According to a SearchSecurity.com survey of nearly 900 IT professionals, 80% of networking and security pros are concerned about application layer threats. In this lesson, application security expert Michael Cobb offers an overview of how the network can be used to secure application layer gateways.
About the author: Michael Cobb is the founder and managing director of Cobweb Applications Ltd.
Defending layer 7: A look inside application-layer firewalls
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 17 Mar 2007 TIP - Application-layer firewalls can provide Layer 7 security on a more granular level, and may even help organizations to get more out of existing network devices.
This webcast will explain options for securing application-layer traffic using network security technologies, architectures and processes, including Layer 7 switches, firewalls, IDS/IPS, NBAD and more.
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