Virtual Firewall
Deploy routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and WAN optimizers directly into your cloud network. Go beyond the built-in Virtual Router with appliances built for advanced networking.
Key Features
Enterprise-grade virtual network appliances deployed directly into your cloud network. Go beyond the built-in Virtual Router with full control over every network function.
Stateful Packet Inspection
Track the full state of every active network connection — not just individual packets. Stateful inspection allows only legitimate return traffic through while automatically blocking unsolicited inbound connections and spoofed packets.
Granular Rule Management
Define precise allow and deny rules based on source IP, destination IP, port, and protocol. Layer rules by priority to build a structured, auditable security policy that enforces least-privilege access across all traffic flows.
North-South & East-West Control
Secure traffic entering and leaving your network perimeter as well as lateral traffic moving between internal services and segments. Virtual firewalls enforce policy at every boundary — not just the edge.
Network Segmentation
Isolate workloads, environments, and tenants into separate network zones with controlled ingress and egress between them. Contain the blast radius of a breach and prevent lateral movement across your infrastructure.
Real-Time Traffic Logging
Log every allowed and denied connection with full metadata — source, destination, port, protocol, and timestamp. Feed logs into your SIEM or monitoring stack for threat detection, forensic analysis, and compliance auditing.
Instant Policy Deployment
Apply, update, or roll back firewall rules in seconds without rebooting or disrupting active connections. Respond to emerging threats or infrastructure changes immediately — with no maintenance window required.
Use Cases
VNF unlocks advanced networking capabilities for organizations that need more than a standard virtual router. Here's how teams use it to bring enterprise network functions to the cloud.
Perimeter Security
Enforce a hard boundary between the public internet and your internal infrastructure. Block unsolicited inbound traffic, restrict outbound connections to known destinations, and filter all edge traffic before it reaches your workloads.
Multi-Tier Application Isolation
Separate web, application, and database tiers into distinct network zones with strict inter-tier rules. Ensure only your app layer can reach the database — and never expose backend services directly to the internet.
Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement
Meet PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 requirements by enforcing documented, auditable network access controls. Demonstrate a clear security boundary around sensitive data with exportable rule sets and traffic logs.
Multi-Tenant Network Isolation
Keep each tenant's traffic completely isolated in shared infrastructure environments. Apply per-tenant firewall policies that prevent any cross-tenant access — ensuring strict data separation without dedicated physical hardware.
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