Infographic A Look Behind Firewalls: What Do You Really Know?

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A Look Behind Firewalls: What Do You Really Know?

Why are firewalls important?

• Rapid surge of endpoints due to shifting to the cloud
• More traffic than ever to monitor in the cloud
• Chaotic user environments that need standardization

Firewalls fail — and often.

In a data breach study, 57% of organizations had firewalls in place at the time of the breach.

Key points of failure

• Improper configuration (most common)
• No firewall in place
• Clashing outbound rules (such as “allow any to any”)

“No single product or service will provide you with complete security, but a firewall is one of the cornerstones of any network security strategy.” - Fred Decker, Chron.com

Basic firewalls aren’t enough.

They only monitor incoming traffic.

Outgoing data isn’t protected (bank accounts, credit card info, social security numbers, etc.).

Cisco Next-Gen Firewalls to the rescue

• Incoming and outgoing traffic monitoring
• Policy-driven security enforcement
• Individual packet inspection for malicious payloads
• Comprehensive protection across multiple platforms
• Improved threat response
• Anti-virus protection
• Web content filtering
• Application control

What’s on the horizon for firewalls?

The Firewall as a Service (FaaS) market is predicted to grow 22.0% between 2019 and 2024.

Tips for success

• Implement network segmentation.
• Isolate networks with differing security levels.
• Use many firewalls to create stronger barriers for your most sensitive data.
• Size the firewall properly.
• Use firewalls with security-centric processor to handle UTM tasks.