The latest Internet defense technology – deep packet inspection firewalls – is being touted as the best line of defense against worms that can sneak past earlier technology to wreak havoc in corporate ...

A web application firewall (WAF) is a critical component of an enterprise security infrastructure, providing a key security layer for web-facing applications and APIs. As web applications mature and ...

A hot new trend in firewalls is the application-layer firewall, sometimes called an application shield. Although the attack sequences we used in this roundup could be described as “application layer” ...

NetScreen Technologies later this year will improve its security products to help customers combat attacks disguised as innocuous traffic that might sneak by traditional firewalls. By incorporating ...

In the world of the Linux operating system and open source software, the iptables firewall provides a full featured and stable packet filtering infrastructure. Commercial-grade capabilities such as ...

<i>Redmond</i>'s new Security Advisor drills down the specifics of what should be considered when selecting your next firewall. Welcome to my inaugural Security Advisor column. Like many of you I've ...

AI and cybersecurity have been inextricably linked for many years. The good guys use AI to analyze incoming data packets and help block malicious activity while the bad guys use AI to find and create ...