Learn how to keep your network secure without slowing it down or causing latency. Understand everything from unified threat management (UTM) and proxys to purchasing advice and firewall placement.

Firewall architectures have been changing for 35 years, sometimes to accommodate better technology and hardware, but just as ...

Security Threats: 5 Common Network Blind Spots In the not too distant past, security tools focused on anti-virus/anti-malware software and a good firewall in order to defend the network. Today, the ...

Securing your home network is more critical than ever, as the Internet is a scary place full of terror, and automated tools have made the job of cybercriminals even easier. Setting up a powerful ...

Why waste money on an enterprise firewall when you can build your own from old PC parts?

Firewalls can be difficult to manage. Often times rules lack granularity due to a lack of understanding of the application traffic or trying to keep up with the speed of business. Firewalls get more ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Network firewalls are one of the mainstay security controls that organizations rely on to protect ...

Nir Zuk says he developed the technology used in all firewalls today. David Pensak claims to have built the first commercially successful firewall. Marcus Ranum says his own reputation as inventor of ...