According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, it takes 280 days to discover and control a typical hack, during which significant damage can occur. Keeping our digital possessions and smaller ...

So what’s firewall as a service? Firewall as a service, or FWaaS, relies on technology in the cloud. A user or application connects to the FWaaS via the internet, and the service applies domain rules, ...

British banks are wasting thousands of pounds on firewalls that are not doing their job, according to network security pioneer Nir Zuk. Zuk, who is widely credited with co-developing the stateful ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. There are a number of different ways to think about ...

My friend Alan Shimel has been attempting to put together a podcast debate between me and Roger Grimes who penned a controversial piece at InfoWorld titled "Why You Don't Need a Firewall." I was ...

Four basic types of firewall protection exist--network level, circuit level, application-level and stateful multilayer. Each type has advantages and disadvantages, ranging from ease of implementation ...

Question: What does a firewall do and is it something I need to get? Answer: In the early days of the internet, we often connected through a dial-up modem or some other form of direct connection. When ...

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Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. As state and local governments adopt cloud resources, they need to ...

Bitdefender's anti-virus software, Antivirus Plus, does not include a firewall, although it is praised for how well it defends your computer. A firewall is an important piece of your Internet security ...