Firewalls are an essential part of network security, yet Gartner says 95% of all firewall breaches are caused by misconfiguration. In my work I come across many firewall configuration mistakes, most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firewalls are essential for restricting and controlling Internet traffic sent between the web and your company's network. You can further enhance the security of your LAN by having a strict firewall ...

SAN DIEGO – Cisco unwrapped a variety of advanced firewall and AI software enhancements aimed at further combining and simplifying its network and security technology across enterprise infrastructures ...

Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, in Windows 11/10 is a stateful, host-based firewall that filters incoming and outgoing connections based ...

Windows 11 users are experiencing issues with a Firewall configuration error when using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, following the June 26 KB5060829 ...

Nearly everyone uses FTP for one reason or another. The problem is, FTP is a messy protocol that needs a lot of help to secure it. Let Thomas Shinder enlighten you. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is ...

SonicWall has confirmed that all customers that used the company's cloud backup service are affected by the security breach last month. Previously, the vendor stated that the incident "exposed ...