# Advanced Console

The Advanced Console serves as our legacy platform, it still retains several key features that users have come to rely on. These include the ability to manage Things groups effectively, set up custom alerts for proactive monitoring, and utilize advanced networking, security and roaming policy configurations.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Security</strong></td><td>Configure your own cloud firewall for incoming and outgoing IP traffic.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Network</strong></td><td>Set up routes, VPN and NAT port forwarding.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Things Groups</strong></td><td>Manage your SIMs efficiently with different policy per group.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Things</strong></td><td>Manage Things in your account. </td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Alerts</strong></td><td>Automated alerts notifications with actions.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>