A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW)

The A10 Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW) is positioned as an advanced application and infrastructure security and availability solution catering to the needs of enterprises and service providers. According to A10 Networks, the vendor behind the product, the A10 Thunder CFW offers a range of features that aim to provide robust protection and performance for businesses of all sizes.

Key Features

DNS over HTTPS (DoH): According to the vendor, the A10 Thunder CFW leverages DNS security capabilities to protect infrastructure from various DNS attack sources. It allows users to keep their existing DNS components unchanged while ensuring secure connectivity and protocol translation. The product is also claimed to maintain high performance and scale of high volume DNS over HTTPS (DoH) traffic, providing industry-leading DNS Queries per second (QPS).

Gi/SGi Firewall: The A10 Thunder CFW consolidates Gi/SGi firewall, GTP firewall, IPsec VPN, intelligent traffic steering, and Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) solutions for service providers, as stated by the vendor.

Intelligent Traffic Steering: According to the vendor, the A10 Thunder CFW consolidates Gi/SGi firewall, GTP firewall, IPsec VPN, intelligent traffic steering, and Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) solutions for service providers.

Secure Web Gateway: The A10 Thunder CFW consolidates data center firewall, IPsec VPN, load balancer, and secure web gateway solutions for enterprise deployments, according to the vendor.

Data Center Firewall: According to the vendor, the A10 Thunder CFW consolidates data center firewall, IPsec VPN, load balancer, and secure web gateway solutions for enterprise deployments.

IPsec VPN: The A10 Thunder CFW consolidates data center firewall, IPsec VPN, load balancer, and secure web gateway solutions for enterprise deployments, according to the vendor.

Analytics and Management: The vendor claims that the Harmony Controller, included with the A10 Thunder CFW, delivers centralized management and per-app analytics for different applications. It enables on-demand installation of Harmony apps to better focus on specific use cases of traffic visibility, security analytics, and connected Intelligence.

Centrally Manage Your Apps: According to the vendor, the A10 Thunder CFW provides comprehensive, real-time, and actionable insights with application-level visibility. It aims to simplify operations and increase agility by allowing users to centrally manage deployment and security policy implementation.