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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. Network modernization goes further Network modernization will continue as enterprises work to meet new requirements. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

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4 ways CISOs can manage AI use in the enterprise

CIO

Over the summer, I wrote a column about how CIOs are worried about the informal rise of generative AI in the enterprise. Since then, many CIOs I’ve spoken with have grappled with enterprise data security and privacy issues around AI usage in their companies. That column may have been the understatement of the year.

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.”

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Just Released and Ready for Download — Software Firewalls for Dummies

Palo Alto Networks

If you want to protect applications and workloads throughout today’s complex and interrelated environments, you need software firewalls. You can better understand the extensive need and numerous use cases for virtual firewalls, container firewalls and managed cloud firewalls with our essential guide, “ Software Firewalls for Dummies.”

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Research Shows 163% ROI with Palo Alto Networks Software Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks software firewalls not only provide superb security for applications and workloads in all clouds and networks but also pay for themselves. You’ll discover how our family of software Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) – virtual, container, managed cloud service – provided $3.70

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 4: The Next Generation

Firemon

The Next-Generation Firewall Market Penetration of the Next-Gen Firewall The Platform The Future of the Firewall Book a Demo Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon As hardware and software performance improved, the difference in firewall performance between the different vendors became much smaller. A very impressive track record.

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 2: The Value of Management

Firemon

The Check Point Policy Editor The Check Point Central Object Repository Central Logging Multi-Domain Management and OPSEC Cisco and the CLI were a Dominant Player Book a Demo Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon Check Point and stateful inspection firewalls won the early battle against proxy firewalls ( Part 1: Early Days ).