Network firewalls
The top winners in this category are:
- Gold Award:
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Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series
Cisco's PIX product line took home the top prize, suggesting that Cisco may be poised to dominate security as well as networking. Readers noted Cisco PIX's ability to block intrusions, attacks and unauthorized network traffic.
- Silver Award:
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Readers gave Check Point Firewall-1 silver medal honors. It provides access control, attack protection, application security, intrusion prevention, content security, authentication, Quality of Service and Network Address Translation functions.
- Bronze Award:
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SonicWALL PRO: Network firewall product review
The bronze winner, SonicWALL PRO, is a multi-service security platform for companies requiring perimeter network protection coupled with VPN access for remote employees, according to the vendor.
Security Management Strategies for the CIO