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Unchain Your Network With an Application Firewall

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Overview This paper discusses the new risks facing organizations in light of the prevalence of Web-based applications and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. It also introduces the SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) and NSA Series solutions, designed to help organizations of all sizes address the unique issues posed by Web 2.0, including employee use of unauthorized Web-based applications, streaming media, Peer-to-Peer applications (P2P) and protecting data sent in attachments and via e-mail.

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Publisher	SonicWALL	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Network Security, Security Management

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