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 ...

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 ...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader in cyber security solutions, today announced the new Firewall-as-a-Subscription program that gives organizations of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In October 2026, it was announced that a critical vulnerability in PHP (commonly known as PHP2Shell) was used in an attack ...

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 ...

Using deep packet inspection firewall technology, the Tofino OPC Enforcer provides superior security over what can be achieved with conventional firewall solutions, says the vendor. The Tofino OPC ...

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 ...

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 ...

Networking and security teams are up against a lot. Hunting for cyberthreats is difficult. Policy management and enforcement across multiple devices is time-consuming and error-prone. Most teams are ...

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 ...