# MANAGED FIREWALL SERVICES **Protect your data and IT infrastructure from cyber threats and security incidents and help you manage your risk.** Worldwide, threats from cyber attacks are growing both in numbers and intensity. Cloud Computing, Artificial intelligence(AI), Mobility, and Internet of things(IoT), while delivering all kinds of benefits, exposes you to new types of cyber vulnerabilities, arriving in different ways. At Colt, we prepare global companies for this new era, with an all encompassing secure connectivity, through Colt Managed Firewall services. #### FIREWALLS Firewalls are a critical security layer that virtually all businesses require. But maintaining the perimeter security against the ever changing threat landscape has become a major challenge for many organizations. Firewalls, if not well managed, can easily become an unwitting security risk and businesses struggle to maintain control of their security, without impacting their business. #### COLT MANAGED FIREWALLS A managed firewall from Colt mitigates this headache, and plugs a vital security gap, without the need to engage costly in-house IT resource. Colt Firewall service is fully managed by us, including its design, installation, configuration, and day-to-day maintenance of hardware and software components as well as expert support from our proficient cyber security professionals, and 24/7 proactive network monitoring. Our range of managed firewall services is designed to meet all of your needs: from protecting the Internet Access of a single office, to protecting several sites within your Colt IP VPN network. Our firewall solutions make use of different technologies to meet your needs to balance performance against cost, including network-based virtual firewalls for small sites, or dedicated hardware for more complex and demanding environments. ## FIREWALL VARIANTS {% tabs %} {% tab title="Dedicated Firewall" %} Our Next Generation Firewall service on a physical infrastructure, dedicated for a single customer. {% endtab %} {% tab title="Virtual Firewall" %} Cost effective firewall delivering the benefits of virtualization through fast provisioning, unlimited scalability and eliminating your need to maintain a physical network firewall. {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ## COLT FIREWALL FEATURES Our next generation firewall includes the following key features: * Standard Firewall * Network/Port Address Translation * Application awareness * Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) * Anti-virus, anti-spam and malware protection * Advanced Threat Prevention ## BENEFITS AT A GLANCE * Protect\ against revenue loss and safeguard your internal information due to fraud and security driven outages. * Fully managed\ by Colt’s cyber security experts to keep your network safe, so you can stay focused on growing your business. * Control\ escalating IT security costs and operational processes. * Range of service options\ and feature-set tailor-made to address your security policy requirements. ## WHY COLT MANAGED SECURITY SERVICES ### SECURITY EXPERTISE AT HAND Trust Colt to ensure your firewall solution is properly maintained and updated. ### LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP Do not worry about recruiting and managing expensive security experts in house. ### KEEP PACE WITH TECHNOLOGY Colt updates its solutions and technology as times change and threats evolve. ### ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR NETWORK AND MANAGED SECURITY To ensure you have an end-to-end control and reduce overheads to manage multiple vendors. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.colt.net/datasheets/cybersecurity/managed-firewall-services.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.