Firewalls

In this expert e-guide, discover how web application firewalls (WAFs), combined with a strong software development lifecycle (SDLC), are playing an essential role in web application security and compliance. See how you can achieve a strategic, defense-in-depth approach to enterprise security by reading on now.

Web applications are among the most vulnerable parts of the enterprise, and web application defense is quickly becoming a top concern for today’s organizations. Security...

informative e-guide for an evaluation of next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) against other network security solutions, including unified threat management products and intrusion prevention systems.

Network threats are greater in number and sophistication than ever before, and traditional firewalls are struggling to provide complete protection. Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) are the next big step in firewall technology, but does this solution offer the best protection for your...

The application awareness of next-generation firewalls (NGFW) provides security IT teams with new opportunities and challenges. Read this expert E-Guide to discover how a NGFW prevents application-layer attacks and why they are important to consider as a form of defense for the enterprise.

Application awareness can help you detect and safeguard against attacks intended for applications. The application awareness of next-generation firewalls (NGFW) provides security IT...

This paper describes Imperva's vision for the next generation of WAFs. It details Web application security problems and solutions today, and gives perspectives on the future.

This paper describes Imperva's vision for the next generation of WAFs. It details Web application security problems and solutions today, and gives perspectives on the future. While this paper is not product specific, areas where Imperva SecureSphere currently provides NG-WAF capabilities such as anti...

in files, widgets and social sites, employ web application firewalls and use content filtering to mitigate risk. Cyber-criminals are targeting web surfers on popular social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. This security brief discusses how to protect your business from "trusted" friends turned hostile hackers, pinpoint vulnerabilities in files, widgets and social sites, employ web application firewalls and use content filtering to mitigate risk...

with the cloud provider, including possible adjustments to firewalls and other perimeter defenses such as IPS, and how to ensure the changes don’t violate security policy.

After auditing the security of the network, an organization needs to coordinate with the cloud provider on configuration issues and security policies. This presentation transcript will look at areas to cover with the cloud provider, including possible adjustments to firewalls and other perimeter defenses such as...

A decade or more ago, logs of events recorded by firewalls, intrusion detection systems and other network devices were considered more of a nuisance than a help. There were too many of them, they weren’t easily collected, and there was no easy way to make sense of which were important.

A decade or more ago, logs of events recorded by firewalls, intrusion detection systems and other network devices were considered more of a nuisance than a help. There were too many of them, they weren’t...

While implementing virus protection, firewalls and data encryption can keep bad guys out, it’s important to remember that threats can also come from within. In this paper, explore the rise and challenges of insider threats and how privileged identity management can enable organizations to improve security, transparency and accountability. ...

As organizations spread outward beyond traditional walls and data volumes crank up, new security concerns are arising both within and beyond the data center. Check out this paper to explore results from a recent survey by the Independent Oracle Users Group to determine your organization's progress in handling today's top security challenges.

As organizations spread outward beyond traditional walls and data volumes crank up, new security concerns are arising both within...

the expected threat protection provided by traditional firewalls, so that organizations can empower users to access valuable applications, while enabling IT to protect the environment and ensure that bandwidth is available for mission-critical business processes.

This paper discusses the new risks facing organizations in light of the prevalence of Web-based applications and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. It also introduces...

Gain an in-depth look at today's most popular domain name system (DNS) attacks and the defense tactics against them. In addition, uncover how a DNS firewall can help keep your organization safe.

Domain name system (DNS) weaknesses have become a huge problem for organizations today, a problem that unfortunately cannot be solved by traditional security solutions.

This E-Guide from SearchSecurity.com outlines a number of today’s most popular DNS attacks and their defense tactics. In...

messaging, and electronic commerce. In addition, it protects firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), directories, and enterprise applications. The PKI should offer comprehensive functionality, integrate easily with internal and external applications, scale to millions of users, operate flawlessly 24/7, and ensure military-grade physical security. In addition, it should allow enterprises to easily create communities of trust with partners, customers, and suppliers.

 

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In today’s era of borderless networks, minimizing your exposure to outside threats is more crucial than ever. In this video, discover how to reduce the potential attack surfaces available to data thieves without buying any new hardware or software. Learn the latest methods employed by hackers to gain access to your network and how to eliminate them In today’s era of borderless networks, minimizing your exposure to outside threats is more essential than ever. In this video, find out...

tool for network defense. Because of the importance of firewalls to your network defense it is crucial that you are manging your firewall to achieve the best performance.

This white paper will teach you five things to consider when managing your firewall, and will present you with real life examples of how these five things have helped other organisations improve their firewall management.

tool for network defense. Because of the importance of firewalls to your network defense it is extremely important that you are manging your firewall to achieve the best performance.

This white paper will teach you five things to consider when managing your firewall, and will present you with real life examples of how these five things have helped other organizations improve their firewall management.

for your firm, how do you justify security spending for firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, content filters, two-factor authentication systems, and so forth to business managers? Many managers see security spending as red ink on the ledger. In today's business environment, companies want or demand an ROI. This white paper discusses risk management as a key process in designing security architectures, including a better way for security managers to approach the security ROI...

The staggering volume of data generated per second from firewalls, routers, servers, applications and more presents organizations with significant problems in managing, analyzing and storing this information, and creates compliance, security and operational concerns.

The LogLogic Log Management Data Warehouse changes all of this, providing secure, distributed, efficient storage and analysis of your log data. Based on the same ideological framework as...

and unknown attacks and unauthorized web access.

Network firewalls and intrusion prevention systems simply can’t keep up with the level of protection today’s web servers require. In order to properly safeguard your web-based applications, security pros need a way to inspect all incoming – and potentially dangerous – network traffic.

Try this complimentary software download to protect your IT assets at the application layer, instead of the network layer. Discover how you can inspect...

data distribution requires more than just adding new firewalls, antivirus, and encryption tools.

Approaches such as using desktop virtualization for data protection, delivering perfect desktops to task-based, knowledge, and power users each with unique IT security and management requirements is detailed. We show how desktop virtualization provides the smartest way to enhance desktop productivity, while addressing the security challenges that IT departments face each day.

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access to enterprise applications behind their corporate firewalls relied on computers with high-speed Internet connectivity. This combination enabled them to access their company’s network and use applications. This approach still works well most of the time but, in today’s on-the-go business world, it leaves an access gap when the employee is away from the laptop or WiFi.

This whitepaper explains how Citrix bridged this access gap and shows how using Oracle applications, Citrix...

While often underappreciated by IT professionals, logs are an extremely useful source of data for IT shops. Often undervalued as a strategic weapon, log management tools can play a vital role in securing mission-critical data and assuring accountability. Learn what to consider when it’s time to get a handle on your logs.

Organizations have been dealing with computer and network device logs for the past 40 years. There are precious few IT technologies still alive and kicking that...

branch office assets like routers, switches, firewalls, WAN optimizers and servers.

This paper addresses the added value (in terms of uptime and security) of out-of-band access and control tools for branch offices, and why out-of-band should be considered a critical component of branch office networks...

to secure. Most companies equip their Web sites with firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and network and host security, but the majority of attacks are on applications themselves - and these technologies cannot prevent them.

This paper explains what you can do to help protect your organization, and it discusses an approach for improving your organization's Web application security...

SonicWALL TZ 210 Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls and SonicWALL SonicPoint-Ni wireless access points.

environments. These can include technical controls such as firewalls, two-factor authentication and columnlevel access controls, as well as policy controls such as user training, data handling procedures and regular audits. However, data from production applications is frequently copied to support application development, testing, QA and pilots. As a result, sensitive data managed in these applications can be inadvertently propagated throughout the extended enterprise and...