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Back to the Future of Firewall

Cisco Security

As a network and workload security strategy leader, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of the good old network firewall. Spoiler alert: I’m not going to join the cool club of pronouncing the firewall dead. Insert Your Firewall Here. How this insertion happens is changing quite rapidly, though.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization.

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What Is a Host-Based Firewall? Definition & When to Use

eSecurity Planet

A host-based firewall is installed directly on individual networked devices to filter network traffic on a single device by inspecting both incoming and outgoing data. Larger enterprises use this to manage the spread of malware throughout a network in the event that one device is infected.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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Cisco Secure Firewall: Sometimes, updates are great news

Cisco Security

I distinctly remember my desktop and mobile updates that slowed my systems to a crawl. Which is a pity, when a treasured custom-built system can no longer supported the latest updates, compromising its security, or a smart phone dialer needs 5 seconds to open for a phone call. Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Network security creates shielded, monitored, and secure communications between users and assets. Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals.

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Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Security

With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. Architects can still design a scalable architecture using cloud components like Oracle’s Network Load Balancer (NLB) and DNS.

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