Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall is a cloud-native, managed, and highly scalable network security service that provides centralized network security policy across various Azure workloads. It offers comprehensive threat protection, including Layer 3-7 filtering, threat intelligence-based filtering, and advanced…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2018
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Azure Firewall was created to address the growing complexity and operational overhead of securing cloud workloads in Microsoft Azure. Before its introduction, customers either relied on basic Layer 4 filtering provided by Network Security Groups (NSGs) or deployed and managed third-party Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs) for advanced, centralized firewall capabilities, which often lacked scalability, high availability, and easy integration with the Azure ecosystem.
- Platforms
- Microsoft Azure Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- Enterprises leveraging Azure for mission-critical applications
- Organizations with complex network topologies in Azure (e.g., hub-spoke)
- Companies with strict compliance and security requirements