It’s tough enough defending the IT perimeter against spyware, viruses, worms and unauthorized intrusions. But no matter how good their defenses are, companies still risk getting hurt by those they ...

Personal firewalls are very ingenious little pieces of software or hardware that protect machines (or in some cases – small networks) from attacks. Two specific implementation situations exist in the ...

Home PC users are starting to catch on that surfing the Net requires a certain level of protection, security software makers say. "Folks are starting to see that firewalls are as important as ...

Lavasoft Personal Firewall 3.0 is a revamped-interface version ofLavasoft’s firewall suite. Better known for its antivirus software,Lavasoft offers many other security programs, and this is one ofthem ...

Other things have changed, too. Today, standalone firewall products are more the exception than the rule. I took a look at five major firewalls on the market today, and almost everything that came my ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...

Sunbelt Software Inc. said on Thursday that it was buying the Kerio Personal Firewall software from Kerio Technologies Inc. Sunbelt plans to rebrand the product as the Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall ...

Microsoft Corp., Network Associates Inc., and other leading technology companies are promoting the Internet equivalent of a public health initiative: “Personal Firewall Day,” to be held on Thursday, ...

A firewall is often an organization's first line of defense against malware and viruses penetrating their network; without an active firewall, connected computers are exposed to a multitude of ...

Software installed in a user's computer that offers protection against unwanted intrusion and attacks coming from the Internet. Personal firewalls are available from numerous security vendors, and ...