IONOS Network Security Groups

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Centrally managed firewall rule sets for a virtual data centre, applied to VMs and NICs that are members of the group to filter ingress and egress traffic

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
EUKarlsruhe, Germany

Subject to GDPR, Data Act, DGA

Region locations
EUUKUS10 regions across 3 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 5 sovereign-flagged regions available

Sub-services (3)

Default NSG

Pre-configured group every new VM in a VDC joins automatically

Custom NSGs

User-defined groups attached to specific VMs or NICs for tailored rules

Ingress and egress rules

Rules by source and destination IP, port and protocol

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

10 regions
5 countries
5sovereign
Sovereign regions (5)
  • FrankfurtIONOS Cloud
  • BerlinIONOS Cloud
  • LogroñoIONOS Cloud
  • ParisIONOS Cloud
  • LondonIONOS Cloud
Commercial regions (5)

Europe (2)

  • Frankfurt 2
  • Worcester

North America (3)

  • Las Vegas
  • Lenexa
  • Newark

Tags

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Pricing

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