Best suited to provide easy access to trusted employees. Summary of Clear Choice Test of F5 Networks’ FirePass 4140.Data sheet for F5 Networks’ FirePass 4140Starting price: $24,990 Overall score: 4.0 With its acquisition of uRoam in July 2003, F5 jumped into the SSL VPN market with both feet. Since then, the product has always been colored by uRoam’s original interest: easy remote access. Competing against security-oriented companies such as Cisco, Check Point and Juniper, the F5 team has focused more on accessibility and easy access than tight controls.The FirePass 4140 is all about giving access. It’s not about fine-grained access controls. This makes it perfect for many environments, especially remote-access ones where end users are fully or partially trusted (such as employee remote access). However, the FirePass doesn’t fit well where a lot of very tight controls on access are needed (see policy testing results).F5’s remote access and accessibility orientation are clear throughout FirePass. F5 was the first to pay attention to the appearance and function of the end-user Web portal (see portal testing results), a valuable sales tool, as many SSL VPN products treat the Web portal as an afterthought. F5 has also reached out to encourage cross-platform compatibility, with Mac support and special handling for small-screen devices such as PDAs and mobile phones. The FirePass is designed to ease and simplify the process of providing secure remote access to corporate networks. F5’s end point security policy creation GUI is a perfect example: easy to use, fairly powerful and visually yards ahead of everyone else. Is it the most powerful end-point security system? Not at all. But F5’s end-point security is the easiest to use and manage, and that counts for a lot (see results of end-point security tests). Check Point | Next summary: Fortinet > Related content news Cisco CCNA and AWS cloud networking rank among highest paying IT certifications Cloud expertise and security know-how remain critical in building today’s networks, and these skills pay top dollar, according to Skillsoft’s annual ranking of the most valuable IT certifications. Demand for talent continues to outweigh s By Denise Dubie Nov 30, 2023 7 mins Certifications Certifications Certifications news Mainframe modernization gets a boost from Kyndryl, AWS collaboration Kyndryl and AWS have expanded their partnership to help enterprise customers simplify and accelerate their mainframe modernization initiatives. By Michael Cooney Nov 30, 2023 4 mins Mainframes Cloud Computing Data Center news AWS and Nvidia partner on Project Ceiba, a GPU-powered AI supercomputer The companies are extending their AI partnership, and one key initiative is a supercomputer that will be integrated with AWS services and used by Nvidia’s own R&D teams. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Supercomputers news VMware stung by defections and layoffs after Broadcom close Layoffs and executive departures are expected after an acquisition, but there's also concern about VMware customer retention. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins Virtualization Data Center Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe