Today, with cyber threats coming from all angles, organizations can no longer just focus on blocking threats from the outside with a traditional firewall. Organizations are as or even more likely to be impacted by the misdeeds of careless or malicious insiders as they are hackers—rendering traditional firewalls alone a shaky defense.
In a threat environment like this, organizations are better protected with an inside-out approach to cybersecurity. One of CRN’s cool, new technologies of the year, Internal Segmentation Firewalls (ISFWs) have emerged in response.
What is an ISFW?
There's a reason banks don't simply secure the perimeter and call it good. If intruders break into the bank, there’s no telling what they can walk off with if there are no inside layers of security to stop them in their tracks.
The same principles apply in a network environment. Traditional firewalls monitor general incoming and outcoming network traffic from the perimeter. But once a threat is inside, it can’t block it from compromising internal data.
That’s where the ISFW comes in. It sits at strategic points of the internal network; for example, in front of specific servers or user devices and web applications. In this way, it provides a middle layer of coverage between the network perimeter and your most valuable assets. So if a threat gets by the perimeter-based firewall, the ISFW stops it in its tracks while also providing protection from threats that originate internally.
In effect, the ISFW serves as a series of locked doors that delivers progressively tighter security as threats penetrate deeper network layers. Organizations can create low- and high-priority safety zones, storing its most sensitive information in digitally locked repositories where access is controlled by stringent security protocols. The high level of granular control and multi-layer security helps to maximize overall network performance and focus security where it’s most needed.
Other advantages include single-pane visibility, which enables the inspection of application packet streams to determine where a threat originated, where it's going, and whether it was uploaded or downloaded. This gives organizations the actionable data they need to prevent future attacks.
Why Every Organization Needs Internal Protection Today
Threats are everywhere and wear many disguises. The inside-out approach reduces exposure and damage potential by focusing on asset protection and not just guarding your perimeter from would-be evil-doers.
SpartanTec, Inc. is an Internet security services company that helps businesses get the most out of their technology. We partner with organizations to help plan, implement, monitor and manage their network security infrastructure.
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