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Case Studies
State of Oregon Safeguards Confidential Information With Cisco Self-Defending Network Solution
Jan 2008
The state of Oregon is committed to improving the quality of life for all of its citizens. State of Oregon wanted to enhance network reliability to keep critical government services available and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Migrated to Stronger Firewall Protection for Large Sites
Dec 2007
Like other companies, Cisco Systems needs to connect its intranets to the public Internet to remain competitive and successful. But while connecting to the Internet is critical to Cisco's...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Upgraded Intrusion Detection to Improve Scalability and Performance
Dec 2007
Comprehensive network security has no substitute. Firewalls are Cisco IT's first line of network defense, protecting against most intrusions from outside the network and intrusions into data...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Deployed Firewall Protection for a Small Business Acquisition
Dec 2007
Linksys, a division of Cisco, needed to replace a PC-based firewall with a solution that would provide greater security and reliability. In a project to improve overall network availability, Cisco...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Uses Firewalls to Protect Cisco Internet Access Locations
Nov 2007
This case study describes how Cisco Systems uses Cisco PIX security appliances to protect its network assets from unauthorized access. The Cisco global network is a leading-edge enterprise...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Discussion of Conceptual Difference Between Cisco IOS Classic and Zone-Based Firewalls
Oct 2007
Cisco IOS has supported stateful inspection firewall capability since before Cisco IOS Software Version 12.0. Stateful Inspection Firewall features are supported through the Classic Firewall...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
SecureSphere Web Application Firewall - Vulnerability Assessment Integration
Jan 2011
This webcast demonstrates how the Imperva SecureSphere Web Application Firewall integrates with application vulnerability scanners. Watch this video to find out how SecureSphere creates policies...
Provided by Imperva
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White Papers
Firewall Compressor: An Algorithm for Minimizing Firewall Policies
Jan 2008
A firewall is a security guard placed between a private network and the outside Internet that monitors all incoming and outgoing packets. The function of a firewall is to examine every packet and...
Provided by Michigan State University
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White Papers
Confident Firewall Policy Configuration Management Using Description Logic
Sep 2007
The provisioning of a firewall is one of the first important steps toward securing access control to a network. However, the effectiveness of a firewall's access control may be limited or...
Provided by University College Cork
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White Papers
Importance of Web Application Firewall Technology for Protecting Web-Based Resources
Jan 2008
Web-based applications and services have changed the landscape of information delivery and exchange in today's corporate, government, and educational arenas. Ease of access, increased availability...
Provided by Cybertrust
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White Papers
PolicyVis: Firewall Security Policy Visualization and Inspection
Oct 2007
Firewalls have an important role in network security. However, managing firewall policies is an extremely complex task because the large number of interacting rules in single or distributed...
Provided by University of Waterloo
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White Papers
Assisted Firewall Policy Repair Using Examples and History
Oct 2007
Using examples and history mapping, a system administrator can easily identify the two or three critical rules in a rule set that lead to a serious firewall error. Detecting these faults greatly...
Provided by College of William & Mary
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White Papers
Inferring Higher Level Policies From Firewall Rules
Sep 2007
Packet filtering firewall is one of the most important mechanisms used by corporations to enforce their security policy. Recent years have seen a lot of research in the area of firewall...
Provided by Stony Brook University
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White Papers
Formal Correctness of Conflict Detection for Firewalls
Nov 2007
This paper describes the formalization of a correctness proof for a conflict detection algorithm for firewalls in the Coq Proof Assistant. First, it gives formal definitions in Coq of a firewall...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Formal Verification of Firewall Policies
Feb 2008
Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. The quality of protection provided by a firewall directly depends on the...
Provided by Michigan State University
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White Papers
Diverse Firewall Design
Nov 2007
Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. An error in a firewall policy either creates security holes that will...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Avfs: An On-Access Anti-Virus File System
Dec 2007
Viruses and other malicious programs are an ever-increasing threat to current computer systems. They can cause serious damage and consume countless hours of system administrators' time to combat....
Provided by Stony Brook University
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White Papers
Policy-Driven Access Control Over a Distributed Firewall Architecture
Dec 2007
Motivated by a Grid based scientific application, where a dynamic collection of individuals and institutions are required to share resources to achieve certain goals, this paper propose the...
