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Security Hardware Maturing from Firewalls to NICs.(Industry Trend or Event)

By SWOYER, STEPHEN
Publication: ENT
Date: Wednesday, August 16 2000

Enterasys Networks, WatchGuard Technologies and other makers of firewall and network security devices are fast developing new firewall appliances, which are hardware-based firewalls frequently packaged as turnkey solutions. IT managers are tempted to buy dedicated, hardware-only-based solutions because they are much easier to configure, manage, and monitor.

Security for information systems is fast becoming the No. 1 priority in many enterprises. According to the Network Security Assurance Group LLC (NSAG, www.nsag.net), in 1998 US businesses lost more than $100 million to compu

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