Why Aviatrix for NGFW Environments

Close the cloud security gap—extend NGFW strategies with Aviatrix for distributed policy enforcement and routing control.

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The NGFW Enforcement Gaps

NGFWs excel at perimeter defense, but cloud-native traffic increasingly bypasses centralized inspection—creating gaps, complexity, and risk in east–west communication.

Cloud security needs enforcement that follows traffic, scales with cloud environments, preserves performance, and integrates with NGFWs.

The Aviatrix Approach: Introducing a Distributed Enforcement Layer

Aviatrix Cloud Native Security Fabric (CNSF) introduces a distributed, cloud-native enforcement layer. CNSF enforces Zero Trust where traffic flows—securing workload-to-workload and internet communication—while keeping NGFWs focused on inspection without disruption.

Enforce zero trust

Deliver cloud-native visibility into east–west and outbound traffic flows in real time.

Provide traffic visibility

Deliver cloud native visibility into east-west and outbound traffic flows in real time.

Remove centralized enforcement

Minimize dependence on perimeter-bound enforcement to reduce latency and complexity.

Chokepoint Security vs. Containment Architecture

A chokepoint governs the traffic that routes through it. Communication Governance governs every path.

✗Chokepoint Security

✓Containment Architecture

NGFW /
Transit
Firewall

Pod

K8s Pods

Func

Serverless

E-W

East-West

Policy

Auto-Propagated

✗

K8s Pod Egress

Exits via Node NAT

Ungoverned

✓

K8s Pod Egress

Enforced at Pod

Governed

✗

Serverless Functions

Exits via Provider NAT

Ungoverned

✓

Serverless Functions

Enforced at Function

Governed

✗

East-West VPC Traffic

Direct Peering

Ungoverned

✓

East-West VPC Traffic

Enforced at Workload

Governed

✗

New VPC / Policy Gap

No Routing Configured

Ungoverned

✓

New VPC / Policy Gap

Auto-Propagated

Governed

Governs only traffic that routes through it

Governs every workload, every path, every region

Detailed Comparison

Dimension	Chokepoint Security	Containment Architecture
Enforcement Point	Central transit firewall	Every workload
K8s Pod Egress	Invisible	Governed
Serverless Functions	Invisible	Governed
East-West Traffic	Depends on routing	Governed
Policy Propagation	Hours/days per device	Subsecond, universal
Blast Radius	Network-wide	Single workload

"The distinction is not 'egress filtering vs. no egress filtering.' The distinction is where the enforcement lives."

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