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Sangfor Athena NGFW - Next Generation Firewall
Protect every network perimeter with a single, unified firewall mesh

Smarter AI-Powered Defense

Sangfor Athena NGFW (previously known as Sangfor Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.

Leverages real-time, cloud-delivered AI to block over 99% of external threats at the network perimeter.
The world's 1st NGFW integrated with NGWAF, delivering network and web application security in a single appliance.
The world's 1st NGFW with a built-in SOC Lite module, enabling rapid threat assessment and incident response.
The world's 1st NGFW that natively integrates with a holistic security ecosystem, including Athena EPP, SWG, NDR, XDR, MDR, and SASE.

Athena NGFW Competitive Advantages

Proven Security
Effectiveness

Athena NGFW has achieved the highest rating (AAA and Recommended) in the CyberRatings Enterprise Firewall Test for three consecutive evaluations, performing on par with, or better than, leading NGFW vendors in terms of security effectiveness.

Comprehensive
Threat Intelligence

Powered by Sangfor Neural-X, Athena NGFW benefits from a comprehensive threat intelligence feed and automatic global intelligence sharing, enabling rapid detection and mitigation of emerging threats. Additionally, Sangfor collaborates with major security platforms such as CVE, VirusTotal, and CNVD to ensure time updates on newly discovered vulnerabilities.

Superior Cost
Efficiency

Athena NGFW delivers comparable security capabilities and effectiveness to leading NGFW vendors-but at much lower price points. This results in an industry-leading cost-to-performance ratio, making it an ideal choice for organizations seeking maximum ROl.

Security Solutions vs. Standalone NGFW

Sangfor offers complete security solutions rather than just a firewall. Starting with Athena NGFW, organizations can build a fully integrated security framework with enhanced capabilities, simpler management, and reduced costs.

Advanced AI-Powered Protection

Engine Zero & Neural-X

Sangfor Athena NGFW off¬ers advanced, AI-driven threat detection capabilities to protect against a continuously evolving threat landscape. With millions of new threats generated daily, traditional detection methods like signature-based detection are becoming less e¬ffective. In contrast, Athena NGFW leverages AI technologies, including the Engine Zero malware inspection engine and Neural-X threat intelligence platform, to achieve a 99.76% malware detection rate for known and unknown threats.

Built-in Enterprise Grade NGWAF

Sangfor Athena NGFW protects web applications with a built-in Next-Generation Web Application Firewall (NGWAF). The WAF module uses the WISE web security engine that combines semantic analysis and machine learning to defend against various web application attacks, including zero-day attacks.

Upcoming Innovations

As polymorphic attacks become more prevalent in ransomware, botnets, and AI-generated phishing emails, Next-Generation Firewalls must evolve to deliver stronger protection. Sangfor Athena NGFW is introducing advanced capabilities to stay ahead of emerging threats:

AI-Powered Anti-Phishing GPT: Traditional defenses struggle against AI-crafted phishing emails. Sangfor Athena NGFW integrates with LLM-powered Anti-Phishing GPT to detect, alert, and block phishing attempts in real time.
Inline Cloud Threat Intelligence: Harnessing billions of threat intelligence entries, Sangfor Athena NGFW brings cloud-powered threat detection directly into the tra‑c flow. This ensures real-time inspection, higher detection rates, and reduced exposure to new and emerging attacks.

Sangfor Athena NGFW Market Recognition

Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrants for Network Firewalls and the first Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Frost & Sullivan 2023 APAC NGFW Company of the Year Award

Recommended Rating in CyberRatings.org's Enterprise Firewall Test

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Sangfor Athena NGFW

Sangfor Athena NGFW - Next Generation Firewall Protect every network perimeter with a single, unified firewall mesh