Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Most Firewall Policies Out of Control, Too Complex
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A survey of 253 IT network, firewall and security executives from Fortune 1000 companies found that poor firewall management practices are creating security gaps, compliance violations, substandard firewall performance and premature device purchases. It’s not just that the feel that policies are annoying and time consuming, but they recognize that the overly complex policies are often leading to security gaps. Critical firewall devices have become so complex that things are missed and they end up creating gaps in the security instead of blocking inappropriate access.
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