Traditional firewalls keep track of the domains from which traffic originates and the ports to which it is directed. Next-generation firewalls go much further, monitoring message content for malware and data exfiltration and reacting in real time to threats. Behavioral analytics, application security, zero-day malware detection, compatibility for cloud and hybrid settings, and even endpoint protection are all included in the latest iterations. (next gen firewall) That’s a lot of capability crammed into a little space. Intent-based security, which allows users to specify consistent policies for management and configuration, as well as compliance-related regulations, is being offered by some firewall…