Provided by University of London
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White Papers
A Distributed Firewall for Multimedia Applications
Dec 2007
Firewalls are a widely used security mechanism to provide access control and auditing at the border between "Open" and private networks or administrative domains. As part of the network...
Provided by Darmstadt University of Technology
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White Papers
Detection and Removal of Firewall Misconfiguration
Dec 2007
To police network traffic, firewalls must be configured with a set of filtering rules. The existence of errors in this set is very likely to degrade the network security policy. The management of...
Provided by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
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Webcasts
Live video broadcast: Data Loss Prevention from the Inside Out
Jun 2008
Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems can protect your network from outside threats, but they will not stop one of your biggest security risks: well-meaning employees who accidentally expose...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: 2008 Defense in Depth Security Series (Part 4 of 8): Living on the Edge (Level 200)
Jan 2008
The presenter of this webcast looks at some of the risks facing the Internet, and also discusses some technologies which should be considered when looking at securing the perimeter. For those who...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
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White Papers
Subtle Issues in the Design of a Database Tier Firewall
Jan 2008
Applications such as centralized Supply Chain Management permit multiple business partners to host their own customized components at the same site with selective access to a common shared...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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White Papers
Intrusion Defense Firewall
Dec 2007
Mobile computers that connect directly to the Internet outside of a company's firewall can introduce risk into the corporate network and thus require a higher level of security to protect against...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Path-Coupled Signaling for NAT/Firewall Traversal
Jan 2008
Complex protocols tend to negotiate secondary flows on the application layer. This, in the general case, prevents Firewalls and NATs from allowing or routing them, and communication becomes...
Provided by NEC Europe
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White Papers
Design and Implementation of Personal Firewalls for Handheld Devices
Jan 2008
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become one of the important tools in the life. Their popularity is due to their small size and mobility which enables them to be carried anywhere. Along...
Provided by University of Wollongong
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White Papers
Dude!: You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?!
Oct 2007
Internet firewalls have been a popular tool for security practitioners. Today, they are considered a mandatory component of any industry or government network. Unfortunately, many consumers of...
Provided by Secure Computing
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Webcasts
Screencast: Oracle Database Firewall
Oct 2011
What is a database firewall? What are the important selection criteria in choosing a database firewall? These questions and more are answered by Vipin Samar, Vice President of Oracle Database...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Personal Firewall Usability - A Survey
Dec 2007
This paper focuses on the usability challenges presented by personal firewalls. Nowadays, the focus of IT security is changing from patching system to securing remote access citeTM07, so many...
Provided by Helsinki University of Technology
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White Papers
Cisco IOS Classic Firewall Stateful Failover High Availability Solution
May 2008
Stateful Failover for the Cisco IOS Firewall allows a router to continue processing and forwarding firewall session packets after a planned or unplanned outage occurs. A backup (secondary) router...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Provide Secure Unified Communications With Cisco IOS Firewall Session Initiation Protocol
Mar 2008
Many organizations have discovered that unified communications - the convergence of data, voice, and video onto a single network infrastructure - can enhance employee productivity and mobility,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Using Cisco IOS Zone-Based and Classic Firewall in High-Availability Network Environments
Apr 2008
Businesses increasingly rely on data networks to carry mission-critical information. This is particularly true for businesses that rely on IP data networks to carry voice-over-IP data for packet...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Measuring and Managing Today's Messaging Environment
Oct 2007
In today's world, e-mail isn't just a convenience - it's a business-critical communication tool, and downtime can be disastrous for your company. Is your e-mail environment performing at its...
Provided by Dell Software
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Case Studies
PharmaPartners Secures 7 Million Patient Records Using Check Point Technology
May 2008
PharmaPartners is an independent IT specialist in the Netherlands and is a key IT-infrastructure provider within the region's healthcare industry. To improve cooperation among medical...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Case Studies
Miele Streamlines Security Saves Money With Check Point
Mar 2008
Founded in 1899 by the Miele family, Miele is known in Denmark and around the world for its high-quality home appliances and service. Miele needed a security solution that was comprehensive and...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Case Studies
UTM-1 Adopted for Security Infrastructure of a New Application Services Business
Jan 2008
Sooki Co., Ltd. provides rentals, sales, and repairs of survey and measurement devices, and measuring instrumentation and is growing in areas such as development and implementation of automated...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
Implementation and Performance Study of a New NAT/Firewall Signaling Protocol
Jan 2008
The NAT/Firewall NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol (NAT/Firewall NSLP) is a path-coupled signaling protocol for explicit Network Address Translator and firewall configuration within an extensible IP...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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Whitepapers
Application Firewalls
Oct 2007
As businesses place more applications on the web, they expose more of their sensitive customer data to hackers. Browser-based applications tunnel through the entire security perimeter of an...
