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OPNsense® partners with Sunny Valley Networks to provide next generation

firewall features on its platform.

Deciso® the founder of OPNsense® and Sunny Valley Networks announced the public

availability of Sensei, an easy-to-install plug-in, which empowers open source firewalls with

next-generation firewall features.

Sunnyvale, CA — 8/30/2019 — Today, Deciso® the founder of OPNsense® and Sunny Valley Networks

announced the public availability of Sensei, an easy-to-install plug-in, which empowers open source firewalls

with next-generation firewall features. Sensei Free Edition is made available at no cost to OPNsense users,

while the Premium Subscription, which offers more advanced features is available for purchase through

OPNsense webshop.

The technology behind Sensei is a very powerful packet analysis engine which can also provide protection

against encrypted cyber-attacks that are gaining momentum. Sensei technology enables cyber security tools

with utmost visibility, packet classification and fine-grained policy enforcement for any type of traffic. More

packet intelligence means better decision making. Better decision making means better success rates in

detecting & preventing cyber-attacks. Sensei provides rich packet intelligence so that the industry can enjoy

great cyber security tools.

Some of the key features that are made available to the open source firewalls include:

• Application Visibility & Control
• Drill-down Network Visibility
• User based filtering & reports
• Web Security & Cloud App Controls
• Encrypted Attacks Protection

Deciso’s CTO Jos Schellevis said “We would like to thank Sunny Valley Networks for making a free edition

available to the OPNsense community and for their help by sponsoring important O/S development for optimal

packet processing. With the introduction of Sensei’s Premium Subscription, OPNsense becomes a major player

in the UTM market.” OPNsense users can purchase a Premium Subscription through the Web Shop,

https://shop.opnsense.com .

Murat Balaban, founder and CEO of Sunny Valley Networks, said “The reason we’re going to market with

OPNsense is that it already offers most of the features available in the top commercial firewalls. Based on a

security-centric BSD distribution, HardenedBSD, they have a security-first mindset. The product is very

flexible, extendable, and contrary to the general belief about open source products, proves to be very reliable

and stable. Trying to build a complete firewall product would be total waste of resources for us. So instead of

creating a full-fledged firewall product, we chose to integrate our technology into one of the top open source

network security platforms in the world.”

About Deciso®

Deciso B.V. is a globally operating manufacturer of networking equipment. Deciso believes in the power of

open source and actively contributes to the open source community. The company was founded in 2000 and is

located in Middelharnis, the Netherlands.

About OPNsense®

OPNsense is an open source, easy-to-use and easy-to-build HardenedBSD based firewall and routing platform.

OPNsense includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases.

It brings the rich feature set of commercial offerings with the benefits of open and verifiable sources.

About Sunny Valley Networks

Bases in the heart of Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, California, Sunny Valley Networks is a young and talented

team of entrepreneurs and engineers with a mission to contribute towards tomorrow’s best network security

products. The company is actively backed and advised by Arché Assets International.