Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this solicitation is to solicit Managed Security Solution Providers (MSSPs) that can implement and manage a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) solution that will assist the City with its defense in depth strategy. The solution should include a next generation firewall at the edge of the City’s fiber network (BoNET). In addition to being an edge security device, it needs to function as an Intrusion Protection/Intrusion Detection device and Firewall. Additionally, the solution needs to be able to correctly classify all traffic and then determine source/destination and affect change to the stream if necessary. URL/Content Filtering capabilities (Section 5.14 of the Evaluation Factors) is not critical requirement to this RFP, however inclusion of such capabilities is advantageous.
