SonicWall is an American cybersecurity company that sells a range of Internet appliances primarily directed at content control and network security.

[2] The company also assists in solving problems surrounding compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).

On March 13, 2012, USA Today said that Dell had announced its intent to acquire SonicWall, which then had 130 patents and 950 employees.

[2][8] In the late 1990s, the company released a security product initially called Interpol and later branded SonicWALL, a dedicated hardware appliance with firewall and VPN software intended for the small-business market.

[23] On January 7, 2022, SonicWall said that some of its email security and firewall products were hit by the Y2k22 bug,[24] and released patches after a few days.