowledge around
                                                     The rising number of                    security problems have
                                                    internet users, growing                  pushed the firewall
                                                       banking, financial                    as a service market
                                                   services, and insurance                   further.
                                                       (BFSI) sector, and                       But, Manish B.
                                                      increase in research                   Sanghrajka, Director,
                                                         & development                       Comprompt Solutions
                                                   investments for security                  LLP, believes that the
                                                    infrastructure are the                   Firewall in the SAAS
                                                    key factors driving the                  model has not grown
                                                      firewall as a service                  as expected since 75%
                                                             market.                         of the workload is still
                                                                                             on-premises. However,
                                                                                             he also feels that
                                                                                             customers are gradually
         TuShar Parekh, MD, Silicon Netsecure Pvt. Ltd.                                      migrating from on-

                                                                                             premise to cloud,
         products & solutions.       organizations for           cyber-attacks combined      which implies that
         Additionally, the small     increasing their            with a growing              Firewall as a Service
         and medium enterprises      customer base.              number of government        industry is bound to
         are also gradually          Furthermore, the recent     initiatives worldwide to    grow in the future.
         adopting FWaaS, as
         it provides them with
         simplified management,
         comprehensive                                                                  We  focus on end
         protection services,                                                             solutions,  and
         customized firewall                                                            understand client
         solution, and cost-                                                         requirements to plan,
         effective features.”                                                        design, and implement
            However, Tushar                                                          security solutions with
         Parekh, MD, Silicon                                                           the help of various
         NetsecurePvt. Ltd.                                                          product vendors such
         thinks that the key                                                          as Fortinet, Sophos,
         trends of the FWaaS                                                          GajShield, Sonicwall,
         market are the rising
         inclination of firewall                                                    and Checkpoint among
         suppliers to sign                                                                    others.
         strategic partnerships
         with cloud-based
                                      manISh b. SanghraJka, Director, Comprompt Solutions LLP

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