SonicWall

What the company sells

SonicWall sells next-generation firewalls, a cloud secure edge product, endpoint security and managed detection and response services. Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed their acquisition of SonicWall, then part of Dell Software Group, in November 2016.

Categories

• Firewalls and NGFW (primary category)
• SASE and SSE
• EDR and XDR
• MDR and managed SOC

Headquarters

Not established from our sources

Founded

Not established from our sources

Ownership

Owned by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management since 2016

Website

sonicwall.com

Products and services

• Network Security (firewalls)

  Next-generation firewalls that inspect traffic in real time at the network perimeter.

• Cloud Secure Edge

  A cloud-native security service edge product replacing legacy VPNs, combining ZTNA, secure web gateway and CASB.

• Endpoint Security

  An endpoint agent combining antivirus and endpoint detection and response in a single console.

• MDR for Network and Cloud

  A managed detection and response service that monitors firewalls, devices and cloud logins around the clock.

Sources

1. SonicWallUndated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. Francisco PartnersPublished November 1, 2016 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

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