The responsibilities of firewalls have increased dramatically in the last several years with new features and integration capabilities. They also require more deployment time and more knowledge to manage effectively than ever before.

Since most IT teams are understaffed, critical items requiring in-depth knowledge and training are tough to tackle because of the time needed for training and continuing education. As an end user, continuing education is easy to get pushed aside for other priorities and the apathy of not working daily with firewalls sets in.

This is precisely why Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) makes sense: as a service provider, we are continuously educated because we design, architect, deploy and manage firewalls as part of our business. Alleviating the need for on-hand firewall expertise can also help make finding IT employees much more realistic for budget and staffing of your business.