Cisco Secure Firewall to Support Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer

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Cisco Secure Firewall to Support Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer

What does this mean for Cisco Secure Firewall customers?

The Azure Gateway Load Balancer provides bump-in-the-wire functionality, ensuring Internet traffic to and from an Azure VM, such as an application server, is inspected by Secure Firewall, without requiring any routing changes. This is another example of how Secure Firewall drives efficiency at scale. Additionally, the integration simplifies deployment, managing, and scaling of your firewalling. This reduces operational complexity, providing a single entry and exit point for traffic at the firewall. With the gateway load balancer, your applications and infrastructure maintain visibility of source IP address, which is critical in some environments.

Benefits of Cisco Secure Firewall with Azure Gateway Load Balancer

Secure Firewall lowers cloud spend with Azure Autoscale support– Quickly and seamlessly scale virtual firewall instances up and down to meet demand.
De-risk projects by removing the possibility of having to re-architect– Cisco Secure Firewall can be inserted in the existing network architecture without changes, providing win/win outcomes across NetOps, SecOps, DevOps, and application teams.
Firewalling where and when you need it– Easily insert and remove Secure Firewall and its associated security services, including IPS, malware defense, and URL filtering as needed in the network path.
Greater visibility for your applications– Say goodbye to source and destination NAT to simplify enablement of your intended infrastructure. No additional configuration needed.
Health monitoring– Continuous health-checks via Gateway Load Balancer monitors health of virtual firewall instances, ensuring efficient routing.