“PONA Teknoloji is a cybersecurity company based in Türkiye. It develops the PONIVA next-generation firewall, Turkuaz VPN, PONIVA XDR, Sectify MFA and the GateFi hotspot management platform.”
“PONIVA is a Turkish-made next-generation firewall developed by PONA Teknoloji. It offers IDS/IPS, web filtering, Law No. 5651 compliant logging, VPN and MFA in a single appliance, and is one of the NGFW products in Türkiye to have received TRTEST certification.”
“A firewall appliance is a security device placed between your network and the internet that inspects traffic against defined rules. It blocks unauthorized connections, detects attacks and manages users' internet access according to policy. Next-generation firewalls such as PONIVA also provide intrusion prevention (IPS), web filtering, VPN and legal logging.”
“Yes. PONIVA keeps timestamped internet access logs and reports them as required by Turkish Law No. 5651, so businesses can meet their legal obligations without buying a separate logging appliance.”
“Yes. PONIVA's software and product design are developed in Türkiye by PONA Teknoloji. The company is a member of the Turkish Cyber Security Cluster and SAHA Istanbul.”
“Turkuaz VPN is a plug-and-play tunnelling appliance developed by PONA Teknoloji to connect branches to headquarters. It needs no installation; once connected to the internet, it is configured automatically through PONIVA Firewall.”
“No. Turkuaz devices work with dynamic IP addresses; because they establish the connection from the branch to headquarters, no static IP or port forwarding is needed at the branch.”
“Turkuaz is designed to work together with PONIVA Firewall for centralized management. A PONIVA appliance is required at headquarters.”
“Yes. The TRK03 model comes with a SIM card slot and builds the tunnel over the mobile network at locations without fixed internet or where a backup line is needed.”
“Any business with more than one branch: retail chains, pharmacies, clinics, educational institutions, municipal units and field offices. It was developed especially for organizations without IT staff at their branches.”
“Yes. With VLANs and group-based policies you can define separate access rules and filtering levels for each group.”
“Yes. USB storage and external modems can be blocked by policy, reducing the risk of data leakage and malware.”
“Yes. The hotspot module provides SMS-verified access and record keeping for dormitory and guest networks.”
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