Sangfor

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Sangfor Technologies is a leading Chinese provider of enterprise cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure solutions. Its products include next-generation firewalls, security gateways, and hyper-converged infrastructure, serving industries such as government, finance, and education. Sangfor was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2018.

Sangfor Technologies was founded in 2000 in Shenzhen, a major Chinese technology and software center. The company entered the enterprise-information-technology market during a period when Chinese organizations were increasing their use of networked applications, Internet connectivity, and centralized information systems. Its early business was associated with network and application infrastructure, including products intended to improve access, control traffic, and support the operation of enterprise networks. As enterprise connectivity became more complex, security became a larger part of Sangfor’s business. The company developed and marketed security appliances and software for network protection, application protection, access control, and the management of threats and vulnerabilities. Its customer base broadened beyond commercial enterprises to include government, education, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and other sectors with significant requirements for availability, data protection, and regulatory compliance. The company subsequently expanded into cloud computing and data-center infrastructure. Its product development moved toward private-cloud platforms, virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure, cloud management, backup, and disaster recovery. These offerings allowed Sangfor to participate in organizations’ data-center modernization and digital-transformation projects rather than compete only in the standalone network-appliance market. Sangfor’s later portfolio increasingly linked cloud infrastructure with security. The company developed offerings for endpoint protection, secure remote access, distributed users, security operations, and cloud-based or hybrid deployment models. This reflected changes in enterprise architecture: applications and data were no longer concentrated exclusively behind a single corporate perimeter, while remote work, software-defined infrastructure, and public-cloud adoption created new access and monitoring requirements. Sangfor was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2018 under stock code 300454. The listing formalized its position as a public technology company and provided a framework for continued research and development, sales expansion, and investment in cloud and cybersecurity products. Its principal market remains China, where the company competes for enterprise and public-sector technology projects, while its corporate materials also describe overseas business and international customer support. Today, Sangfor is best understood as an integrated cybersecurity and cloud-infrastructure brand. Its offering spans network security, endpoint security, secure access, security operations, hyperconverged infrastructure, private cloud, virtual desktops, and data protection. The company’s evolution mirrors the broader movement from perimeter-based enterprise security toward coordinated protection of identities, endpoints, applications, workloads, and data across on-premises and hybrid environments. Detailed current leadership, financial, and product-release information should be checked against the latest exchange filings and official product documentation.

1. 2018Shenzhen Stock Exchange listing

   Sangfor became a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under stock code 300454.

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2. 2000Company founded

   Sangfor Technologies was established in Shenzhen, China, initially serving enterprise networking and information-technology requirements.

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3. Expansion into integrated cloud and security

   The company broadened its portfolio from network and security appliances into endpoint protection, secure access, hyperconverged infrastructure, private cloud, virtual desktops, and security operations.

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An enterprise-focused provider combining cybersecurity, cloud computing, and digital-infrastructure products, with particular strength in the Chinese market and an emphasis on integrated deployment, local support, and protection across networks, endpoints, applications, users, and cloud workloads.

• Sangfor NGAFNext-generation firewall

  A next-generation application-firewall family designed to combine network protection with application-layer security, access control, threat prevention, and visibility. It is positioned for enterprise and institutional environments that need to protect Internet-facing services, internal segments, and application traffic.

• Sangfor EndpointEndpoint security

  An endpoint-protection platform intended to secure employee and organizational devices. Its capabilities are associated with malware prevention, endpoint visibility, policy enforcement, and response to suspicious activity across distributed user environments.

• Sangfor Cyber CommandSecurity operations

  A security-operations offering designed to aggregate security information, support threat detection and analysis, and help security teams coordinate investigation and response. It fits organizations seeking centralized monitoring across networks, endpoints, applications, and other infrastructure.

• Sangfor SASESecure access service edge

  A secure-access portfolio addressing users, branches, applications, and cloud resources outside a traditional centralized perimeter. It is associated with policy-based access, connectivity, and security controls for distributed and hybrid work environments.

• Sangfor HCIHyperconverged infrastructure

  A hyperconverged infrastructure platform that integrates compute, storage, virtualization, and management functions. It is intended to simplify private-cloud and data-center deployment while supporting workload consolidation, operational automation, and infrastructure scaling.

• Sangfor aCloudPrivate-cloud platform

  An enterprise cloud platform for building and operating private or hybrid cloud environments. The product family is associated with virtualization, cloud resource management, application hosting, and infrastructure operations for organizations modernizing their data centers.

• Sangfor VDIVirtual desktop infrastructure

  A virtual-desktop platform that centralizes desktop environments and delivers them to users across different endpoint devices. It is aimed at organizations seeking centralized administration, controlled access to applications and data, and support for branch or remote workforces.

• 2024Sangfor listed in the Best Cybersecurity Company category

  Sangfor was listed in the Best Cybersecurity Company category of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.

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• 2019Sangfor included in Forbes China's 50 Most Innovative Companies

  Sangfor was included in Forbes China's list of the 50 Most Innovative Companies.

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• 2018Sangfor completes Shenzhen Stock Exchange initial public offering

  Sangfor completed its initial public offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on May 16, 2018. The offering was reported as raising approximately US$177 million.

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• 2018Sangfor recognized among global cybersecurity companies

  Sangfor was reported as ranking among the top 100 global cybersecurity companies in 2018.

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1. Sangfor Technologies official website
2. Shenzhen Stock Exchange
3. 深信服入选最佳网络安全公司类别