Provided by F5 Networks
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White Papers
Limited Choices Are Available for Network Firewalls in Virtualized Servers
Dec 2007
The increased use of virtualization solutions that support an internal virtual network, combined with the increasing deployment and use of network firewalls within the data center, is changing how...
Provided by Gartner
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White Papers
Enabling the High-Performance Next Generation Firewall
Apr 2008
The traditional practice of deploying an ever-increasing number of appliances and applications to combat increasing security risks creates an infrastructure that is too complex, costly, and slow...
Provided by Crossbeam Systems
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White Papers
Eight Questions To Ask About Your Intrusion-Security Solution
Jan 2009
Network security is too important to fall victim to marketplace confusion and misleading claims. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) have similar names and...
Provided by TippingPoint Technologies
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White Papers
IPS vs. IDS: Similar on the Surface, Polar Opposites Underneath
Jan 2009
A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. Although IPS and IDS both examine...
Provided by TippingPoint Technologies
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White Papers
Firewire Blocker: A Software Defense Against Firewire-Based Physical Security Attacks on Windows Systems
Aug 2009
This paper presents a software solution to Firewire-based physical security attacks on Microsoft Windows operating systems. In this first proof-of-concept, the FirewireBlocker service is running...
Provided by Vienna University
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Webcasts
Securing Shared Virtual Infrastructure With Virtual Firewalls
Jun 2009
Enterprises and service providers are increasingly sharing physical hosts among multiple departments and customers, requiring strong isolation between virtual machines. The new VMware VMsafe APIs...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Safety in the Cloud(s): 'Vaporizing' the Web Application Firewall to Secure Cloud Computing
Jul 2009
Cloud computing was not designed for security, although organizations such as Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) are making great strides in helping...
Provided by art of defence
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White Papers
Keeping emails private - why businesses need email encryption
Jan 2009
With so much at stake, what are the risks of sending unencrypted emails, what are the options for keeping emails private and what are the benefits of the MessageLabs Policy Based Encryption...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
ACS Technology Platform: Comparison of "Behind-the-Firewall" Vs. Hosted Learning Solutions
Jun 2008
Web-based learning, as well as online access to learning administration and reporting services, requires a high-performance, scalable, and reliable platform to meet baseline user requirements....
Provided by Affiliated Computer Services
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Whitepapers
Why Your Firewall, VPN, and IEEE 802.11i Aren't Enough to Protect Your Network
Nov 2008
Like any network technology, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) need to be protected from security threats. Though recent developments in IEEE standards have been designed to help ensure privacy...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Information Supplement: Application Reviews and Web Application Firewalls Clarified
Oct 2008
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)Requirement 6.6 provides two options that are intended to address common threats to cardholder data and ensure that input to running web...
Provided by PCI Security Standards Council
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White Papers
Information Supplement: Requirement 6.6 Code Reviews and Application Firewalls Clarified
Apr 2008
The intent of Requirement 6.6 is to ensure web applications exposed to the public Internet are protected against the most common types of malicious input. There is a great deal of public...
Provided by PCI Security Standards Council
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Whitepapers
Vulnerability Assessment Plus Web Application Firewall (VA+WAF)
Jun 2008
New technology developed by WhiteHat Security and F5 Networks enables organizations to immediately mitigate discovered vulnerabilities using a web application firewall. WhiteHat's Sentinel service...
Provided by F5 Networks
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Webcasts
SonicWALL and Gartner Discuss Next-Generation Firewall: Driving Productivity, Security & Efficiencies Webcast
Jan 2009
Network and application usage is dramatically changing the way networks are designed, managed and protected. The need for bandwidth is increasing and users are becoming more technically savvy. At...
Provided by SonicWALL
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White Papers
Unchain Your Network With an Application Firewall
Dec 2008
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...
