A firewall is a key cybersecurity feature for protecting a home or office network from malware and other online threats. There are distinct forms and types of firewalls, and some are considered more ...

Question: What does a firewall do and is it something I need to get? Answer: In the early days of the internet, we often connected through a dial-up modem or some other form of direct connection. When ...

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So what’s firewall as a service? Firewall as a service, or FWaaS, relies on technology in the cloud. A user or application connects to the FWaaS via the internet, and the service applies domain rules, ...

To defend against data loss and theft, companies need as much protection as possible from external threats. Hardware and software firewalls prevent malicious traffic from reaching computers connected ...

British banks are wasting thousands of pounds on firewalls that are not doing their job, according to network security pioneer Nir Zuk. Zuk, who is widely credited with co-developing the stateful ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. As state and local governments adopt cloud resources, they need to ...

WatchGuard has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability impacting the company's Firebox ...