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whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Enhancements to Windows Firewall in Windows Vista (Level 200)2006-08-18 01:00:11 Microsoft
  This webcast will examine the features and capabilities of firewalls in general, focusing specifically on the firewall included with Windows client operating systems. The webcast will explain how Windows Firewall in Windows Vista provides a greater number of configuration options, which can result in improved security for different connection methods, such as Local Area Network (LAN) or wireless connections.   
whitepaper Structured Firewall Design2006-08-15 Reed Elsevier
  A firewall is a security guard placed at the point of entry between a private network and the outside Internet such that all incoming and outgoing packets have to pass through it. The function of a firewall is to examine every incoming or outgoing packet and decide whether to accept or discard it. This function is conventionally specified by a sequence of rules, where rules often conflict. To resolve conflicts, the decision for each packet is the decision of the first rule that the packet matches.

Tags: Security Tools		   
whitepaper Podcast: There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery2007-03-26 09:01:46 Qualys
  Open networks and supply chain integration create great business opportunities but also substantial security risks. The bad guys are using more sophisticated tools to create viruses, worms, rootkits and other attacks, and malware is spreading faster than ever. Learn how vulnerability management allows you to keep on top of these problems by identifying an organization's greatest security vulnerabilities and proactively recommending fixes, in part one of this four-part Podcast series.

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whitepaper Unified Threat Prevention: Network Antivirus and Anti-X2006-08-04 01:00:11 Cisco Systems
  The Internet is a conduit for attacks from worms, viruses, spyware, malware, and phishing, which can harm an organization. This webcast shows how to implement powerful enterprise-level firewall and high-quality malware protection with comprehensive gateway security and VPN connectivity. The webcast shows how to effectively remove threats that can bring down systems, compromise data, disrupt business, erode profits, and affect employee productivity, without adding network complexity. The webcast will discuss how to limit an organization's exposure to the risks and costs associated with infections and threats, control unwanted mail and Web content, and reduce the operational costs and complexity of deploying and managing multiple point solutions.   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Security Features in Windows Vista (Level 200)2006-08-04 01:00:11 Microsoft
  For most companies, securing the computing environment is the IT department's highest priority. Ensuring that the new operating system or computer deployments are at least as secure as the current environment is critical. Using baselines and images that are constantly updated can help to keep the environment secure while enabling to rapidly deploy new workstations. This webcast shows how to choose and enable the security configuration of the desktops, manage ongoing security updates, and maintain desktop security.   
whitepaper Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats2007-02-14 14:10:13 Sophos
  Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.   
whitepaper Windows Vista Introduction to Windows Firewall With Advanced Security2006-08-01 Microsoft
  Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a stateful, host-based firewall that blocks incoming and outgoing connections based on its configuration. While typical end-user configuration of Windows Firewall still takes place through the Windows Firewall Control Panel tool, advanced configuration now takes place in a Microsoft Management Control (MMC) snap-in named Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. The inclusion of this snap-in not only provides an interface for configuring Windows Firewall locally but also for configuring Windows Firewall on remote computers and via Group Policy. Firewall functions are now integrated with IPsec (Internet Protocol security) protection settings, reducing the possibility of conflict between the two protection mechanisms.

Tags: Security Management, Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Network-Based Security Requires Firewall, IPS and AV2006-08-01 Fortinet
  When it comes to information security these days, it's a mixed up muddled up world out there. The terms being used to describe network defense capabilities are just as blurry and hard to pin down as the latest flavor of blended threat. Not surprisingly, the result is a growing state of misunderstanding and confusion, culminating in the inability of organizations to readily separate fact from fiction. Indeed, amidst the haze of imprecision there is even a proposition that achieving comprehensive network-based protection requires little more than intrusion prevention and, of course, firewall capabilities.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper A New Architecture for Conflict-Free Firewall Policy Provisioning2006-07-19 RMIT University
  Firewalls constitute the primary line of network defense. A network may have multiple firewalls - one at the organizational level and another at each of the departmental levels, with each firewall working in accordance with the global organizational security policy. The firewalls are so configured that each department's intranet receives or transmits only the traffic that it needs and the traffic not required is blocked by the respective firewall. Firewall policy addition, deletion and modification becomes a difficult task in such a complex multiple firewall and dynamic environment where the ever changing organizational traffic needs leads to continuous changes in firewall configuration, increasing the chances of policy conflicts among different firewalls in network hierarchy.

Tags: Network Security, Security Tools		   
whitepaper Firewalls: Your First Line of Defense2006-07-07 TELUS
  The precise origin of the term firewall is long lost, but the consensus is the term originated in the mid 1800s to describe a special fire resistant wall used to section off warehouses and slow the spread of fires. Firewalls exist to this day in airplanes, cars, ships, and network security. In network security a firewall is a system designed to electronically separate "Us", (the employees, suppliers, and customers), from "Them", (hackers, spies and others who would misuse the computer resources or information).