Helios inspects network traffic from all sources to all destinations across the internet (north-south) and the WAN (east-west). This encompasses traffic across all ports and protocols, extending beyond just HTTP/S traffic. Helios enables organizations to decommission both branch and datacenter firewall appliances, replacing them with Helios FWaaS. The elimination of firewalls is feasible because Helios can provide all the functionalities of traditional firewalls within a network (not proxy) architecture from the cloud, supporting multi-gigabit throughput. By adopting Helios FWaaS, enterprises can eliminate configuration gaps, blind spots, and significantly reduce the risk of data breaches.
Helios FWaaS processes rules based on their order in the ruleset, halting at the first match. To prevent the ruleset from being overwhelmed with numerous rules, each rule can be configured with specific exceptions. Helios allows administrators to group rules into sections for enhanced readability and efficient review by third-party auditors.
Helios offers a comprehensive set of objects (user identity, organization unit, device, host, application, protocol, location, network, VLAN, and many more) that can be utilized in the rules, along with the capability to manage them in logical groups that can combine multiple object types.
