Planning to buy NETGATE 8200 MAX PFSENSE+ SECURITY GATEWAY hardware , wanted to know if its achieve my requirements for ISO 27001

vyshakss

Planning to buy NETGATE 8200 MAX PFSENSE+ SECURITY GATEWAY hardware , wanted to know if its achieve my requirements for ISO 27001.

supports 250+ concurrent users
Provides active threat detection and response
Web filtering
usage monitoring and restriction

Gertjan

@vyshakss

While waiting for a more detailed answer, I'll propose a shortcut to you :
pfSense 2.7.2 is free to test. So you can get all the answers right away.

supports 250+ concurrent users

The "8200" will deal with "250 users" just fine. Just keep in mind that 'users' doesn't mean anything.

For me "ISO 27001" is more a human certification. Not a device.
The device, out of the box, the day you receive it, will be very (IMHO) "ISO 27001" compliant. Then the "admin" starts doing its stuff, and the 27001 is lost.
See also this.

These 3 :

Provides active threat detection and response
Web filtering
usage monitoring and restriction

is more a 'what can the admin do with the available extra pfSense packages ?'.
After all, if you want to fly, get a plane, and that's the easy part. The question is : can you fly it ?

michmoor

@Gertjan I agree with you here completely.
Although I would just add….Can pfsense do any of the things outlined? Yes. Can it do it well(compared to other security appliances)? No. Pfsense isn’t a UTM device.

So that said, being ISO compliant is one thing but the other part of the assessment should be “do I want a security appliance that has a laser focus on cyber security)?