The firewall that stops cyberattacks before they reach your cloud.
QCloud Firewall is Pakistan's first managed Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) — deep packet inspection, IDS/IPS, SSL inspection, URL filtering, application control. Hosted inside KHI-1 + ISB-1. Billed in PKR. Watched 24/7 by in-country specialists.
Protecting workloads across Pakistan's regulated industries
Banking & Fintech
SBP cyber-hygiene aligned · 5 banks under protection
Telecom & ISPs
3 telcos · 5,000+ workloads firewalled
Government & Public Sector
PECA-aligned · sovereign by default
Healthcare
HIPAA-style controls · in-country only
E-commerce & Retail
240+ storefronts protected
Numbers reflect QCloud Firewall production telemetry · KHI-1 + ISB-1 · 12-month rolling window.
Not just a firewall — an intelligent perimeter that thinks in real time.
QCloud Firewall is a fully managed Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) deployed in front of your QCloud VPCs, ECS instances, and load balancers. It inspects every packet at Layer 3 through Layer 7, blocks threats before they reach your workloads, and logs every decision for audit.
Four reasons enterprise security teams pick QCloud Firewall.
What QCloud Firewall blocks every minute of every day.
Live aggregate telemetry across QCloud's firewall fleet — Pakistan only.
From first packet to logged decision — in milliseconds.
Packet arrives
Incoming traffic from the internet hits QCloud Firewall before reaching your VPC.
L3/L4 stateful check
Source IP, destination, protocol, and connection state are verified against your firewall policy.
L7 deep packet inspection
Payload is examined at the application layer. URL, app signature, and content are matched.
IPS signature match
Packet is checked against 30,000+ threat signatures and behavioral patterns.
Verdict + action
Block, allow, or send for further inspection. Decision is enforced instantly.
Audit log + alert
Every decision is logged immutably to QCloud OSS with HSM-signed entries — ready for SBP / PECA audit.
Six engines. One firewall.
Everything our customers used to buy separately — built into QCloud Firewall.
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Stateful inspection + deep packet inspection at Layer 7. Identify applications, users, and content — not just ports and protocols. Up to 9 Gbps throughput.
Intrusion Prevention (IPS)
30,000+ threat signatures, updated daily. Stop exploits in real time.
30k+ signaturesURL & Content Filtering
Block phishing, malware, gambling, and non-compliant URLs.
60+ categoriesSSL / TLS Inspection
Decrypt and inspect encrypted traffic without breaking trust.
TLS 1.3 supportedVPN over SSL / IPsec
Site-to-site and remote-user VPN — encrypted, authenticated, audited.
up to 8 Gbps SSL-VPNHigh Availability & Redundancy
Active-active firewall pairs. Automatic failover in < 1 second. No single point of failure.
< 1s failoverTraditional firewalls stop at port 443. NGFW reads what's inside.
Drag the slider to compare what each firewall sees.
| Capability | Traditional Firewall | QCloud NGFW |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection layer | L3 / L4 only | L3 through L7 |
| Application awareness | ✕ | ✓ (4,500+ apps) |
| Encrypted traffic | Pass-through | TLS inspection |
| Threat prevention | None / basic | IPS + signatures + AI |
| User-aware policies | ✕ | ✓ (via VPN/SSO) |
Built for the threats Pakistani enterprises actually face.
Banking workloads
Typical threats
- ✕Brute-force attacks on internet banking portals
- ✕Skimming and card-data exfiltration
- ✕SWIFT and core-banking targeting
How we protect
- SBP-aligned signatures and DLP rules
- Geo-blocking and threat-intel feeds
- Immutable, HSM-signed audit logs
Telecom workloads
Typical threats
- ✕BSS / OSS portal compromises
- ✕Signaling-protocol fuzzing
- ✕Subscriber-data scraping
How we protect
- Application-aware policies for telco protocols
- Rate-limiting and anomaly detection
- Cross-region log replication
Government workloads
Typical threats
- ✕State-actor C2 beacons
- ✕Data-exfiltration to blocked geos
- ✕Web-portal defacement attempts
How we protect
- Geo-IP blocking and sovereign hosting
- Custom signatures for state-actor TTPs
- PECA-aligned reporting
Healthcare workloads
Typical threats
- ✕EMR-port enumeration
- ✕Ransomware (LockBit, BlackCat)
- ✕Patient-record exfiltration
How we protect
- HIPAA-style data-handling controls
- Ransomware-signature blocking
- HL7 / FHIR-aware policies
E-commerce workloads
Typical threats
- ✕Magecart skimmers on checkout
- ✕Bot-driven inventory hoarding
- ✕Account-takeover attempts
How we protect
- Bot management and rate-limiting
- Magecart and JS-skimmer signatures
- Payment-gateway allow-listing
Three ways to deploy. All managed by us.
Perimeter Firewall
Single firewall at the edge of your VPC. Protects all north-south traffic from the internet.
Best for: Small/mid teams · single-VPC workloadsSegmented (East-West) Firewall
Firewalls between internal segments. Prevents lateral movement when one workload is compromised.
Best for: Banks · compliance-driven · zero-trust internalHigh-Availability Pair (Active-Active)
Two firewalls run in active-active mode. If one fails, the other takes over in under a second.
Best for: Tier-1 workloads · 99.999% SLA · zero-downtimeBuilt for the regulators Pakistani enterprises actually answer to.
QCloud Firewall is designed against SBP cyber-hygiene, PECA, PTA, and international ISO/PCI frameworks.
Asset inventory · patching · access control · audit log
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act aligned
Information security management
Cardholder data protection ready
Healthcare data confidentiality
Pakistan Telecom Authority frameworks
Transparent prices, without surprises.
Pay As You Go or commit for bigger savings. No hidden charges. Billed in PKR.
Pay As You Go
Pay only for the resources you consume — no commitment required
- NGFW (L3–L7 inspection)
- IPS + 30,000+ threat signatures
- URL & content filtering
- SSL / TLS inspection
- VPN over SSL / IPsec
- 24/7 support included
1-Year Saving Plan
Commit for 1 year and unlock discounted rates on all firewall resources
- Everything in Pay As You Go
- Discounted annual rate in PKR
- Priority support & SLA
- Dedicated account manager
- Quarterly compliance reports
Payment options
3-Year Saving Plan
Maximum savings for long-term infrastructure — ideal for regulated enterprises
- Everything in 1-Year Plan
- Maximum discount rate in PKR
- Named security architect (TAM)
- SBP / PECA-aligned reporting
- Custom SLA & HA options
Payment options
Everything you wanted to know before you firewall your first VPC.
Firewall your first VPC — on the house.
$100 in QCloud credit · 1-month free trial of Firewall + ECS + EVS · A real security architect on the call from day one. Migration support for teams moving off DIY iptables, hardware appliances, or offshore firewalls — all included.
No credit card required · PKR billing · Production workloads welcome