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Firewalla launches its Purple gigabit home firewall

TechCrunch

Over the course of the last few years, Firewalla ‘s combined firewall and router devices have made a name for themselves as the go-to hardware security tools for many enthusiasts and small businesses. Then, our engineers just go ‘I want to play with this.’ Image Credits: Firewalla.

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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.” Cisco was selling the PIX in the 90s.

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We Are a Ten-Time Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks

1, 2021, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the tenth consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for 2021. We feel that our tenth recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls gives us an opportunity to celebrate the transformative innovations of the last ten years.

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Robust Intelligence raises $30M Series B to stress test AI models

TechCrunch

Previous investor Sequoia, which led the company’s Series A round, as well as Harpoon Venture Capital and Engineering Capital also participated in this oversubscribed round. To do so, the company offers its users what it calls the Robust Intelligence Model Engine (RIME), with what is essentially an AI firewall at its core.

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The Consolidation of Networking Tasks in Engineering

Kentik

In recent years, the rapid development of cloud-based networking, network abstractions such as SD-WAN, and controller-based campus networking has meant that basic, day-to-day network operations have become easier for non-network engineers. For example, a cloud engineer may be a novice in how encapsulation technologies work.

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Data — The Lifeblood of Security and Detection Engineering

Palo Alto Networks

In episode 5 of “ This Is How We Do It, ” Peter Havens from Cortex product marketing and Isaac Krzywanowski, staff security engineer at Palo Alto Networks, discuss data pipelining, operational assurance and the importance of monitoring the health of data sources. The palette of data sources at Palo Alto Networks is expansive and diverse.

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How to Protect Your Azure App with a Web Application Firewall

Modus Create

This article is part of our upcoming series on Microsoft Azure’s security services, geared towards DevSecOps and DevOps engineers. To start with, we will investigate how we can stand up Web Applications Firewall (WAF) services via Terraform. Using Web Application Firewall to Protect Your Azure Applications.