Network Firewalls
The top winners in this category are:
- Gold Award:
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Juniper Networks SSG, ISG appliances
Juniper Networks' Secure Services Gateway (SSG) and Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) appliances won gold on the strength of solid centralized management capabilities and ease of installation, configuration and administration.
- Silver Award:
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Cisco Systems PIX appliances and software
Cisco Systems' PIX firewall appliances and software finished a close second in this category, earning high marks from readers for its ability to block intrusions, attacks and unauthorized network traffic.
- Bronze Award:
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Check Point Software Technologies' FireWall-1 took the bronze. Readers recognized its central management capabilities and its ability to block attacks and unauthorized traffic.
Security Management Strategies for the CIO