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Best practices for application-level firewall selection and deployment
Application-level firewalls are an essential aspect of any organization's multi-layered defense strategy, but the implementation process has some security pros scratching their heads. In this tip, contributor Joel Dubin discusses the contrasting fact... Tip
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Building application firewall rule bases
Security professionals have worked hard in recent years to tighten up their security controls, but they often neglected one area: the application layer. In this tip, Mike Chapple explains how a carefully deployed application firewall can plug a criti... Tip
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Defending layer 7: A look inside application-layer firewalls
Run-of-the-mill network firewalls can't properly defend applications. As Michael Cobb explains, application-layer firewalls offer Layer 7 security on a more granular level, and may even help organizations to get more out of existing network devices. Tip
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Comodo Firewall: An intelligent way to protect against application attacks
Looking for a solid firewall replacement? Contributing editor, Scott Sidel, recommends Comodo Firewall, an open source tool that can prevent application attacks. Tip
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Application logging is critical in detecting hack attacks
Now that networks are fairly well-protected, attackers are targeting application servers. In this tip, security expert Mike Chapple explains how implementing application layer logging is becoming a crucial addition to every organization's security st... Tip
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Application firewall tips and tricks
While network firewalls are effective at blocking unwanted communications, they do not provide a complete examination of traffic entering your network. Therefore, adding application-layer firewalls is essential to protecting your network from the ins... Tip
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Locking down Layer 7
Learn solutions for security issues associated with Web architecture. Tip
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E-mail firewalls: A vital defense layer
Learn how an e-mail firewall appliance can streamline security management for inbound messaging streams while contributing to defense-in-depth. Tip
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Application firewalls good enough -- for now -- for Web services security
The few customers who are adopting Web services are relying on a new version of a tried-and-true security toll: the firewall. Tip
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Web services security vendors focus on access control, XML firewalls
Robert Scheier takes a look at the Web services security industry in this edition of Scheier's Security Product Roundup. Tip