What?! My Firewall Is Obsolete!? 3 Must-Haves for a Web 2.0 World
How Web 2.0 Threats Have Rendered Today’s Most Popular Security Technology Obsolete
By Paul A. Henry, MCP+1, MCSE, CCSA, CCSE, CFSA, CFSO, CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, CISA, CIFL
In our Web 2.0 world, firewalls have more issues to tackle to protect public-facing assets like web sites. No longer are web sites attacked only for the purposes of defacing the site to gain credibility among hacking peer groups. Today it’s about the money to be made for the bad guys in the distribution of malware and spam, and firewalls must be up to the challenge.
A recent study by Google confirms the prevalence of malware on legitimate web sites: “Google said that in its analysis of several billion URLs and an in-depth look at 4.5 million Web sites over a 12-month period, it discovered 450,000 sites were successfully launching drive-by-downloads of malware.” Legitimate web sites have become the vehicle of choice in the distribution of malware and spam. Automated JavaScript exploits, for example, are deploying malware that infects each visitor that casually visits the infected web page.
Do current popular firewalls address the issues of the Web 2.0 world? Download this white paper to find out how the popular firewalls stack up to these attacks, and learn the 3 Must-Haves your firewall needs to keep your organization safe in today’s threat environment.
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