Like It Or Not, Firewalls Still Front And Center

Firewalls are still central to most network defense strategies, new State of the Firewall report says.

In spite of lots of advanced technology and moves to add many more layers of security to most enterprise defenses, firewalls aren’t going anywhere soon as the heart of the cybersecurity toolset, according to a new report out today. Based on a survey of over 600 IT security practitioners, the State of the Firewall Report shows that the firewall is as entrenched as ever in modern network defense strategies.