2011 tech priorities: Moving to a next-generation firewall
That's because the new generation of fast, intelligent firewalls are application-aware, enabling enterprises to establish and enforce identity-based application usage policies for employees. So-called next-generation firewalls (NGFW) also incorporate VPN capabilities, perform intrusion prevention sweeps of traffic, have the brains to use technologies such as reputation filtering, and integrate with Active Directory for identity and policy management.
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