Provided by SonicWALL
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White Papers
Patterns for Application Firewalls
Jan 2009
Enterprise applications are typically implemented as web applications and may use web services. This provides a flexible architecture suitable for B2B communication but it may introduce new...
Provided by Florida Atlantic University
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White Papers
A Systematic Methodology for Firewall Penetration Testing
Jan 2009
Firewall testing is one of the most useful of a set of alternatives for evaluating the security effectiveness of a firewall. A major advantage of firewall testing is being able to empirically...
Provided by SRI Consulting
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White Papers
Research on Packet Filter Rules of the Firewall Based on Visual Prolog
Oct 2008
The packet filter rules of firewall are established according to the needs of network security, while to manage filter rules becomes more and more complicated, and easy to make mistakes,...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Intrusion Defense Firewall: Network-Level HIPS at the Endpoint
Oct 2008
Mobile computers that connect directly to the Internet outside of a company's firewall can introduce risk into the corporate network and thus require a higher level of security to protect against...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Securing Physical and Virtual IT Assets Without Hardware Firewalls or VLANs - A New Approach: An Identity-Aware Network Inside the Perimeter
Feb 2009
For security administrators at large corporations, the growing management complexity of internal firewalls and Virtual LANs (VLANs) presents significant security challenges. The growing reliance...
Provided by Apani Networks
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White Papers
Usability Study of Vista's Firewall Using Respondent Methods
Nov 2007
A firewall is one of the most important security tools against network attacks. Microsoft, in its new version of the Windows, Vista, offered a new firewall with plethora of advance features that...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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White Papers
Fast Algorithms for Local Inconsistency Detection in Firewall ACL Updates
Jun 2008
Filtering is a very important issue in next generation networks. These networks consist of a relatively high number of resource constrained devices with very special features, such as managing...
Provided by Universidad de Sevilla
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White Papers
It's Time to Fix the Firewall: Re-Establishing the Firewall as the Cornerstone of Enterprise Network Security
Feb 2009
For the last 15 years, port-blocking firewalls have been the cornerstone of enterprise network security. But much like a stone, they've stood still in the face of rapidly evolving applications and...
Provided by Palo Alto Networks
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White Papers
Reducing Costs With Next Generation Firewalls: Investing in Innovation Pays Cost Savings Dividends
Dec 2008
For enterprise IT security organizations, the evolution of applications and threats, coupled with the stagnation of traditional network security technology has resulted in a loss of visibility and...
Provided by Palo Alto Networks
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White Papers
How to Painlessly Audit Your Firewalls in Three Easy Steps: An Introduction to Automated Firewall Auditing
Nov 2008
Firewalls are the first line of defense for the business network. When the internet started to become a critical business communications tool, the firewall became the first line of defense. This...
Provided by Skybox Security
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White Papers
SPML: A Visual Approach for Modeling Firewall Configurations
Sep 2008
This paper describes a graphical notation for modeling security policy, currently focused on firewalls, named SPML. Using SPML, it is possible to specify graphically the security policy to be...
Provided by Unoeste - Todos os direitos reservados
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White Papers
Anchiva Hardware Scanning Engine
Mar 2009
Traditional hardware acceleration technology in security appliances such as firewalls is focused mainly at accelerating packet processing at the network layer. This technology is useful in...
Provided by Anchiva Systems
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Webcasts
Messagelabs - IT Security Threats of Today and Tommorrow Webcast Supporting Doc
Jun 2009
This document supports th silicon.com webcast which discusses some of the security threats to IT systems that organisations have to face on a daily basis - and what do about them. With real life...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Designing a Hardware-Accelerated Firewall With Two 10 Gbps Ports
Dec 2008
High-speed packet filtering should be one of the first steps in securing any modern computer network. However, solutions over 1 Gbps are practically impossible to implement in software, and must...
Provided by CESNET
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White Papers
EAD Technology White Paper
Sep 2008
EAD is a solution to network endpoint access control. By cooperation of the security clients, access devices, security policy server, and third-party server, it enhances the active defense ability...
Provided by H3C Technologies
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White Papers
UserGate Firewall & Proxy 5.0
Oct 2008
UserGate Firewall & Proxy 5.0 is a secure server with anti-virus & anti-spam, built-in firewall with NAT and web content filtering proxy for controlled Internet sharing. Access Internet from LAN...
