Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Perspectives: Tearing down Firewalls"
This article is part of the March 2005 issue of What are botnets and how can you prepare for them?
We need technologies that won't impede our Internet use. This is probably the most open secret in infosecurity that you don't want your CEO to discover: Ahem...those large, expensive border firewalls with those overpriced managed service contracts really aren't doing much to secure your enterprise. In fact, they are doing little more than inhibiting your business. Gasp? Don't be so quick to dismiss this notion. Let's examine the facts. As a security manager, you insist that your business units make connections through the perimeter firewall or a dedicated proxy on the DMZ. You delay projects until you can craft and test firewall rules, making sure they don't conflict with the 200 other rules already in place. And, you de-grade throughput and performance for marginal security gains. Where does all of this get you? Despite perimeter firewalls, enterprises worldwide are struck by worm after worm--Slammer, Blaster, Sasser, MyDoom, etc. Viruses come in via SMTP and POP3 e-mail; spyware, adware, cookies, Trojans and bots self-download over port 80; and P2P and ... Access >>>
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