eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are two of the best network security providers, offering excellent next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) with strong, independently verified security. Fortinet excels in usability and administration, while Palo Alto has an edge in advanced features and firewall capabilities. 5 Ease of us: 4.7/5

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2025

Experienced security analysts command premium salaries that many small businesses cannot justify. They should supplement basic security measures like endpoint protection, network firewalls, and regular updates, not replace them. Compare this to a 200-person manufacturing company's entire IT budget. The math simply doesn't work.

Manufacturing

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

Trend Micro: Best for Small Businesses 14 $1.44 Check Point: Best for Firewalls 11 $25.34 Sophos: Best for Home and Small Office Security 10 Acquired by Thoma Bravo 4.7 Its security product tests have been consistently excellent, including in the latest MITRE endpoint security tests and CyberRatings firewall tests.

Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Aside from the antivirus feature, it offers features like a Windows firewall, smart app control, device health, family options, browser control, and robust security settings. Firewall and network protection : Microsoft Defender’s built-in firewall actively monitors private and public network traffic, preventing unauthorized connections.

Antivirus

NetSpi Executives

JUNE 30, 2025

Beyond internal development, major software or hardware upgrades—such as operating system migrations, new firewalls, or changes to authentication mechanisms—can alter the security landscape significantly. These changes can inadvertently create new vulnerabilities or reintroduce old ones.

Penetration Testing

SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

While tariffs are often implemented as economic or political tools, their unintended impact on cybersecurity efforts, especially cross-border vulnerability research, crime investigations, and public sector and small business security, must be closely examined." The new 25% U.S. Here is his detailed breakdown: 1.Cross-border

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Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

To hide your details even better, you should turn on the internal kill switch/firewall and set custom DNS (to avoid exposing DNS requests to your ISP). The firewall filtered and blocked traffic from selected apps on my desktop, even without the VPN being on. Not once did my sensitive information leave the VPN tunnel.

VPN

Zero Day

JULY 29, 2025

Ubuntu If there's one Linux distribution I would recommend to small businesses over any other, it's Ubuntu. The one thing I would recommend, however, is that you enable the built-in firewall (UFW), which is typically disabled by default. Let's take a look at the list I've put together. Why this distribution?

Software

Centraleyes

MAY 8, 2025

Self-Assessment Costs for Small Businesses Smaller businesses that fall under the criteria for using a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) generally face lower fees. Companies must invest in: Advanced Firewalls and Network Security: Ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. has spurred a demand for advanced technological solutions.

Penetration Testing

NetSpi Executives

MARCH 11, 2025

One common thread is clearthe demand for continuous, automated solutions has skyrocketed as traditional methods, like firewalls and occasional scans, are no longer sufficient. – Michael Yates, CISO at All Lines Tech We have worked with customers of all sizes, from small business to enterprise level.

Risk

Zero Day

JUNE 23, 2025

Instead, it employs its  Great Firewall  to check Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) packets for sensitive keywords to outright block unapproved foreign and domestic sites.  Generally speaking, in countries that lack net neutrality regulations, ISPs have the freedom to manipulate internet speeds in any way they wish.

Internet

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Just because you are running a small business doesn’t mean you are out of the reach of cybercriminals and hackers. In fact, small businesses are more susceptible to security breaches and cyberattacks because most often they dont expect the attack, thus are unprepared to handle the situation. Upgrade your IT set up.

Small Business

Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

The most important and integral part of any data security begins with having firewalls installed in the environment. Not just that, installing firewalls is an essential requirement of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS ). What is a PCI DSS Compliant Firewall? Protect cardholder data with a firewall.

Small Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 10, 2021

More and more businesses are becoming the victims of cybercrime and hacking, and smaller companies are often the main targets for cybercriminals, since they often do not have the same security measures in place and are therefore easier to breach. Today, small businesses are one of the biggest targets for cybercriminals.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A web application firewall — also known as a WAF — is basically a website’s gatekeeper. You may think that your small business’s website doesn’t receive enough traffic to necessitate a gatekeeper, but consider this: More than 60% of all internet traffic is made up of bots. Why Are Small Businesses a Target?

Small Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Small businesses have far less sophisticated and encrypted communications, making it possible to easily compromise their systems. . Enact robust data security processes and firewalls. A strong firewall is among the primary lines of protection against all types of cyberattacks.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is bringing its enterprise-class security to small business and home markets with Okyo , a Wi-Fi 6 hardware device announced today. It’s a bold move by the pioneer of high-end security technologies like next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and extended detection and response (XDR).

