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Web Security - Scanners, Firewalls and the SDLC

2008-03-15 15:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...firewalls are one such approach. This blog here discusses some of reasons why it can be a good one. Of course, if you use an application firewall as well as regular vulnerability scanning then you'll be mitigating a greater degree of risk. My preference is for security to be built into the development lifecycle - Michael Howard's blog is one...
 
Tags: security, website, website security, ngs typhon, ngs, typhon, subject, applications, immediately subject
 
 
 
 
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PCI compliance and Web applications: Code review or firewalls?

2008-05-08 09:12:54 by Michael Cobb in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
...firewalls. Application security expert Michael Cobb explains the pros and cons of each choice and offers advice on which strategy might be best for your organization
 
Tags: web applications, achieve pci compliance, offers advice, strategy, wrinkle, enterprises, cons, june, pros
 
 
 
 
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PCI DSS compliance: Web application firewalls (WAFs)

2008-07-03 11:05:59 by Jennette Mullaney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Web application firewalls (WAFs) are one option for those seeking compliance with requirement 6.6 of the PCI DSS. The benefits, limitations and proper implementation of WAFs are discussed by security experts in this section
 
Tags: web application firewalls, pci dss, wafs, compliance, security experts, proper implementation, limitations, benefits, section
 
 
 
 
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Leveraging VMWare for Firewall Consolidation - MSSPs

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2008-03-02 15:18:59 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...firewalls within their infrastructure? Wouldn't this be the same as reducing the number of physical servers within your infrastructure Ah, but surely this has been done before?? Cosine had a Virtual Firewall years ago where you could run multiple instances of a Firewall within a single hardware platform. NetScreen had VSYS (Virtual Systems)...
 
Tags: firewall, virtual firewall, ghz cpu, platform, set, ghz, vmware, set specific maximums, single hardware platform
 
 
 
 
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Isn't My Physical Firewall Good Enough?

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2008-02-06 14:33:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...firewalls and such in their data center they are protecting those virtual servers The answer to the question on whether physical firewalls are good enough is no. Physical Firewalls and some virtual security products sit inline between the virtual machines and the physical network. These physical firewalls or virtual security products provide...
 
Tags: security, security solution, virtual security products, physical firewalls, virtual security switch, virtual servers, secure virtual servers, communication path, enforce security policy
 
 
 
 
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Leveraging VMWare for Firewall Consolidation - MSSPs

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2008-03-02 15:18:59 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...firewalls within their infrastructure? Wouldn't this be the same as reducing the number of physical servers within your infrastructure Ah, but surely this has been done before?? Cosine had a Virtual Firewall years ago where you could run multiple instances of a Firewall within a single hardware platform. NetScreen had VSYS (Virtual Systems)...
 
Tags: firewall, virtual firewall, ghz cpu, platform, set, ghz, vmware, set specific maximums, single hardware platform
 
 
 
 
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Isn't My Physical Firewall Good Enough?

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2008-02-06 14:33:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...firewalls and such in their data center they are protecting those virtual servers The answer to the question on whether physical firewalls are good enough is no. Physical Firewalls and some virtual security products sit inline between the virtual machines and the physical network. These physical firewalls or virtual security products provide...
 
Tags: security, security solution, virtual security products, physical firewalls, virtual security switch, virtual servers, secure virtual servers, communication path, enforce security policy
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

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2008-02-06 06:46:31 by HASH0x8bc6004 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...firewalls on July 28th of this year. I don't think this announcement came as a shock to anyone. They had discontinued their VPN 3000 concentrators a year ago and it was only a matter of time that the PIX boxes went the same way. For me personally the PIX firewalls just seemed to always be there. Yes Checkpoint was the "cool" firewall when I...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

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2008-02-06 07:00:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...firewalls on July 28th of this year. I don't think this announcement came as a shock to anyone. They had discontinued their VPN 3000 concentrators a year ago and it was only a matter of time that the PIX boxes went the same way. For me personally the PIX firewalls just seemed to always be there. Yes Checkpoint was the "cool" firewall when I...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst