In the physical world we have all grown to understand that there are many types of security solutions that are needed to secure your environment. We purchase products like Switches with ACL's, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Devices, Patch Management Appliances, Network ... Read More

Coming from NetScreen a performance leader in Firewall, Fortinet a performance leader in UTM and Reflex Security a performance leader in IPS many can see how performance is burned into my brain. So, as I start thinking about security in ... Read More

In case you all haven't noticed, there is a trend taking place that is all about building "GREEN" and "VIRTUAL" data centers which take advantage of dense computing architectures. This trend is taking off for a number of reasons: Multi-Core ... Read More

If you agree with the first part of the title to this blog, then logic would indicate that you agree with the second half of the title however the reality is that this isn't the practice that most companies are ... Read More

I came up in the network / security industry with the concept of "trust no one" at the forefront of my brain. Well, trust no one until you have been given assurance that you should trust someone or something. So, ... Read More

Up until recently the network has largely been controlled by policies defined by IP Addresses, Subnets, Ports and sometimes content but we've all wanted to track and control user activity to no avail! Traditional firewalls haven't been able to home ... Read More

There are a few vendors out there in the market that will claim they have a security solution that secures the virtual environment however users should ask at least one major question; Does the solution provide VM to VM Isolation ... Read More

Ok, So, we've probably all read by now that the emerging virtual networks created by the power of VMWare, Citrix/XenSource, Virtual Iron and the like are less secure than their physical counter parts. I believe Gartner made such a claim ... Read More