Firewalls White Papers

How Cisco IT Migrated to Stronger Firewall Protection for Large Sites

Overview Like other companies, Cisco Systems needs to connect its intranets to the public Internet to remain competitive and successful. But while connecting to the Internet is critical to Cisco's survival, it also exposes the network to potential attacks from anywhere in the world. Cisco IT and Cisco Information Security (InfoSec) collaborated to design, deploy, and manage an advanced firewall solution as a critical first line of defense. There are two general types of packet filtering performed by network firewalls : nonstateful inspection performed by Access Control Lists (ACLs), and stateful inspection performed by equipment such as Cisco PIX security appliances and the Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM). Firewalls without stateful inspection have significant weaknesses.

Further White Paper Details
PublisherCisco Systems File FormatPDF
Date PublishedDecember 2007
FormatCase Studies   
Topics

Balancing Security Against Productivity

What makes for great security? Is it about keeping the bad guys out or letting the good guys in? About defending attacks or preventing them? When IDG Research Services queried...

Novell Zenworks Endpoint Security Management: Total Control from a Single Console

Still super gluing your USB ports shut? Unauthorized access to networks, lost or stolen laptops and other mobile hardware, and theft of proprietary information or intellectual property accounted for more...

Secure Desktop On-Demand Webcast

The desktop or endpoint is one of the most vulnerable parts of your environment. Threats are everywhere. You have users who love to experiment with device settings (only to wonder...

Automated Solution Overhauls Tumbleweed Communications’ Software Updating Process

Download this case study from Macrovision to read about Tumbleweed Communications’ success using Macrovision’s FLEXnet Publisher Update Service Module, a Web-based service that proactively delivers software patches, updates, and other...

HP OpenView Operations OVO Firewall Configuration White Paper

This document describes how to setup and configure OVO in a firewall environment. It describes what steps need to be performed on the OVO management server and on the firewall...

  • Featured White Papers
Childnet helps parents get web savvy

Childnet helps parents get web savvy

Case study: Gov't initiative to bridge digital divide more

Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed

Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed

Case study: Testing software gives Thomson Holidays a boost more

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

Get the lowdown on Auntie's biggest online endeavour more


Quick Sitemap Links: