Kaspersky NGFW

Main article: NGFW (Next Generation Firewall)

2025: Introduction of the second beta version of Kaspersky NGFW

Kaspersky Lab on April 16, 2025 introduced the second beta version of Kaspersky NGFW, a new generation firewall. It significantly expanded network functionality, improved the quality of detection and blocking of network cyber threats, increased performance, improved stability and added the ability to work in failover cluster mode.

Improved network protection. attacks Kaspersky NGFW integrated anti-virus has an engine that uses the latest Kaspersky Lab technologies. It is used to detect previously unknown threats. artificial intelligence The updated engine will provide an additional level of security, while maintaining the high performance of the solution as a whole.

Thanks to integration with Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA), files from the inspected traffic are additionally checked in a special sandbox sandbox. This allows you to prevent, among other things, complex targeted attacks.

Kaspersky NGFW also has native integration with Kaspersky Symphony XDR. Thanks to this, it will become much easier to use the response capabilities in XDR: just press one button.

Increased performance. The performance of Kaspersky NGFW in L4 firewall mode with application control enabled in the second beta version reached 180 Gbps.

Fail-safe operation. One of the key innovations is support for the active-passive failover cluster based on the proprietary Kaspersky High-availability Cluster Protocol (KHCP). In the event of a disaster, switching between cluster nodes will take less than a second, which will ensure stable operation of the network infrastructure with continuous protection.

When developing Kaspersky NGFW, our team carefully examines the market and the needs of organizations from various industries. We divided the release into beta versions, each of which is tested in the customer infrastructure. Throughout the development cycle, we collect their feedback to bring in all the necessary functionality. The wishes of customers voiced during piloting will be taken into account in the commercial release of NGFW, which is scheduled for 2025, "said Anton Ivanov, CTO of Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky NGFW is designed for medium and large companies (1000 or more devices) with a network infrastructure of any complexity and load, including those that fall under the FSTEC regulatory policy in the field of information security. The solution will be relevant for organizations from the public and financial sectors, retail, healthcare, transport and education, as well as telecom.