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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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FireMon Policy Analyzer Delivers Powerful, Free Solution to Combat Firewall Misconfigurations

Firemon

According to Gartner, 99% of firewall and cloud security failures can be attributed to errors in configuration. According to Gartner, 99% of firewall and cloud security failures can be attributed to errors in configuration. Policy Analyzer is a solution that delivers immediate value to firewall and security administrators.

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The AI continuum

CIO

Use the AI that comes with the applications you already have Business and enterprise software providers like Adobe, Salesforce, Microsoft, Autodesk, and SAP are integrating multiple types of AI into their applications. Retraining, refining, and optimizing create efficiency so you can run on less expensive hardware.

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CRN 2020 Hottest Cybersecurity Products Include CN-Series Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

We’re proud to announce that CRN lists the CN-Series container firewall one of the hottest cybersecurity products of 2020. CN-Series is the industry’s first containerized Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) designed specifically for Kubernetes environments and addresses growing container usage.

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Free 30-Day VM-Series Virtual Firewall Trial

Palo Alto Networks

Take the industry’s leading virtual firewall for a no-obligation spin in your virtualized environments. It’s never been easier, thanks to our 30-day free trial to test the VM-Series virtual firewalls for VMware ESXi and Linux KVM environments. It all starts with filling out this simple form for the virtual firewall trial.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO

With the CSO50 Conference + Awards coming to the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, Arizona, October 2-4, we asked Bill Tsoukatos, Information Technology Director at Fort McDowell Enterprises, which owns the resort, to tell us what it’s like to manage IT security at a casino property.