When it comes to firewalls and compliance, the Verizon 2015 PCI Compliance Report is very telling. It reveals a lack of firewall maintenance and security testing are two of the major issues that cause ...

My friend Alan Shimel has been attempting to put together a podcast debate between me and Roger Grimes who penned a controversial piece at InfoWorld titled "Why You Don't Need a Firewall." I was ...

Discover how Cisco Secure Firewall 200 Series modernizes branch security with AI-powered threat detection, encrypted ...

VMWORLD 2020 -- It can be a challenge to provide a zero-trust model to a data center as heterogenous environments become more popular. VMware's NSX distributed firewall can provide security for VMs, ...

Firewalls, though an older security technology, still have a role as a foundational element of network security infrastructure, both today and in the future. That’s the assessment from FireMon’s State ...

Many of us live with the fear of a cyberattack disrupting our computer-dependent lives — not to mention their potential to wreak havoc on an entire country. Fortunately, we have security measures like ...

Firewalls are a critical line of defense for any organization’s network security. But as companies grow and the threat landscape evolves, managing these firewalls becomes increasingly complex.

Few businesses would choose to operate without a series of locks, alarms and security cameras to protect their premises and inventory from intrusions and theft. Protecting your computer systems is ...

Most of us think of home Wi-Fi as the invisible connection that lets a laptop stream a movie, a phone display photos and a printer work from across the room. In practice, it is also the meeting point ...

Misconfigured firewalls aren't necessarily a result of technical issues. Often, there are business or staff issues that can be easily addressed to improve security. Jerry Skurla of FireMon explains ...

The age of the external perimeter is gone. The modern firewall is a different creature from the one in place before the rise of digital platforms, public cloud, distributed applications, the internet ...

Firewalls monitor and regulate the data moving on and off your computer or network. They can keep criminals out while allowing legitimate network traffic in. Mac OS X comes with not one but two ...