In a business environment dominated by cloud computing, mobility and Web-based applications, enterprises need smarter, application-aware networks to ensure performance. But while application awareness ...

Cisco Sourcefire recently announced that their Snort open source IDS/IPS 2.9.7 will now support free application visibility and control, called OpenAppID. It will be fully integrated into the current ...

As near as I can tell the salient feature of Palo Alto Networks' products that sets them apart is application awareness. Like most modern firewalls PAN has incorporated a slew of features from malware ...

A Web application firewall (WAF) is designed to protect Web applications against common attacks such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection. Whereas network firewalls defend the perimeter of the ...

Increased awareness and protection of networks and web applications are becoming more and more necessary. There are many devices that are linked to the internet, including printers, mobile devices, ...

Web application firewalls have overcome some of their early performance issues, and they may get a boost from the recently updated Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, which recommends ...

Web applications are able to protect your Web assets from attack – especially websites. Discover the best Web application firewalls, as we explore the market and recommend our top choices. Websites ...

As many organizations migrate to the cloud, a common misconception is that the hyperscalers they are using put the appropriate security in place, Fortinet Consulting Cloud Architect John McDonough ...

Many organizations may be using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help them achieve security compliance and secure their web applications. Many organizations are also actively deploying IPv6 to ...

First there was AOL. Remember how hard it was to block access to what most admins considered a trivial time waster? AOL would change their IP addresses on a regular basis which made it hard for ...