It’s tough enough defending the IT perimeter against spyware, viruses, worms and unauthorized intrusions. But no matter how good their defenses are, companies still risk getting hurt by those they ...

A personal firewall complements traditional defenses such as gateway firewalls and anti-virus efforts. In a world of remote/mobile users and wireless access points, every endpoint PC extends your ...

A firewall is a device that protects you from a possibly hostile network by monitoring and restricting TCP/IP communications based on the policies that you set. The device is traditionally dedicated ...

Consumers protecting their PCs with personal firewalls should not feel too comfortable in their defense methods, according to a security researcher. PC protection software such as Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm ...

Personal firewalls are very ingenious little pieces of software or hardware that protect machines (or in some cases – small networks) from attacks. Two specific implementation situations exist in the ...

Home PC users are starting to catch on that surfing the Net requires a certain level of protection, security software makers say. "Folks are starting to see that firewalls are as important as ...

Consumers protecting their PCs with personal firewalls should not feel too comfortable in their defense methods, according to a security researcher. PC protection software such as Zone Lab's ZoneAlarm ...

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 ...

In this Recipe, I'll explain both the options for firewall protection and the differences between hardware and software implementations. By the end, you should be able to point a client to the ...

Understanding what firewalls do (and don’t do) takes just a few minutes. Learn what a firewall does to keep intruders out in A firewall is a security protocol that protects your internal network from ...