Access to the Internet is vital for doing business, but without safeguards in place, malware and data leaks can be a mouse click away from disaster. Network firewalls ...

URL filtering has become a “checkbox” feature on most Unified Threat Management firewalls, and no wonder: it doesn’t require a lot of imagination to do it right, and it’s hard to really differentiate ...

Is a firewall designed to catch spam, phishing emails etc., or is that the sole responsibility of a spam-filtering solution? I know with so-called UTM's the line between spam filter and firewall is ...

Business continuity is imperative in an increasingly competitive environment. Whilst there are growing threats from social media, increased targeted attacks and more ...

Symantec next month plans to ship three new gateway security appliances for use by small to midsize businesses as combined VPN/firewall, Web filtering and intrusion-detection systems. Symantec next ...

Tim Kridel is an independent analyst and freelance writer with years of experience in covering technology, telecommunications and more. Students are tech-savvy. So are the people who want to exploit ...

The importance of a firewall cannot be over-emphasized. Firewalls, no doubt, are one of the most important components of your computer (network). A Firewall can block threats that your Antivirus may ...

Some operating systems have a firewall built into the kernel. There are hardware-based firmware firewalls in your modems and routers. And then there are several third-party hardware and software ...