I think largely this is used by small and medium enterprises, and mid-market organizations is where I've actually seen them use this platform much more. It's used for secure internet gateway protection, remote office connectivity, and probably also for web content filtering, especially by the schools and enterprises. Many of our customers have really benefited, especially in the small and medium businesses, schools and universities, and financial services as well. Typical benefits largely have been reduced malware infections, better visibility into user activity, very simplified firewall administration, reduction in network downtime, and easier compliance reporting.
systems engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
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Jan 20, 2026
My main use case for Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is as a perimeter firewall. I use it as a perimeter firewall by protecting internet traffic, specifically user to internet traffic.
Firewalls serve as essential network security devices designed to monitor incoming and outgoing traffic, establishing a barrier between trusted and untrusted networks to protect against cyber threats. Firewalls, critically important in IT infrastructure, offer a range of security features that include packet filtering, stateful inspection, and proxy service. They are used extensively to define policies that allow or block traffic, playing a crucial role in preventing unauthorized access....
Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall serves the main role of a conventional firewall in my organization.
I think largely this is used by small and medium enterprises, and mid-market organizations is where I've actually seen them use this platform much more. It's used for secure internet gateway protection, remote office connectivity, and probably also for web content filtering, especially by the schools and enterprises. Many of our customers have really benefited, especially in the small and medium businesses, schools and universities, and financial services as well. Typical benefits largely have been reduced malware infections, better visibility into user activity, very simplified firewall administration, reduction in network downtime, and easier compliance reporting.
My main use case for Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is as a perimeter firewall. I use it as a perimeter firewall by protecting internet traffic, specifically user to internet traffic.
I use the solution in my company and I know that it is a software firewall and not a hardware firewall.