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The Barrier Between Your Business and Bad Actors

Firewalls are the barriers between your organization’s internal networks and the greater internet. They determine who or what is allowed to enter — essentially traffic cops that either block or wave through incoming and outgoing traffic.

Beyond security, firewalls safeguard sensitive data to assist in compliance and regulatory requirements. They also help ensure critical applications have the necessary bandwidth to function by preventing resource-intensive tasks from overwhelming your network. 

There are three main components of firewalls. Packet inspection examines data packets when they arrive, rule evaluation compares packets against a set of rules, and logging of packet information for monitors and analyzes network activity.

Why Firewalls Matter

Your organization’s networks are not inherently secure. Without safeguards like firewalls, any application or individual that can access your networks is free to run rampant.

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Loss of access

Hackers can slow or block access to your critical data and applications.

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Data breaches

Your internal and customer data can stolen and sold to the highest bidder.
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Ransomware attacks

Hackers are able to deploy malicious applications that hold your data and applications hostage.
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Loss of productivity

Recovering from attacks on your networks grind your business to a halt.

What's Included?

As part of our cyber security services, we can develop and deploy a wide range of firewalls to meet your organization’s unique needs. 

  • Packet filtering firewalls that operate at the network layer and make decisions based on attributes like source, destination IP address, and port numbers.
  • Stateful inspection firewalls that combine the features of packet filtering and deep inspection, making it possible to keep track of the state of active connections to a network
  • Proxy firewalls that act as intermediaries between internal and external networks
  • Application layer firewalls that operate at the application layer to inspect and filter traffic based on specific applications and protocols
  • “Next Gen” firewalls that mix traditional capabilities with advanced features like intrusion prevention, application awareness, and content filtering

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From Our Blog 

Behind the Wall

 

In 2023, according to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures, there was a cyberattack every 39 seconds. 

That adds up to roughly 2,200 attacks each and every day, or more than 800,000 last year alone.

While security measures and tools are always evolving, one of the stalwarts of cybersecurity remains the network firewall — software and devices that act as a barrier between an internal network and infrastructure and external networks (like the internet).

If the internet is one big city with traffic (data) speeding along highways and streets, then firewalls are the traffic cops, monitoring the flow of traffic and determining which vehicles are allowed to enter. That makes them one of the most critical security components a company can have.

 

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FAQs

What are firewalls?

Firewalls are the barriers between your organization’s internal networks and the greater internet.

What are the different types of firewalls?

There are 5 types of firewalls:

  • Packet filtering firewalls at the network layer
  • Stateful inspection firewalls, which monitors the state of active network connections
  • Proxy firewalls, which act as intermediaries between internal and external networks
  • Application layer firewalls that inspect and filter traffic at the application layer
  • Next Gen firewalls with advanced features like intrusion prevention, application awareness, and content filtering
Why are firewalls important?
Networks are not inherently secure. Without firewalls, any application or individual that can access your networks has free reign to steal information or cripple your operations.
What types of attacks do firewalls protect against?

Firewalls protect against a wide range of threats, including:

  • Loss of access to critical data and applications
  • Data breaches
  • Ransomware attacks
  • Loss of productivity
What are the different types of firewalls?

There are 5 types of firewalls:

  • Packet filtering firewalls at the network layer
  • Stateful inspection firewalls, which monitors the state of active network connections
  • Proxy firewalls, which act as intermediaries between internal and external networks
  • Application layer firewalls that inspect and filter traffic at the application layer
  • Next Gen firewalls with advanced features like intrusion prevention, application awareness, and content filtering