Provided by Entensys
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Webcasts
Better Customer Service with a Decision-Oriented Enterprise
Jun 2009
Watch the webcast to learn about the benefits of a decision-oriented enterprise, the market drivers, and how you can make your business decision driven.
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Enabling End-to-end IP Visual Communication by Securely Traversing Firewalls and NATs with TANDBERG Expressway
Jun 2009
TANDBERG's Expressway is the right solution for secure firewall and network address translation traversal. While there are a few solutions available, many are expensive, not secure, not available...
Provided by TANDBERG, now part of Cisco
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White Papers
The Business Case for a Network Security Assessment
Jun 2009
When an organization suffers a security breach, the effects are felt immediately across the organization, not just in the IT department. It doesn't matter if the breach occurred through vulnerable...
Provided by Pacific Coast Information Systems
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Case Studies
Award Winning Australian University Chooses 3Com as It Expands Into Dubai Knowledge Village
Jan 2009
In 2000, the University of Wollongong won Australia's most prestigious higher education award, 'University of the Year.' The university is acclaimed for its effective application of digital...
Provided by 3Com
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Case Studies
Investment in 3Com Security Technology Yields Top Marks for Ibmec Educational Institute
Jan 2009
Ibmec is dedicated to educational and professional training in business, law, and economics, with five facilities located in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Security has...
Provided by 3Com
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Case Studies
East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505 From 3Com
Jan 2009
East Grand Rapids Public Schools is located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA with 350 employees and 2,800 students. School is posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system....
Provided by 3Com
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Case Studies
Baccarat - Famous Crystal-Ware Designer Depends on Cyberoam for Internet Security
Dec 2008
The legacy of Baccarat Crystal extends since 1764. They are specialists in ingenious handcrafted works of crystal-ware of the highest quality luxury products used in decoration, lighting,...
Provided by Elitecore Technologies
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Case Studies
Cyberoam UTM Secures Core Business Network in Electrotherm
Jun 2008
Ahmedabad-based Electrotherm is a leading Indian player to offer turnkey services for setting up medium-sized steel plants. Electrotherm faced major problem of Internet misuse and spam. They used...
Provided by Elitecore Technologies
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Case Studies
Cyberoam UTM Provides Non-Stop Business Security and Connectivity to NDMC
Mar 2009
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is the Municipal Council of India's Capital City - New Delhi. NDMC was already using Cisco PIX. They wanted to replace this legacy firewall and also wanted to...
Provided by Elitecore Technologies
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Case Studies
Cyberoam Provides CIPA Compliance and Security to VCA - US School
Dec 2008
Valley Christian Academy (VCA) has been educating the children at Aurora, Ohio, USA since 1979. The Chief IT Administrator at VCA and Mr. Dan Lavely from XL Systems were in the process of testing...
Provided by Elitecore Technologies
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White Papers
Bridging the Great Divide: The Convergence of Physical and Logical Security
Aug 2008
Despite their common purpose, physical access and logical access technologies exist in parallel worlds. Physical access technologies, such as building security systems and employee access cards,...
Provided by Imprivata
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Deployed Firewall Protection for a Small Business Acquisition
Dec 2007
Linksys, a division of Cisco, needed to replace a PC-based firewall with a solution that would provide greater security and reliability. In a project to improve overall network availability, Cisco...
Provided by Cisco Systems
-
Case Studies
How Cisco IT Uses Firewalls to Protect Cisco Internet Access Locations
Nov 2007
This case study describes how Cisco Systems uses Cisco PIX security appliances to protect its network assets from unauthorized access. The Cisco global network is a leading-edge enterprise...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Discussion of Conceptual Difference Between Cisco IOS Classic and Zone-Based Firewalls
Oct 2007
Cisco IOS has supported stateful inspection firewall capability since before Cisco IOS Software Version 12.0. Stateful Inspection Firewall features are supported through the Classic Firewall...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
SecureSphere Web Application Firewall - Vulnerability Assessment Integration
Jan 2011
This webcast demonstrates how the Imperva SecureSphere Web Application Firewall integrates with application vulnerability scanners. Watch this video to find out how SecureSphere creates policies...
