Firewall vendors saw a 143 per cent growth in revenues in 1997, according to research from IDC. The report predicts that the firewall market will hit $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by 2002, with European and Asian markets growing fastest.
The market for firewall software and devices will jump 25 per cent in the next two years to nearly $2.5bn in worldwide sales, research firm Meta Group has predicted in its latest report. While almost every large and midsize business already uses a...
Two flaws in Check Point Software's flagship firewall software could allow an attacker to crash or compromise its firewall products, the company said on Wednesday. Really controlling the firewall is controlling the gatekeeper for the network," said...
One major part of the update was an improved version of its firewall software. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus firm Sophos, said the latest Bagle variants are designed to attack and disable Microsoft’s new firewall...
A flaw in Windows Firewall may prevent users from seeing all the open network ports on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computer. The bug could allow a firewall port to be open without the user being informed through the standard Windows...
Other surveys have attempted to put a dollar amount on cyber security damages in the past but the FBI believes its estimate is the most accurate because of the large number of respondents, said Bruce Verduyn, the special agent who managed the...