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What is firewall optimization?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Firewall optimization (also known as firewall analysis) is the process of analyzing and adjusting the configuration and policy set of a firewall to improve performance and security. Performing these processes is complex, which is why tools like firewall analyzers are useful.

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Is your firewall stuck in the 80s?

Cisco Security

Modernize your firewall for greater security resilience. Cybersecurity has changed dramatically since the dawn of firewalls in the 1980s. Today’s workers, data, and applications are everywhere, and firewalls must be as well. So, can your firewall grow with you? The firewall is a critical foundation for security.

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BrandPost: Gain Full Visibility for Threat Detection and Response with Deep Packet Inspection

CSO Magazine

DPI tools, as opposed to NetFlow-based tools, provide the most meaningful content possible in threat detection and response. A network detection and response (NDR) solution is the only way to expose bad actors and can work in conjunction with other tools such to increase the strength of your security stack.

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Cisco Secure Firewall Garners a ‘Hat-Trick’

Cisco Security

Along similar lines, Cisco Secure Firewall celebrates three scores in 2021: Cisco was the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Best Practices Market Leadership Award for excellence in the network firewall market. Cisco Secure Firewall also received the 2021 Nutanix Technology Alliances New Partner of the Year Award.

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Building a secure and scalable multi-cloud environment with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud

Cisco Security

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual provides unmatched security controls such as stateful firewalling, Snort3 IPS, URL filtering, malware defense, application visibility and control, and more. Customers can seamlessly deploy and insert Secure Firewall in their Alkira Cloud Exchange Points (CXP).

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SecureX and Secure Firewall: Integration and Automation to Simplify Security

Cisco Security

Cisco Secure Firewall stops threats faster, empowers collaboration between teams, and enables consistency across your on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The entire suite of Firewall Management Center APIs is now available in the cloud. This integration between Firewall 7.2 Move to the Cloud. With the 7.2

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Are WE the firewall?

CyberSecurity Insiders

We are the firewall. What began with a question ends with a statement, “WE are the firewall.” ” A culture built with top-down buy-in, accountability, and a good crust can be the foundation for employees to feel like they are part of something bigger and take pride in being the firewall.