Provided by Imperva
-
White Papers
Firewall Compressor: An Algorithm for Minimizing Firewall Policies
Jan 2008
A firewall is a security guard placed between a private network and the outside Internet that monitors all incoming and outgoing packets. The function of a firewall is to examine every packet and...
Provided by Michigan State University
-
Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: ISA Server 2006 Firewall and Proxy Services (Level 200)
May 2007
The presenter of this webcast describes how to use the firewall and proxy services in Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 to allow secure connectivity to internal...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Confident Firewall Policy Configuration Management Using Description Logic
Sep 2007
The provisioning of a firewall is one of the first important steps toward securing access control to a network. However, the effectiveness of a firewall's access control may be limited or...
Provided by University College Cork
-
White Papers
Importance of Web Application Firewall Technology for Protecting Web-Based Resources
Jan 2008
Web-based applications and services have changed the landscape of information delivery and exchange in today's corporate, government, and educational arenas. Ease of access, increased availability...
Provided by Cybertrust
-
White Papers
PolicyVis: Firewall Security Policy Visualization and Inspection
Oct 2007
Firewalls have an important role in network security. However, managing firewall policies is an extremely complex task because the large number of interacting rules in single or distributed...
Provided by University of Waterloo
-
White Papers
Assisted Firewall Policy Repair Using Examples and History
Oct 2007
Using examples and history mapping, a system administrator can easily identify the two or three critical rules in a rule set that lead to a serious firewall error. Detecting these faults greatly...
Provided by College of William & Mary
-
White Papers
Inferring Higher Level Policies From Firewall Rules
Sep 2007
Packet filtering firewall is one of the most important mechanisms used by corporations to enforce their security policy. Recent years have seen a lot of research in the area of firewall...
Provided by Stony Brook University
-
White Papers
Formal Correctness of Conflict Detection for Firewalls
Nov 2007
This paper describes the formalization of a correctness proof for a conflict detection algorithm for firewalls in the Coq Proof Assistant. First, it gives formal definitions in Coq of a firewall...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Formal Verification of Firewall Policies
Feb 2008
Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. The quality of protection provided by a firewall directly depends on the...
Provided by Michigan State University
-
White Papers
Diverse Firewall Design
Nov 2007
Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. An error in a firewall policy either creates security holes that will...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-
White Papers
Avfs: An On-Access Anti-Virus File System
Dec 2007
Viruses and other malicious programs are an ever-increasing threat to current computer systems. They can cause serious damage and consume countless hours of system administrators' time to combat....
Provided by Stony Brook University
-
White Papers
Policy-Driven Access Control Over a Distributed Firewall Architecture
Dec 2007
Motivated by a Grid based scientific application, where a dynamic collection of individuals and institutions are required to share resources to achieve certain goals, this paper propose the...
Provided by University of London
-
White Papers
A Distributed Firewall for Multimedia Applications
Dec 2007
Firewalls are a widely used security mechanism to provide access control and auditing at the border between "Open" and private networks or administrative domains. As part of the network...
Provided by Darmstadt University of Technology
-
White Papers
Detection and Removal of Firewall Misconfiguration
Dec 2007
To police network traffic, firewalls must be configured with a set of filtering rules. The existence of errors in this set is very likely to degrade the network security policy. The management of...
Provided by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
-
Webcasts
Live video broadcast: Data Loss Prevention from the Inside Out
Jun 2008
Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems can protect your network from outside threats, but they will not stop one of your biggest security risks: well-meaning employees who accidentally expose...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Firewall Transversal in Communications Server 2007 (Level 300)
Apr 2008
The ability to transverse firewalls is very important to how Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 allows VoIP calls in a secure manner. The presenter of this webcast talks in depth about...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: 2008 Defense in Depth Security Series (Part 4 of 8): Living on the Edge (Level 200)
Jan 2008
The presenter of this webcast looks at some of the risks facing the Internet, and also discusses some technologies which should be considered when looking at securing the perimeter. For those who...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
-
White Papers
Subtle Issues in the Design of a Database Tier Firewall
Jan 2008
Applications such as centralized Supply Chain Management permit multiple business partners to host their own customized components at the same site with selective access to a common shared...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
-
White Papers
Intrusion Defense Firewall
Dec 2007
Mobile computers that connect directly to the Internet outside of a company's firewall can introduce risk into the corporate network and thus require a higher level of security to protect against...
