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Firewall installation in Los Angeles
FortiGate, Palo Alto and Cisco firewalls, migrated and cut over after hours with a rollback plan.
The short answer
WCC installs firewalls in Los Angeles: Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks and Cisco, sized to your traffic, configured from your real applications and cut over in a scheduled window. Most projects are replacements or migrations from older firewalls. A small-office firewall typically runs $3,500 to $7,500 installed, and mid-size enterprise firewalls $8,000 to $22,000.
Project types
Which project you need
| Project | What's involved |
|---|---|
| New firewall | Policy built from scratch around your apps, VPN and users |
| Replacement | Same vendor, newer model; rules carried over and cleaned up |
| Migration | Cross-vendor, such as Cisco ASA or SonicWall to FortiGate, with rules rebuilt by intent |
| High availability | Two firewalls with failover tested before sign-off |
| Multi-site | Standard templates for every branch, often with SD-WAN |
Cutover
Cut over without a long outage
We stage and configure the new firewall in our shop, then swap it during a scheduled after-hours window with a tested rollback plan. Most cutovers take a short outage, not a day. After cutover we watch traffic for broken apps and false alarms, and tune before we sign off.
Public sector
Public agencies and schools
WCC is DIR registered for prevailing wage and certified payroll, and holds CMAS and OMNIA Partners contracts. Fortinet, Palo Alto and Cisco all meet NDAA Section 889 requirements. See contract vehicles.
How it works
How a firewall project runs
Audit
Export current rules, map apps, VPNs and traffic.
Week 1
Build
Size hardware, rebuild rules and pre-stage in our shop.
Weeks 1–4
Cut over
After-hours swap, failover test and handoff documentation.
Scheduled window
After installation, WCC can manage it under managed firewall from $295 per firewall per month.
FAQ
Firewall questions
How much does firewall installation cost in Los Angeles?
Small-office firewalls typically run $3,500 to $7,500 installed, mid-size enterprise firewalls $8,000 to $22,000, and large or high-availability deployments $25,000 and up.
Which firewalls do you install?
Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks and Cisco, including Meraki MX.
Can you migrate from Cisco ASA or SonicWall?
Yes. We rebuild the rules on the new platform based on what they're meant to do, then cut over after hours.
How long does it take?
A like-for-like replacement typically takes 1 to 2 weeks. Migrations and high-availability builds take 3 to 6 weeks.
How much downtime is there?
A short outage during a scheduled after-hours window, with a rollback plan ready.
Do you manage firewalls after installation?
Yes. Managed firewall service starts at $295 per firewall per month.
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