Firewalls, both hardware and software, protect computers from hackers and other online threats by blocking dangerous pieces of data from reaching the system. While hardware firewalls offer ...

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, it takes 280 days to discover and control a typical hack, during which significant damage can occur. Keeping our digital possessions and smaller ...

Connecting your network to the Internet without a firewall is like leaving the front door of your office wide open when you leave on vacation. Chances are high that someone will eventually walk in and ...

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 ...

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard about viruses, hacker intrusions, trojan horses, and more that are constantly trying to bring your PC down. Is there a single thing that you can buy, like a hardware firewall ...

You may feel safer with police or security guards patrolling the streets and wish you could have similar protection for your devices and online activity. That’s essentially what a firewall provides.

The US’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an emergency directive, calling the hacking campaign ...

Yesterday when we asked you what your favorite Windows firewall software is, we got back tons of responses, from ZoneAlarm to Sygate from free to commercial. Now we want to narrow down the choices to ...

Gil Shwed built the world's biggest seller of security software for corporate paranoiacs. Now he wants to protect you at home and on the road. Four years go virtually unmentioned in the official ...

SuSE, a German seller of the Linux operating system, has released a new version of software for protective firewalls that can't be tampered with. Firewalls, though not invulnerable, are used to try to ...

Hackers are already targeting Cisco firewalls - and it's only a matter of time before they find yours, experts warn.

Q: Should my company install a software firewall, or buy a dedicated hardware device for that function? A: As I tell my customers, deciding which type of firewall to use depends on what you're trying ...