Provided by Trend Micro
-
White Papers
Path-Coupled Signaling for NAT/Firewall Traversal
Jan 2008
Complex protocols tend to negotiate secondary flows on the application layer. This, in the general case, prevents Firewalls and NATs from allowing or routing them, and communication becomes...
Provided by NEC Europe
-
White Papers
Design and Implementation of Personal Firewalls for Handheld Devices
Jan 2008
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become one of the important tools in the life. Their popularity is due to their small size and mobility which enables them to be carried anywhere. Along...
Provided by University of Wollongong
-
White Papers
Dude!: You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?!
Oct 2007
Internet firewalls have been a popular tool for security practitioners. Today, they are considered a mandatory component of any industry or government network. Unfortunately, many consumers of...
Provided by Secure Computing
-
Webcasts
Screencast: Oracle Database Firewall
Oct 2011
What is a database firewall? What are the important selection criteria in choosing a database firewall? These questions and more are answered by Vipin Samar, Vice President of Oracle Database...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Personal Firewall Usability - A Survey
Dec 2007
This paper focuses on the usability challenges presented by personal firewalls. Nowadays, the focus of IT security is changing from patching system to securing remote access citeTM07, so many...
Provided by Helsinki University of Technology
-
White Papers
Cisco IOS Classic Firewall Stateful Failover High Availability Solution
May 2008
Stateful Failover for the Cisco IOS Firewall allows a router to continue processing and forwarding firewall session packets after a planned or unplanned outage occurs. A backup (secondary) router...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Provide Secure Unified Communications With Cisco IOS Firewall Session Initiation Protocol
Mar 2008
Many organizations have discovered that unified communications - the convergence of data, voice, and video onto a single network infrastructure - can enhance employee productivity and mobility,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
-
White Papers
Using Cisco IOS Zone-Based and Classic Firewall in High-Availability Network Environments
Apr 2008
Businesses increasingly rely on data networks to carry mission-critical information. This is particularly true for businesses that rely on IP data networks to carry voice-over-IP data for packet...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Measuring and Managing Today's Messaging Environment
Oct 2007
In today's world, e-mail isn't just a convenience - it's a business-critical communication tool, and downtime can be disastrous for your company. Is your e-mail environment performing at its...
Provided by Dell Software
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Case Studies
PharmaPartners Secures 7 Million Patient Records Using Check Point Technology
May 2008
PharmaPartners is an independent IT specialist in the Netherlands and is a key IT-infrastructure provider within the region's healthcare industry. To improve cooperation among medical...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Case Studies
Miele Streamlines Security Saves Money With Check Point
Mar 2008
Founded in 1899 by the Miele family, Miele is known in Denmark and around the world for its high-quality home appliances and service. Miele needed a security solution that was comprehensive and...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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Case Studies
UTM-1 Adopted for Security Infrastructure of a New Application Services Business
Jan 2008
Sooki Co., Ltd. provides rentals, sales, and repairs of survey and measurement devices, and measuring instrumentation and is growing in areas such as development and implementation of automated...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
Implementation and Performance Study of a New NAT/Firewall Signaling Protocol
Jan 2008
The NAT/Firewall NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol (NAT/Firewall NSLP) is a path-coupled signaling protocol for explicit Network Address Translator and firewall configuration within an extensible IP...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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Whitepapers
Application Firewalls
Oct 2007
As businesses place more applications on the web, they expose more of their sensitive customer data to hackers. Browser-based applications tunnel through the entire security perimeter of an...
Provided by F5 Networks
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White Papers
Limited Choices Are Available for Network Firewalls in Virtualized Servers
Dec 2007
The increased use of virtualization solutions that support an internal virtual network, combined with the increasing deployment and use of network firewalls within the data center, is changing how...
Provided by Gartner
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White Papers
Enabling the High-Performance Next Generation Firewall
Apr 2008
The traditional practice of deploying an ever-increasing number of appliances and applications to combat increasing security risks creates an infrastructure that is too complex, costly, and slow...
Provided by Crossbeam Systems
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White Papers
Moving Toward Network Security and Firewalls for Protecting and Preserving Private Resources on the Internet
Mar 2008
Computer and network security are challenging topics among executives and managers of computer corporations. Internet security is the practice of protecting and preserving private resources and...
Provided by Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