Small Business

PCI perspectives

AUGUST 24, 2021

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has developed a set of payment protection resources for small businesses. Today’s blog focuses on properly configuring firewalls. In this 8-part back-to-basics series , we highlight payment security basics for protecting against payment data theft.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2022

May 2 marks the start of National Small Business Week , a week that recognizes “the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners”, and promises to “celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of America’s entrepreneurs.” Thinking you are not a target.

Small Business

Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. The post Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 19, 2017

Leon Kuperman, CTO of CUJO IoT Security, why your small business and home office needs a firewall, and why your ISP can't protect you from bad IPs, phishing links, and sites loaded with malware.

Firewall

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Small businesses and startups are known to face some extra challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Small businesses also often do not consider themselves to be a target, but you don’t have to be explicitly targeted to get breached or infected. Often security issues are just dealt with when the need arises.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Cost of Overlooked Cyber Attacks for Small Businesses. The cost of a cyber attack for small businesses specifically may not be quite so high, but the consequences can still be devastating. For those same reasons, small businesses are less likely to notice the attack or know how to contain it quickly.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Firewalls are as central to IT security as antivirus programs are to PCs, and the multi-billion-dollar market remains large and growing. But the term “firewall” is far too broad to be of much use to IT security buyers. Types of Firewalls. What is a Firewall? Firewalls protect both on-premises and cloud environments.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2019

Cisco released security updates for several products, including SD-WAN, Webex, Firepower, IoT Field Network Director, Identity Services Engine, and Small Business routers. The tech giant addressed two serious issues in Cisco’s Small Business RV320 and RV325 routers. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Cisco, SD-WAN ).

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you’re wondering how to protect your small business against a cyber attack, you’re not alone. Almost 60% of cyber attack victims are small businesses, and within two years of the first attack, the likelihood that a small business will experience another is approximately 28%.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Though each category contains many different aspects, this tool can help you, as a small business owner, uncover your cybersecurity risk and help you strengthen your cybersecurity risk posture. Many small businesses choose to build their sites using a CMS. The More Complex Your Site, The More Vulnerable It Is.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If you’re a small business owner, it’s crucial to understand the significance of cybersecurity and the steps needed to safeguard your data, customers, and company reputation. The Financial Impact of Cyberattacks For small businesses, the financial consequences of a cyberattack can be devastating.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A next generation firewall (NGFW) performs deep packet inspection to check the contents of the data flowing through the firewall. Unlike more basic firewalls that only check the header of data packets, NGFWs examine and evaluate the payload data within the packet. Who Needs a Next-Gen Firewall?

Firewall

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2021

For a small business, the challenge can seem overwhelming. Between the growing threats and a shortage of cybersecurity talent to defend against them, many businesses have turned to managed security service providers (MSSPs) for help, with services like managed SIEMs , managed firewalls and managed detection and response (MDR).

Firewall

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, the truth is that businesses of all sizes hold valuable data in their hands, and cybercriminals work to create new sophisticated attack methods to acquire this information. An unfortunate reality for SMBs is that 43% of all cyberattacks target small businesses. Noisy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a small business, you’re likely concerned with drawing traffic and visitors to your site – but you may be attracting the wrong kind of attention. No matter how small your business is, you’re not too small to be hacked. In fact, 50% of small businesses in the US have been breached.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Any small business that collects and stores data on local servers is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. Use a web application firewall. If your business doesn’t have the in-house security experts to prevent SQL injection attacks, you’re not alone.

Small Business

Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Best Practices Market Leadership Award for excellence in the network firewall market. This award recognizes that Cisco achieved the greatest market share in the global firewall market due to outstanding performance, products, and service.

Firewall

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2021

Cisco announced it will not release security updates to address a critical security vulnerability affecting some of its Small Business routers. Cisco is urging customers that are using some of its Small Business routers to replace their devices because they will no longer receive security updates.

Small Business

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

While major companies sometimes spend millions to recover, the consequences for small businesses can be even more damaging because they lack the time, technical expertise, and resources to bounce back from an attack. Malware attacks not only cost companies money and customers, but also damage their reputations in the long term.

Small Business

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A firewall audit is a procedure for reviewing and reconfiguring firewalls as needed so they still suit your organization’s security goals. Over time, business network needs, traffic patterns, and application access change. Your business can either do the audit yourself or hire a firewall specialist vendor to perform one.

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