gateProtect AG

What gateProtect AG does

gateProtect AG is a private, Hamburg-headquartered company founded in 2003 that, according to its firmographic record, manufactures UTM (Unified Threat Management) firewalls. The company lists itself as a for-profit entity with a very small team of 1-10 employees and is not publicly traded. Its registered web presence is gateprotect.de, but that domain currently serves only a verification/loading page and yields no substantive product, technical, or commercial detail. UTM firewalls are network security appliances that typically consolidate functions such as stateful firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention, gateway antivirus, VPN, and web/content filtering into a single platform, though no specific architecture, product naming, or proprietary technology is disclosed for gateProtect AG in the available source data.

No products-and-services catalog, pricing model, customer segments, channel partners, distribution mechanics, or revenue figures are available in the input. The source content for the company consists primarily of empty structured fields and a non-informative loading page, with the only substantive leadership data point being Ammar Alkassar, identified as Chairman of the supervisory board. There is no information on ownership, investors, subsidiaries, certifications, patents, partnerships, awards, regulatory actions, M&A activity, or funding rounds. As a result, any commercial, technical, or strategic characterization of gateProtect AG beyond its stated firmographic profile and supervisory board chairmanship cannot be supported by the supplied data.

Operationally, the combination of a micro headcount (1-10), absence of disclosed revenue, absence of funding history, and an effectively dormant public web property suggests either a very small specialty operation, a holding/IP entity, or an organization in a transitional state. There are no signals in the input data — neither positive (recent funding, hiring, product launches, partnerships) nor negative (wind-down notices, asset sales) — sufficient to characterize its current operating tempo or strategic direction.

Name

gateProtect AG

Legal name

gateProtect AG

Website

https://gateprotect.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

gateProtect AG is a Hamburg, Germany-based private company founded in 2003 that manufactures UTM (Unified Threat Management) firewalls for cybersecurity customers. It operates with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Security Appliances

NAICS

Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Next-Gen Firewalls (NGFW) & UTM (HDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Network Security Services (Firewall/VPN/ZTNA/SASE Integration) (BPAEAEAG)

Keywords

• UTM firewall appliances
• Network security solutions
• Unified threat management
• Cybersecurity hardware
• Firewall manufacturer

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

gateProtect AG is a manufacturer of Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall appliances. The company develops and sells network security hardware products designed to provide integrated firewall, threat prevention, and network protection capabilities for organizations. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company operates as a small private hardware manufacturer in the cybersecurity space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UTM Firewall Appliances

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Palo Alto Networks: Dominant enterprise NGFW vendor whose PA-Series and Prisma Aplasia define the high end of the category gateProtect competes in; useful as a strategic direction benchmark.
• Fortinet: Global leader in network security with FortiGate NGFW/UTM appliances directly addressing gateProtect's product category at vastly greater scale. Most relevant incumbent reference point for product positioning.
• Check Point Software Technologies: One of the original firewall vendors; offers Quantum UTM/NGFW appliances and the SMB-focused Quantum Spark line that overlaps with gateProtect's addressable market.

Direct peers

• SonicWall: Long-standing UTM/NGFW appliance vendor (formerly Dell SonicWALL) competing head-to-head with gateProtect in the small/mid-market firewall segment.
• Stormshield: European (French) network security vendor with UTM/NGFW appliances and a strong regulated-market focus — a close cultural and regional analog to a small German UTM specialist.
• Securepoint: German UTM/firewall vendor with a similar SMB/MSP-oriented channel model and comparable scale, making it one of the closest direct domestic competitors to gateProtect.
• Sophos: Sophos UTM/XG and Sophos Firewall hardware appliances serve the same SMB/mid-market UTM use case as gateProtect, with a very comparable go-to-market through MSPs and channel partners.
• WatchGuard Technologies: WatchGuard Firebox UTM/NGFW appliances target the same SMB and mid-market customers as gateProtect, with a comparable channel-led model and similar feature breadth.
• Endian: Italian-headquartered open-source UTM vendor with comparable scale and a similar SME/MSP target segment, useful as a peer for small European UTM specialists.

Emerging players

• Barracuda Networks: Cloud-first security vendor whose CloudGen and ESG firewalls compete in the same SMB UTM/NGFW category as gateProtect, with broader adjacent offerings.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gateprotect-aktiengesellschaft-germany

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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