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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. San Jose State University aims to transfer higher education from a lecture-based model to a collaborative approach where technology ...

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 ...

The Internet front door to almost every bank and financial services company in the world is guarded by two sets of firewalls defining a DMZ. Nearly every e-commerce site sits in a similar DMZ in what ...