Cloud NGFW
Scalable, cloud-first firewall service
A cloud-first NGFW with advanced threat protection and operational simplicity
New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Google Cloud.
Features
Distributed, cloud-first firewall service
Cloud NGFW's fully distributed, stateful inspection firewall engine is built natively into our software defined networking fabric and enforced at each workload.
Advanced threat protection
Cloud NGFW offers a cloud-first, market-leading, easy to deploy Intrusion Prevention System powered by Palo Alto Networks for inline protection against malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks on your network.
Simplified configuration and deployment
Network firewall policies are global by default and apply to all regions. Define policies at the organization, folder, and project levels with hierarchical firewall policies.
Granular control and micro-segmentation
Leverage IAM-governed tags to define granular control for both north-south and east-west traffic, down to a single VM, across VPCs and organizations.
Context-aware and dynamic objects for firewall rules
Policy objects, such as Google Cloud Threat Intelligence lists, domain name (FQDN) objects, and geolocation objects, provide advanced protection for firewall rules. These objects are curated by Google, constantly updated, and automatically applied in firewall rules that call them.
Cloud NGFW tiers
| Feature | Cloud NGFW Essentials | Cloud NGFW Standard | Cloud NGFW Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
Global and regional network firewall policy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tag integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Stateful inspection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Address groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence | ✓ | ✓ | |
FQDN objects | ✓ | ✓ | |
Geolocation filtering | ✓ | ✓ | |
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) | ✓ | ||
TLS decryption | ✓ |
Global and regional network firewall policy
✓
✓
✓
Tag integration
✓
✓
✓
Stateful inspection
✓
✓
✓
Address groups
✓
✓
✓
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence
✓
✓
FQDN objects
✓
✓
Geolocation filtering
✓
✓
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
✓
TLS decryption
✓
How It Works
To use Cloud NGFW, you’ll first create a firewall policy. Then you'll be able to configure rules to help protect your cloud workloads against both internal and external attacks and meet compliance requirements.
To use Cloud NGFW, you’ll first create a firewall policy. Then you'll be able to configure rules to help protect your cloud workloads against both internal and external attacks and meet compliance requirements.
Common Uses
Detect and prevent advanced threats
Inline Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Inline Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Cloud NGFW Enterprise offers a cloud-first, market-leading, easy to deploy Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). It helps prevent malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks on your network by inspecting both TLS and non-TLS traffic.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Inline Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Inline Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Cloud NGFW Enterprise offers a cloud-first, market-leading, easy to deploy Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). It helps prevent malware, spyware, and command-and-control attacks on your network by inspecting both TLS and non-TLS traffic.
Secure traffic based on domain names
Domain name (FQDN) based objects
Domain name (FQDN) based objects
Achieve advanced protection with dynamic policies that filter traffic from domains, even as the underlying IP addresses change.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Domain name (FQDN) based objects
Domain name (FQDN) based objects
Achieve advanced protection with dynamic policies that filter traffic from domains, even as the underlying IP addresses change.
Filter traffic based on location
Geolocation objects
Geolocation objects
Simplify the process of managing traffic to designated countries without the need to specify individual IP addresses.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Geolocation objects
Geolocation objects
Simplify the process of managing traffic to designated countries without the need to specify individual IP addresses.
Integrate with threat intelligence data
Threat Intelligence for Cloud NGFW
Threat Intelligence for Cloud NGFW
Block traffic based on curated lists of threat intelligence data, such as known malicious IPs and domains. Allow public IPs that your service uses. These lists are managed by Google Cloud and aggregate data from various Google, third-party, and open-source feeds.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Threat Intelligence for Cloud NGFW
Threat Intelligence for Cloud NGFW
Block traffic based on curated lists of threat intelligence data, such as known malicious IPs and domains. Allow public IPs that your service uses. These lists are managed by Google Cloud and aggregate data from various Google, third-party, and open-source feeds.
Enable micro-segmentation for workloads
Firewall policies and IAM-governed tags
Firewall policies and IAM-governed tags
Tags provide built-in IAM governance for firewall policies. Each tag has granular controls to determine which users can create, modify, and bind individual tags. Combined with network firewall policies, these features help increase policy precision and simplify rule creation to deliver micro-segmentation.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Firewall policies and IAM-governed tags
Firewall policies and IAM-governed tags
Tags provide built-in IAM governance for firewall policies. Each tag has granular controls to determine which users can create, modify, and bind individual tags. Combined with network firewall policies, these features help increase policy precision and simplify rule creation to deliver micro-segmentation.
Enforce consistency across your org
Hierarchical firewall policies
Hierarchical firewall policies
Network firewall policies let you group multiple firewall rules, apply batch updates, and control access to these rules with Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles. Hierarchical Firewall Policies can be applied at the organization and folder level, and Global and Regional Network Firewall Policies can be applied at the VPC level.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Hierarchical firewall policies
Hierarchical firewall policies
Network firewall policies let you group multiple firewall rules, apply batch updates, and control access to these rules with Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles. Hierarchical Firewall Policies can be applied at the organization and folder level, and Global and Regional Network Firewall Policies can be applied at the VPC level.
Pricing
| How Cloud NGFW pricing works | Pricing for Cloud NGFW is based on traffic throughput. Add-on manageability products are billed separately. | |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Description | Price |
Cloud NGFW | Cloud NGFW Essentials | Free |
Cloud NGFW Standard | $0.018 per GB of data processed | |
Cloud NGFW Enterprise | $0.018 per GB of data processed | |
Cloud NGFW Enterprise | $1.75 per hour endpoint deployment | |
Hierarchical Firewall Policies | 500 or fewer attributes in the policy | $1 per VM covered by the policy |
501 or more attributes in the policy (large) | $1.50 per VM covered by the policy | |
Firewall Insights | Configuration analysis | $1 for each rule that exists in your project when the feature is enabled |
Overgranting analysis | $0.20 monthly rate per million log entries for 1-10,000 million log entries | |
Learn more about Cloud Firewall pricing. View all pricing details
How Cloud NGFW pricing works
Pricing for Cloud NGFW is based on traffic throughput. Add-on manageability products are billed separately.
Cloud NGFW
Cloud NGFW Essentials
Free
Cloud NGFW Standard
$0.018
per GB of data processed
Cloud NGFW Enterprise
$0.018
per GB of data processed
Cloud NGFW Enterprise
$1.75
per hour endpoint deployment
Hierarchical Firewall Policies
500 or fewer attributes in the policy
$1
per VM covered by the policy
501 or more attributes in the policy (large)
$1.50
per VM covered by the policy
Firewall Insights
Configuration analysis
$1
for each rule that exists in your project when the feature is enabled
Overgranting analysis
$0.20
monthly rate per million log entries for 1-10,000 million log entries
Learn more about Cloud Firewall pricing. View all pricing details
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