While advances in technology tend to make life easier, they often come with a bigger price tag. But you don’t always need the most expensive version of software or tech to get all the features you ...

Firewalls act as gatekeepers that regulate data flow between internal and external networks based on security rules, while ...

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 ...

The Internet is a big, bad scary place, and so we must protect our small business networks with good stout firewalls. Firewalls can range from a simple gadget that keeps bad data packets out of our ...

Firewalls revisited It would appear a few people were a bit unhappy with the advice I offered a reader in a recent column entitled “Two Firewalls Too Much of a Good Thing.” Here’s a quick overview: A ...

With the growing demand for always-on high-speed Internet access, consumer-grade firewall boxes are becoming as common in computing as modems and mice. The prevalence of these devices makes sense, as ...

The importance of a firewall cannot be over-emphasized. Firewalls, no doubt, are one of the most important components of your computer (network). A Firewall can block threats that your Antivirus may ...