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The Fall of the Traditional Firewall

Posted By Pete at 4:44 PM, June 30, 2011

The importance of the good old firewall has been radiply declining over the past 10 years. More and more applications and threats are finding its way into networks through firewall policies that allow port 80 traffic (I mean, who doesn't allow port 80 outbound traffic on their network?). The floodgates have been open for years now, and it's up to the other layers of security to pick up the slack. Technologies such as Web filtering, anti-virus, and application control go along way in truly securing your network.

If you're business is still relying on that trusty firewall to secure your network it might be a good idea to look into replacing or supplementing that with more current and sopisticated protection such a UTM.

Posted by: Pete at 4:44 PM
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