article thumbnail

2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Network Firewalls

Tech Republic Data Center

Fortinet ranked #1 in the Enterprise Data Center, Distributed Enterprise, and SMB use cases as of 30 November 2021 The January 2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities report for Network Firewalls includes network firewall evaluations for various use cases.

article thumbnail

5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. We found that ClearOS, pfSense, and Untangle could be appropriate for home use all the way up to the enterprise environment.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. Plus, they are combined with security functionality, starting with a basic firewall and possibly including antivirus, antispam and Web filtering.

article thumbnail

SMBs continue to be a target of cybercriminals

Network World

Because they don’t see themselves as targets, small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) have for a long time believed that their security programs are good enough. They have a firewall, antivirus, maybe they even use two-factor authentication. While they may have a smaller attack surface, they are no less vulnerable than a major enterprise.

SMB 65
article thumbnail

Technology Short Take #33

Scott Lowe

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. App Firewall? If you aren’t using vSphere Host Profiles, this write-up on the VMware SMB blog might convince you why you should and show you how to get started. Venky explains it in this post. Virtualization.

HP 106
article thumbnail

MSP cybersecurity: What you should know

Dataconomy

Ransomware With hundreds of millions of attacks occurring every year, ransomware has been an emerging threat for SMBs and enterprise organizations throughout at least a decade. Networks separation Like any SMB or enterprise organization, an MSP should care about internal network security not less than about the external perimeter.

Backup 37
article thumbnail

Technology Short Take #33

Scott Lowe

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. App Firewall? If you aren’t using vSphere Host Profiles, this write-up on the VMware SMB blog might convince you why you should and show you how to get started. Venky explains it in this post. Virtualization.

HP 61