Simone Margaritelli, the VP of Research at Zimperium, has created a Linux port of Little Snitch, a wildly popular macOS firewall application. Named OpenSnitch, the Linux port works on the same ...

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to operating today’s sophisticated data centers is the fact that they touch almost all aspects of an organization’s IT department and business processes.

Fresh faced startup Illumio is bringing a new twist on an old technique to create something simple and powerful. Take host-based firewalls--in Linux, Windows, containers--that already exist and ...

In a previous article, we talked about the importance of patch management in an enterprise network and the various options you have to deploy those patches in companies of various sizes. This week ...

COMMENTARY--Anyone who reads my column on a regular basis knows that I loathe to focus too much on new technology or products as an answer to security concerns. Even I recognize, however, the ...

3 tier architecture, multiple software stacks which should also have some segregation from each other. Data protection is important. In light of the above, what firewall approach would one take?

Host-based IDS software complements the capabilities of other security products such as network-based IDS, decoy-based IDS and firewalls. If the security threats of the past few weeks have taught us ...

My firewall is set to "deny by default" for incoming traffic. Is that all there is to it or do I need to add certain rules to keep my PC secure? Is the Linux firewall like the Windows firewall? What ...

Do you feel secure when you open your laptop? But do you know what makes using your PC and browsing the internet so safe? Today, we’ll talk about a firewall – a basic but important part of any ...