Our hyperconnected world demands more from cyber security than ever before. Security leaders must prevent intrusions at the network level, but also protect a distributed, cloud-enabled workforce in hybrid roles and in branch offices with the same enterprise-grade security that protects a company’s headquarters.
A significant portion of work – and the workforce – resides in branch offices. For financial services, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare industries, branch offices can number into the hundreds. With each additional location, the attack surface expands and so does the opportunity for hackers to find a beachhead into the enterprise network.
According to the latest data from Check Point Research (CPR), branch offices are now facing an average of 713 weekly attack attempts per location, a 36% rise from the same period last year. Additionally, 50% of branch offices encounter attempts to exploit vulnerabilities from external sources, highlighting the urgent requirement for robust branch security and scalable management in the AI era.
Businesses need the same high-efficacy security across the entirety of their IT environment and endpoints, and with the new Quantum Force Firewalls they can expect best-in-class prevention from HQ to branch offices.
Quantum Force Firewalls deliver the following advantages:
- Optimized for cloud applications: Lightning-fast security performance for SaaS apps by optimizing for SD-WAN, expanding network connectivity up to 10X to 10 GbE, and increasing port capacity 2X.
- Unified management: Top rated unified security management for enterprise, campus, branch, and cloud environments along with zero-trust policy across the entire enterprise.
Better Security for Branch Offices Everywhere
Branch offices are critical points of interaction with customers, partners, contractors, and other stakeholders. These remote locations are not just satellite outposts – they’re vital centers of productivity and engagement.
Yet branch offices are all too often underserved when it comes to network performance and security. This gap presents a significant opportunity for attackers and a growing concern for enterprise security leaders.
Branch offices expand an organization’s digital footprint. Each location connects to headquarters, cloud applications, and external networks, and without the highest level of security these locations can be weak links in an otherwise strong cyber security perimeter. Sophisticated attackers frequently use techniques such as “island hopping,” attacks that focus on penetrating a weaker branch network, before moving laterally into the heart of the enterprise to reach sensitive systems and data.
The stakes are too high to settle for “good enough” networking and security at the branch level. Businesses must recognize that performance and protection go hand in hand, and both are critical to maintaining productivity and competitiveness.
Give Your Branch Offices Lighting–Fast Enterprise-Grade Security and Performance
Quantum Force offers a new standard of branch office security, combining rapid threat detection and prevention with uncompromising performance. Engineered to prevent even the most advanced cyber threats, including known, unknown, and zero-day threats, Quantum Force ensures branch offices maintain the same hardened security posture as your network security. They deliver a substantial boost in processing speed and threat prevention throughput, ensuring cloud-based applications such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Salesforce do not experience performance lag. Combining heightened security, performance improvements, and seamless user experience make Quantum Force an excellent investment for security upgrades in an area of enterprise security that often goes overlooked.
Management consistency is a key feature and customer benefit of the Quantum Force solution. Enterprises can now apply the same security policies across all firewalls – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in branch offices. This unified approach reduces complexity and ensures that no part of the network is under protected. Centralized management saves time and helps eliminate the kinds of policy gaps that attackers are quick to exploit.
These firewalls are also optimized for SD-WAN, giving security managers the flexibility to optimize their internet and cloud connectivity. As remote work persists and digital collaboration becomes the norm, enterprises need infrastructure that can support multiple connections, prioritize traffic intelligently, and respond dynamically to network demands. The new Quantum Force Firewalls are purpose-built for this environment, ensuring branch offices are equipped for the future of networking.
Improve Your Branch Office Security Today
In an era where branch offices are often the first point of contact between a company and its customers, it’s critical to rethink how these locations are secured. They should no longer be treated as secondary to core infrastructure. Instead, they must be viewed as vital extensions of the enterprise, deserving of the same high-performance protection as any data center.
With Quantum Force Firewalls, organizations can bridge the security and performance gap between headquarters and branch and offer a consistent experience across their IT estate. This not only strengthens the enterprise’s overall cyber defense but also enhances employee productivity and customer satisfaction at every location.
By investing in faster, smarter, and more resilient branch security, businesses can empower their teams to operate at full speed, securely, confidently, and without compromise.
Book a demo today to learn more about the new Quantum Force branch office security gateways.