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SonicWall NSa firewalls Case Study

University of Illinois

Introduction

This case study of University of Illinois is based on an August 2019 survey of SonicWall NSa firewalls customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“My SonicWall NSa firewall is meeting or exceeding my performance and security expectations,” says Kenneth Lloyd, Senior IT Manager, University of Illinois.

Challenges

The university used or evaluated Cisco/Meraki before selecting their SonicWall NSa firewall(s). It chose to deploy SonicWall NSa firewalls because they were challenged with consolidating security and networking features in a single solution.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SonicWall NSa firewalls that were important in selecting their SonicWall NSa firewall included:

  • Deep Packet Inspection of Encrypted Traffic (DPI-SSL)
  • An integrated VPN

Results

Lloyd is extremely satisfied with the NSa Series firewall solution. “SonicWall NSa provide the best security value.”

The university has realized the following operational benefits from their SonicWall NSa firewall:

  • Improved efficiency of a business process
  • Improved overall system uptime
  • Lowered total cost of ownership
  • Increased the number of blocked attacks by 76-100% since deploying SonicWall NSa firewalls




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