This is an upgrade model - used when moving from an earlier NSv model, or competitor

The SonicWall Network Security NSv XS Virtual Firewalls deliver enterprise-class security, streamlined management, complete visibility, and flexible deployment, while delivering superior performance for virtual workloads.

Vulnerabilities within virtual environments yield serious security implications and challenges. But protecting all these security vectors requires consistently applying the right security policy to the right network control point, as some security failures can be attributed to ineffective policies or misconfigurations.

Public, private and government cloud security

• Next-gen firewall with automated real-time breach detection and prevention capabilities
• Patented Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI™) technology
• Patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) technology
• Complete end-to-end visibility and streamlined management with Unified Policy
• Application intelligence and control
• DNS security
• Reputation-based Content Filtering Service (CFS 5.0)
• Wi-Fi 6 firewall management
• Network access control integration with Aruba ClearPass
• Supports AWS and Azure US Government clouds
• Integrates with Microsoft Azure Sentinel for faster incident response
• Supports private cloud (ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox) and public cloud (AWS, Azure) platforms
• Cloud Secure Edge Connector Support

Virtual machine protection

• Data confidentiality
• Secure communication with data leakage prevention
• Traffic validation, inspection and monitoring
• Virtual network resilience and availability