Tag Archives: Software-Based Firewalls

It’s been around thirty years since the concept of a network firewall service was introduced. Since then, network firewalls have been an essential security tool in the arsenal of enterprise network security departments. In essence, a firewall is a tool that filters out malicious traffic before it enters the network security perimeter. Due to its capability, it has proven to be very effective in boosting network security over all these decades. However, the firewall that was developed in the beginning is not …