SonicWall, Inc.

SonicWall, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that designs and sells network security appliances and services for businesses of all sizes. Founded in the early 1990s (originally as Sonic Systems, later becoming SonicWall) the company became well known for its firewall and VPN appliances, Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions, and secure remote access products such as the SonicWall Global VPN Client. SonicWall's product portfolio has evolved to include next-generation firewalls (NGFW), secure SD-WAN, email and web security, endpoint protection integrations, and cloud-based threat intelligence and sandboxing services (Capture Cloud Platform / Capture ATP).

The company has undergone a number of ownership changes: it was acquired by Dell in 2012 and marketed as Dell SonicWALL for a period, and later returned to independent ownership when private equity firms acquired the business from Dell (mid-2010s). SonicWall primarily serves enterprises, small/medium businesses, and managed/security...