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 ...

Microsoft this week announced that Azure Firewall Basic is now at the "general availability" commercial-release stage. Azure Firewall Basic is a new product aimed at small-to-medium (SMB) ...

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These days, companies find themselves inside a world where old-style network borders barely exist. Because of cloud tools, remote teams, outside connections, ...

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 ...

Investing in technology is crucial for businesses to protect their networks, data, devices and users from external threats. Depending on which source you look at, most experts suggest a firewall ...

Routers and firewalls are network security devices, sometimes grouped into business and home network packages or sold separately as dedicated hardware. Though the two are closely linked, routers and ...

Even though gateways are integral to a network security strategy, they are often not utilized fully from a threat mitigation perspective. Businesses relying on basic gateway configuration are missing ...