Firewalls in general are one of the fundamental network elements whose function is to prevent some communications forbidden by the security policy of the establishment. The ultimate goal of firewalls  (hardware or software-based) within any network environment is to provide controlled connectivity between different zones of trust through the enforcement of  security policies and connectivity model based on the least privilege principle. The proper configuration of firewalls protecting business networks and their regular operation and maintenance requires highly-skilled administrators. It also requires a considerable understanding of network protocols and of network security.

tawasul mFirewall services represent solutions primarily aimed at the business customers that  on the one hand feel the necessity to have a reliably-secured network and are on the other hand concerned about the costs of keeping network administrators or hiring specialized security groups for this purpose . In response to this need, Tawasul offers its highly skilled and trained network security experts to become an extension of each customer’s in-house IT staff securing complete set of management firewall activities as part of this solution.

Tawasul mFIREWALL comes with the following advantages:

• Ultimate customization of your security and flexible change management.
• Advanced Response Management with any security violation triggering an alarm at the NOC of TAWASUL where the applicable corrective steps will automatically be initiated in line with the defined Security Policy. The authorized employees of the customer will be immediately informed of the security breach by telephone, SMS or encrypted email. With regards to persistent threats, TAWASUL will initiate countermeasures, which may in extreme cases be the disconnection of the customer network to the internet. The customer will be duly informed using an agreed method.
• Maintenance of the service with the provisioning of patching and updating of all firewall devices including CPE and Network-based with the latest up-to-date patch levels and software releases. All hardware and software maintenance will be the responsibility of Tawasul. If a dispatch is necessary Tawasul will dispatch its on-site technician to the Customer's site.
• Simple and transparent billing. The billing is done on monthly basis and is based on a flat fee determined by reference to the selected solution, the number of customer’s sites and the bandwidth selected per site.
• One stop shopping for the Customer with Tawasul providing the complete solution and related services including the provisioning of all required service parts and components via one point of contact covering the entire GCC region.