SonicProtect Subscription

With persistent inflation and high prices, businesses face challenges to reduce operational expenses and adhere to budget constraints. Some organisations, such as airlines and manufacturers, employ cost lock-in strategies on core expenses to gain a competitive advantage. This approach enables them to forecast costs with greater accuracy, thereby enhancing budget planning.

Beyond core competencies, modern organisations view cybersecurity as a critical aspect of doing business and a key factor in operating expenses. According to the SonicWall 2024 Threat Report, overall intrusion numbers have increased compared to last year, with nearly 1 billion more attempts recorded. In a constantly evolving threat landscape, businesses must implement the latest hardware and software upgrades and ensure that cybersecurity solutions are both adaptable and robust enough to counter the threats encountered.

Without proper planning, organisations risk accumulating technical debt in cybersecurity, leading to adverse financial and reputational outcomes.

SonicProtect Subscription: Cost Protection for Multi-Year Security Services

The SonicProtect Subscription is a renewal programme that locks in prices for multi-year security services. It provides top-tier threat and investment protection for all generations of SonicWall firewalls with a single subscription.

SonicProtect offers the highest level of security services on each platform, including SonicWall's patented Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI™) and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI).

This programme is available in 3-year and 5-year terms.

Reduce Costs and Strengthen Security

The SonicProtect Subscription helps organisations tackle the dual challenges of managing operating expenses and staying ahead of emerging threats.

With SonicProtect, businesses, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) can reduce costs by taking advantage of discounted multi-year security service subscriptions, avoiding price increases for new platform generations. This programme ensures predictable operational expenses by locking in prices for the entire subscription term, leading to more accurate budget forecasting.

When subscribers upgrade to the latest firewall, the service automatically transfers to the highest tier of the security service bundle for the new firewall. This ensures that businesses continue to benefit from advanced security features and SaaS management at the top security tier throughout the subscription term.

For example, a SonicProtect Subscription for a TZ400 family (Gen 6) Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) would start with AGSS. If the subscriber upgrades to a TZ470 (Gen 7), the remaining security service term would transfer to APSS for the TZ470.