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About Zscaler, creator of the Zero Trust Exchange platform, uses the largest security cloud on the planet to make doing business and navigating change a simpler, faster, and more productive experience. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange enables fast, secure connections and allows your employees to work from anywhere using the internet as the corporate network. Based on the zero trust principle of least-privileged access, it provides comprehensive security using context-based identity and policy enforcement. The Zero Trust Exchange operates across 150 data centers worldwide, ensuring that the service is close to your users, co-located with the cloud providers and applications they are accessing, such as Microsoft 365 and AWS. It guarantees the shortest path between your users and their destinations, providing comprehensive security and an amazing user experience. Use our free service, Internet Threat Exposure Analysis. It’s fast, safe, and confidential.	About The pfSense project is a free network firewall distribution, based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and including third party free software packages for additional functionality. pfSense software, with the help of the package system, is able to provide the same functionality or more of common commercial firewalls, without any of the artificial limitations. It has successfully replaced every big name commercial firewall you can imagine in numerous installations around the world, including Check Point, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, Juniper, Sonicwall, Netgear, Watchguard, Astaro, and more.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience IT security teams in search of a solution to improve all their network operations and increase security	Audience With thousands of enterprises using pfSense® software, it is rapidly becoming the world's most trusted open source network security solution.
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 4.7 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 1.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Zscaler Founded: 2008 United States www.zscaler.com	Company Information Netgate Founded: 2002 United States www.netgate.com
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Categories AI Cybersecurity AI Usage Control Application Control Browser Isolation Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) Cloud Edge Security Cloud Security Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) DNS Filtering Firewall IT Security Microsegmentation Network Security OT Secure Remote Access SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Secure Web Gateways Shadow AI Detection Shadow IT Discovery Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) Threat Hunting Zero Trust Security	Categories Firewall
Firewall Features Alerts / Notifications Application Visibility / Control Automated Testing Intrusion Prevention LDAP Integration Physical / Virtual Environment Sandbox / Threat Simulation Threat Identification Show More Features Cloud Security Features Antivirus Application Security Behavioral Analytics Encryption Endpoint Management Incident Management Intrusion Detection System Threat Intelligence Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Management	Firewall Features Alerts / Notifications Application Visibility / Control Automated Testing Intrusion Prevention LDAP Integration Physical / Virtual Environment Sandbox / Threat Simulation Threat Identification
Integrations Azure Marketplace Elastic Observability Celerium Centreon Check Point Exposure Management Control D DatAnswers Elevate Security FaPipe IPVPN GigaSECURE Intezer AI SOC OverSOC Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection SafeNet Trusted Access SecBI XDR SparkView Swimlane Trustwave DbProtect Truto Show More Integrations View All 58 Integrations	Integrations Azure Marketplace Elastic Observability Celerium Centreon Check Point Exposure Management Control D DatAnswers Elevate Security FaPipe IPVPN GigaSECURE Intezer AI SOC OverSOC Proofpoint Digital Risk Protection SafeNet Trusted Access SecBI XDR SparkView Swimlane Trustwave DbProtect Truto Show More Integrations View All 16 Integrations
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