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Cloud Next Generation Firewall is a fully distributed firewall service with
advanced protection capabilities, micro-segmentation, and pervasive coverage
to help protect your Google Cloud workloads from internal and
external attacks.
Cloud NGFW has the following benefits:
Distributed firewall service: Cloud NGFW provides a
stateful, fully distributed host-based enforcement on each workload to
enable zero-trust security architecture.
Simplified configuration and deployment: Cloud NGFW
implements network and hierarchical firewall
policies that can be attached to
a resource
hierarchy node.
These policies provide a consistent firewall experience across the
Google Cloud resource hierarchy.
Granular control and micro-segmentation: The combination of firewall
policies and Identity and Access Management (IAM)-governed Tags provides fine control
for both north-south and east-west traffic, down to a single VM, across
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks and organizations.
Cloud NGFW is available in the following tiers:
Cloud Next Generation Firewall Essentials
Cloud Next Generation Firewall Standard
Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise
Cloud NGFW also provides additional features that you can add on
top of these tiers. For more information about the pricing of the firewall
tiers and additional features, see Cloud NGFW
pricing.
Cloud NGFW Essentials
Cloud NGFW Essentials is the foundational firewall service offered
by Google Cloud. It includes the following features and capabilities:
IAM-governed Tags
combined with network firewall policies provide micro-segmentation and
fine-grain control of your Google Cloud resources. Tags are managed
centrally with unique IDs and strict IAM control. You can
reference these Tags in network firewall policy rules for tighter and
uniform access control across your regions and network.
Address groups combine
multiple IP addresses and IP ranges into a single named logical unit. You
can reference the same address group in multiple firewall rules for ingress
and egress control.
VPC firewall rules that use
network tags and service accounts filter incoming and outgoing traffic at
the network level.
Cloud NGFW Standard
Cloud NGFW Standard extends the Cloud NGFW Essentials
features to provide enhanced capabilities to help protect your
cloud infrastructure from malicious attacks.
It includes the following features:
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) objects
in firewall policy rules filter incoming or outgoing traffic from or to
specific domains. Based on the traffic direction, the IP addresses
associated with the domain names are matched against the source or
destination of the traffic.
Geolocation objects
in firewall policy rules filter external IPv4 and IPv6 traffic based on
specific geographic locations or regions.
Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise provides advanced Layer 7 security capabilities that
help protect your Google Cloud workloads from threats and malicious attacks.
Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise includes signature-based
intrusion detection and prevention service
with Transport Layer Security (TLS)
interception and decryption, which provides threat detection and prevention
from malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks on your network.
Additional features
In addition to the features available in the Cloud NGFW Essentials,
Cloud NGFW Standard, and Cloud NGFW Enterprise tiers,
Cloud NGFW offers the following features:
Hierarchical firewall policy rules
create and enforce a consistent firewall policy across your organization.
You can assign hierarchical firewall policies to the organization as a whole
or to individual folders.
Firewall Rules Logging lets
you verify whether firewall rules are being used as intended.
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For more information about the pricing of the firewall\ntiers and additional features, see [Cloud NGFW\npricing](/firewall/pricing).\n\nCloud NGFW Essentials\n---------------------\n\nCloud NGFW Essentials is the foundational firewall service offered\nby Google Cloud. It includes the following features and capabilities:\n\n- [Global network firewall policies](/firewall/docs/network-firewall-policies)\n and [regional network firewall\n policies](/firewall/docs/regional-firewall-policies) enable you to group\n firewall rules into a policy object applicable to all regions or specific\n regions.\n\n- IAM-governed [Tags](/firewall/docs/tags-firewalls-overview)\n combined with network firewall policies provide micro-segmentation and\n fine-grain control of your Google Cloud resources. Tags are managed\n centrally with unique IDs and strict IAM control. You can\n reference these Tags in network firewall policy rules for tighter and\n uniform access control across your regions and network.\n\n- [Address groups](/firewall/docs/address-groups-firewall-policies) combine\n multiple IP addresses and IP ranges into a single named logical unit. You\n can reference the same address group in multiple firewall rules for ingress\n and egress control.\n\n- [VPC firewall rules](/firewall/docs/firewalls) that use\n network tags and service accounts filter incoming and outgoing traffic at\n the network level.\n\nCloud NGFW Standard\n-------------------\n\nCloud NGFW Standard extends the Cloud NGFW Essentials\nfeatures to provide enhanced capabilities to help protect your\ncloud infrastructure from malicious attacks.\n\nIt includes the following features:\n\n- [Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) objects](/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details#domain-names-for-firewall)\n in firewall policy rules filter incoming or outgoing traffic from or to\n specific domains. Based on the traffic direction, the IP addresses\n associated with the domain names are matched against the source or\n destination of the traffic.\n\n- [Geolocation objects](/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details#geo-location-object)\n in firewall policy rules filter external IPv4 and IPv6 traffic based on\n specific geographic locations or regions.\n\n\u003c!-- --\u003e\n\n- [Google Threat Intelligence for firewall policy rules](/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details#threat-intelligence-fw-policy) let you secure your network by allowing or blocking traffic based on Google Threat Intelligence data lists.\n\nCloud NGFW Enterprise\n---------------------\n\nCloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise provides advanced Layer 7 security capabilities that\nhelp protect your Google Cloud workloads from threats and malicious attacks.\n\nCloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise includes signature-based\n[intrusion detection and prevention service](/firewall/docs/about-intrusion-prevention)\nwith [Transport Layer Security (TLS)](/firewall/docs/about-tls-inspection)\ninterception and decryption, which provides threat detection and prevention\nfrom malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks on your network.\n\nAdditional features\n-------------------\n\nIn addition to the features available in the Cloud NGFW Essentials,\nCloud NGFW Standard, and Cloud NGFW Enterprise tiers,\nCloud NGFW offers the following features:\n\n- [Hierarchical firewall policy rules](/firewall/docs/firewall-policies)\n create and enforce a consistent firewall policy across your organization.\n You can assign hierarchical firewall policies to the organization as a whole\n or to individual folders.\n\n- [Firewall Rules Logging](/firewall/docs/firewall-rules-logging) lets\n you verify whether firewall rules are being used as intended.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- [Firewall policy rules](/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details)"]]