Network World on Firewalls

AlgoSec upgrades analysis platform to paint big picture of firewall protection

Tim Greene — 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z

AlgoSec is releasing new software that enables its Firewall Analyzer to simulate the effect multiple firewalls have on traffic, making simpler to determine the net effect of the firewalls and to streamline their rule sets.

Branch office security, traffic management get a lift

Tim Greene — 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Cymtec is announcing reporting and threat-protection upgrades to its network monitoring, analysis and enforcement appliance to give better visibility of network traffic and boost network performance.

7 Lessons That SMBs Can Learn from Big IT

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just because you don't have a large enterprise doesn't mean you can't run your IT operation like the big guys. Here are seven ways to help your SMB implement some of the lessons big IT operations have learned over the years. Using these tips, you should be able to improve productivity, cut costs, and keep your business running smoothly.

Yoggie shows first open source portable firewall

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Israeli security company Yoggie has come up with an intriguing new direction for its portable firewall platform - let open source developers create the applications that run on it.

WabiSabiLabi may close 0day auction site

Sumner Lemon — 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z

WabiSabiLabi may shut down its online marketplace for security vulnerabilities, focusing instead on the line of OneShield unified threat management (UTM) appliances it developed with Italian defense company EuroTech.

Altor releases virtual firewall.

Tim Greene — 2008-10-14T00:00:00Z

Altor Networks is announcing the availability of its firewall designed for virtual environments that overcomes some shortcomings of traditional firewalls that have been adapted to run on virtual machines.

CAN-SPAM: What went wrong?

Carolyn Duffy Marsan — 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

In 2003, the U.S. tech industry, politicians and Internet users were wringing their hands over the escalating problem of spam. They passed the CAN-SPAM Act in an attempt to put an end to it. Five years later, spam has grown more than 10-fold, and 83% of it contains a URL for a Web site that is trying to infect computers with malicious software.

Mac security focus: Firewalls

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

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 firewalls of its own. However, those two aren't always enough.

UTM devices are making headway

Tim Greene — 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Customers using unified threat management devices say the appliances represent a more streamlined way to provide multiple security functions and to track down security data, but don’t necessarily meet all gateway security needs adequately.

ProBiz Solutions launches unified threat management system

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

ProBiz Solutions has launched Cyberoam, a unified threat management system that allows companies to enhance security by focusing on individual users.