ZDNET's key takeaways Your desktop firewall may not offer enough protection.There are various options available to increase your security.Two of these options are free, while the other has an ...

A firewall is a device that protects you from a possibly hostile network by monitoring and restricting TCP/IP communications based on the policies that you set. The device is traditionally dedicated ...

Like many internet users, I was content to protect my home network behind whatever passed for a firewall on my router, and the software firewalls and antivirus solutions on my individual devices. I've ...

The basic firewall appears to be a much-overlooked security measure. A recent survey commissioned by McAfee of 1,000 small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in Hong Kong, found a high 86 percent of ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

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In my last column, I described an attack capable of passing through FireWall-1 to a supposedly protected port. Rumors that Cisco PIX was also vulnerable to such an attack turned out to be true. Cisco ...

For businesses large and small, firewalls mean more than network security, they also mean unknown amounts of network downtime during configuration and loads of extra expense for consultants and ...

WAN, containers, and multiple clouds, “secure” starts to mean a dozen different things. Each environment has its own controls, policies, and interfaces. Each team ...

As AI transforms cyber threats, NSS Labs recognition affirms Check Point’s leadership in prevention-first security, ...

CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls, which allows ...