SonicWall Unveils New Firewalls and Comprehensive Managed Cybersecurity Service

SonicWall has unveiled a new line of advanced firewalls and a comprehensive managed cybersecurity service designed to combat the evolving threat landscape, with particular emphasis on attacks targeting non-standard ports.

The announcement comes on the heels of concerning findings in SonicWall’s 2019 Cyber Threat Report, which highlighted a growing trend of cybercriminals exploiting vulnerabilities across conventional and unconventional network access points.

The newly launched firewall lineup represents a significant advancement in SonicWall’s security portfolio, specifically engineered to tackle the rising challenge of non-standard port attacks.

Traditional firewalls primarily focus on standard ports assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), such as port 80 for HTTP, port 443 for HTTPS, and port 25 for SMTP.

However, SonicWall’s latest offering extends comprehensive protection across all 40,000+ registered ports, with enhanced scrutiny for both standard and non-standard configurations.

“Organizations have increasingly adopted ‘security through obscurity’ strategies, using non-standard ...