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Sphyrna NGXS AGW-200 is a commercial next-generation firewalls tool by Sphyrna Security. genuscreen is a commercial next-generation firewalls tool by genua GmbH. Compare features, ratings, integrations, and community reviews side by side to find the best next-generation firewalls fit for your security stack.
CST VerdictBased on our analysis of NIST CSF 2.0 coverage, core features, integrations, company size fit, here is our conclusion:
Enterprise and mid-market security teams protecting classified or highly sensitive networks will value the NGXS AGW-200 for its unidirectional enforcement; once data crosses this gateway, it cannot flow backward, which eliminates an entire category of exfiltration risk that standard firewalls merely monitor. Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification and ITSG-33 compliance confirm the hardware-based diode architecture, and the dual audit ports let you maintain separate forensic trails on each network segment. Skip this if you need east-west microsegmentation or dynamic policy updates; this tool solves a narrower problem, which is exactly why it solves it well.
Enterprise and mid-market teams in regulated sectors needing to move classified data across borders will find genuscreen's German-engineered VPN and firewall combination irreplaceable; it's the only commercially available platform with BSI approval for NATO RESTRICTED and EU RESTRICTED classification levels, backed by Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification and quantum-resistant key exchange. The allowlist-based filtering architecture and centralized management across 1,000+ deployments make it genuinely defensible at scale for organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements. Skip this if you need integrated threat detection or your classified traffic volumes justify custom solutions; genuscreen optimizes for compliance-first networks, not detection responsiveness.
Hardware data diode gateway for unidirectional data transfer at 25 Gbps
Firewall & VPN appliance with BSI approval for classified data transfer.
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Sphyrna NGXS AGW-200: Hardware data diode gateway for unidirectional data transfer at 25 Gbps. built by Sphyrna Security. headquartered in Canada. Core capabilities include Common Criteria EAL 4+ certified data diode, 25 Gbps interface with 20 Gbps maximum throughput, Unidirectional data transfer between network segments..
genuscreen: Firewall & VPN appliance with BSI approval for classified data transfer. built by genua GmbH. headquartered in Germany. Core capabilities include Stateful firewall with explicit allowlist-based traffic filtering, IPsec/IKEv2 VPN with post-quantum (quantum-resistant) key exchange, BSI approval for VS-NfD, NATO RESTRICTED, and RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED classified data..
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