The Time Is Right To Review Your Enterprise Firewalls
GIGAOM, Friday, March 22nd, 2024
Firewalls, we all have one. It's a well-established market, full of vendors with mature stacks of technology. Firewalls do a number of things, like blocking traffic, intrusion prevention, VPNs, and controlling traffic inbound and out. They've been doing it forever, so there's probably not a lot more to learn, right?
Well, no. If you think the enterprise firewall market is staying still and not worth a deeper look, you may be missing out.
In the last few months, I've done more work in the firewall and connectivity space than I had for a long time. What I discovered was that firewall vendors are delivering some game-changing innovations in their solutions. Not that this should be a huge surprise-the reality is our organizations have changed significantly in recent years, driving new demands and, of course, new risks. This has made innovation necessary. And these innovations are more than cool new features or new 'nerd knobs' to tweak. They are changes that can, in turn, help drive innovation in the way organizations operate and deliver IT services, supporting improved security and business transformation.