Firewalls

Firewalls are the essential collection of security devices — both hardware and software — designed to protect your computer network from unauthorized users both inside and outside your operations. They act as your computer systems’ gateway to the outside world, regulating all computer traffic between different internal and external security domains based on your rules and regulations. Firewalls are your first line of protection to control what comes and goes on your system, especially against your greatest source of vulnerability, the internet. Without the proper firewall protection, your computer system becomes vulnerable to malicious outsiders who can tap into your company and client information.

Firewalls can also prevent unauthorized access to or from your private network, regulating internal user access to sites that could prove harmful to your system, or legally threatening to your operations. All messages entering or leaving your intranet must pass through a firewall where the messages will be examined based on your security criteria, and when necessary, be blocked.

While most business Internet connections have modems that include a built-in inbound or one-way firewall and while they can provide some protection from Internet-based attacks, these are not enough to protect you. It’s important to implement a firewall which maximizes the security of your data.

Our experts can help ensure you have the right firewall protection in place, and that it’s operating properly. Get in touch, we’d be happy to test your system to see if it’s as strong as it needs to be, and then install the proper security procedures to reinforce or add more strength to this important gateway.