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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. The permanence of remote employees will drive the need for a unified management console for on-premises, cloud, and remote security.

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How To Configure FQDN Firewall Rules In Google Cloud

Xebia

Filtering web traffic is easy with Cloud Firewall , a cloud-first NGFW with advanced threat protection. If this is too much, consider an public/private network design to reduce the traffic filtered by the firewall. Conclusion Cloud Firewall makes it easy to filter web traffic. Looking for more examples?

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A Leader in 2024 Forrester Enterprise Firewall Solutions Wave

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks pioneered the Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and continues to adapt in the evolving network security space. " — The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 Today we’re excited to share that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 report.

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Taming cloud chaos: The promise of simplifying cloud for enterprise IT

CIO

At the same time, employees, partners, customers, and other stakeholders need constant access to IT resources from many devices and locations, most of which are outside the firewall. If the platform requires this step before migrating workloads to the cloud, the enterprise won’t see much return on investment. The end result?

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A Leader in 2024 Forrester Enterprise Firewall Solutions Wave

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks pioneered the Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and continues to adapt in the evolving network security space. " — The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 Today we’re excited to share that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 report.

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3 Keys to ensuring your cloud provider offers a sound cyber security strategy

CIO

The days when most companies completely shied away from using cloud resources for highly sensitive data or applications have passed, and for good reason. Today, cloud providers may offer better cybersecurity protections than many companies can provide on-premises. But you need to know what to look for in a cloud provider.

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Web Application Firewalls Aren’t Protecting Cloud-Native Apps

DevOps.com

Your web application firewall (WAF) is humming at the edges of your network, faithfully blocking malicious attacks before they can do any harm. The post Web Application Firewalls Aren’t Protecting Cloud-Native Apps appeared first on DevOps.com. Better yet, it’s a next-generation WAF (NG-WAF).

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