firewall
Back to the future: Why IT managers should care about firewall management
A number of classic scenes in film and literature involved a group approaching a walled city or castle only to be stopped by a gatekeeper and asked, “Halt, who goes …
Barracuda IM Firewall XSS and script insertion vulnerabilities
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Barracuda IM Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and by malicious people to …
Netgear releases first VDSL UTM firewall
NETGEAR introduced the ProSecure UTM9S – the first Unified Threat Management (UTM) gateway with both VDSL and WiFi capability. Additionally, the UTM9S integrates with …
How to deal with Internet security threats
How to use the Internet while staying secure has always been a concern for businesses. Over the last couple of years there have been many changes in the Internet threat …
Integrated content-aware SIEM and firewall
NitroSecurity and Palo Alto Networks have integrated content-aware SIEM and next-generation firewall technology into a complete enterprise security solution designed to …
Cisco Firewalls
There used to be a time when firewalls were considered a full proof solution for protecting networks, and that time is long gone. History has taught us there are no silver …
WatchGuard introduces next-generation firewall
WatchGuard unveiled its most powerful security appliance, the XTM 2050. This next-generation firewall (NGFW) providessecurity for large organizations and data centres that …
Security needs to be unified, simplified and proactive
IT security powerhouse Check Point is on a mission to make the management of security products unified and simplified, and nowhere has that message been more clear than at its …
Creating a secure firewall policy for a large company
When it comes to a network security policy, there often seems to be a direct tradeoff between security and maintainability. This doesn’t always have to be the case. Even …
Holes found in majority of leading network firewalls
Firewalls are well understood as the main barriers between an organization’s internal and external networks. Over the past 25 years, they have become the foundation of …
Battling with manual firewall analysis
In a survey by Skybox Security, 42% of respondents had more than 100 firewalls to manage, and 67% said they have firewalls from multiple vendors. In fact, 54% said their firm …
IronBee versus ModSecurity
After spending a couple of weeks talking about IronBee to anyone willing to listen, I have assembled a list of commonly asked questions. Not unexpectedly, the question that …