Help Net Security: Security Year in Review: VPNs and Firewalls

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“With many new and improved products on the market, this has
been a good year for designing VPNs and deploying firewalls. Here’s
an overview of happenings during 2002 with exclusive comments from
David Flynn, Vice President of Marketing at NetScreen
Technologies.

“When asked about the development of the global VPN and firewall
security market in 2002, Flynn said: ‘Because of the increasing
number, complexity and origin of threats, the perimeter firewall
security approach is inadequate. Security must be ubiquitous to the
network–guarding both the ever-expanding perimeter and the
vulnerable interior of an organization. Enterprises and service
providers are recognizing that legacy security solutions are too
complex to deploy and maintain, and often produce ‘choke points’ in
the network, making ubiquitous deployment unwieldy.’

“‘Customers are increasingly turning to purpose-built integrated
security appliances, such as NetScreen’s devices, that have
exceptional performance, robust functionality and simple deployment
and management features to secure their networks without
compromise.’ Flynn added…”

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