SonicWall
SonicWall provides unified cybersecurity for SMBs, MSPs, and IT teams.
- Based in
- Milpitas, United States
- Founded
- 1991
- Ownership
- Owned by Francisco Partners and Elliott Investment Management since 2016
- Certifications
- Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, FIPS 140-3, SOC 2 Type 2
About SonicWall
SonicWall sells a unified cybersecurity portfolio that covers network, endpoint, cloud and threat response. It serves small and mid-sized businesses, managed service providers and IT teams. The company offers firewalls, endpoint security, zero trust access and managed detection and response services. Its products are designed to work together on one platform and can be managed from a single console. The company provides managed security services, including 24/7 SOC monitoring and response for endpoint, cloud and network. It also offers a cyber warranty on qualifying deployments. SonicWall works through a partner network and states that it protects over 500,000 customers. It serves industries such as healthcare, education, local government, finance, manufacturing and retail.
Products
- TZ80 FirewallA next-generation firewall for small offices, home offices, IoT and micro-SMBs.
- TZ Series FirewallsEnterprise-grade firewalls for small to mid-size businesses and branch offices.
- NSa Series FirewallsHigh-performance firewalls for mid-sized enterprises.
- NSsp Series FirewallsScalable firewalls for large distributed enterprises, data centres and service providers.
- NSv Series FirewallsVirtual firewalls for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- SonicWave 600 Series Access PointsWireless access points using Wi-Fi 6 technology for secure connectivity.
Ownership and deals
Companies owned by Francisco Partners lists all 7 in the directory, with the deals on record.
Companies owned by Elliott Investment Management lists all 3 in the directory.
- SonicWall acquired Banyan SecurityReport on SonicWall buying Banyan Security (opens in a new tab)
- SonicWall acquired Solutions GrantedReport on SonicWall buying Solutions Granted (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.