Firewall Justifications
Companies often make a significant investment in security, including the monies they spend on firewalls. Table 14-2 describes some of the items a firewall can help protect against.
Table 14-2 Protective Measures Provided by a Firewall
We could hope that by just purchasing a firewall and putting it in place all of our security issues can be put to rest. It should be understood that having a firewall and implementing correctly the policies for an organization are mitigation steps for reducing risk but do not completely eliminate risk. In addition, firewalls do have some limitations, as described in Table 14-3.
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