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Considering a Firewall?

by Juniper Employee on 09-11-2008 03:21 PM - last edited on 09-14-2008 05:28 PM

The recent 2008 Beijing Olympics witnessed one of the broadest uses of the Internet of any public event to date. In fact, Internet traffic has been pretty much doubling year over year and with it the increase of viruses, identity theft, spam, etc.  According to the 2007 CSI-FBI Security Report financial fraud, virus losses and system penetration by outsiders are some of the major causes for financial loss.

 

Over the past 19 years that I've been working with networking and security technologies the world has seen many advances in firewall (FW) technology starting from ACL to Stateful FW to Application Aware FW that performs DPI to validate application data and enforce application level access control. Now with Enterprise and Service Provider networks proliferating at all levels and rapidly growing due to more users and higher requirements for advanced applications and services, many businesses can no longer afford the performance and security tradeoffs and complexities associated with maintaining their legacy network infrastructure. They need to integrate security into their network infrastructure to ensure fast, reliable and secure access to applications and services in an efficient and effective manner.

 

Network and Security administrators need to secure their networks in a layered defense - with the firewall as the cornerstone of their security strategy. Today more than ever businesses require a high-performance network with a FW that can deliver high throughput and high-performance.

 

Here's a shortlist of what businesses should consider when looking for a FW solution to secure their networks:

 

  • Scale to more than 100 Gbps of throughput and performance.
  • Provide granular access control based on the user and service requested.
  • Integrate protocol/content validation to ensure that the data will not harm the integrity and availability of the services.
  • Provide all of the above in a form factor that optimizes on space, power and heat.
  • Is operationally simple to manage and deploy.

 

Check out a new video post by Juniper's GM and senior executive VP on their take of the FW market: http://www.juniper.net/srx
Message Edited by Krishna on 09-14-2008 05:28 PM

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  • Michael Rothschild is the Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing at Juniper Networks, responsible for security solutions for the enterprise. When he’s not busy helping customer’s understand the importance of a solutions focus to address the new security threats affecting business, Michael is a professor of marketing and volunteers as a paramedic.
  • Krishna is a Distinguished Engineer in the Service Layer Technologies group at Juniper. He's currently working on DPI technology initiatives in products targeted at service providers and enterprise markets. Krishna has 19 years of experience in data networking involving Ethernet, ATM, IP, Switching and Security technologies. He has authored 10 patents in the areas of switching, security and QoS. He was actively involved in the IEEE 802.1 and ATM Forum standards committees. Prior to Juniper, he was the co-founder and System Architect at Top Layer Networks where he played a pivotal role in bringing multiple products to the market. He has also held senior engineering roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Fore Systems.
  • As a Solutions Architect and Leader of Enterprise Solutions Engineering, Lior Cohen is responsible for developing reference architectures and best practices utilizing Juniper products. He has been designing and building enterprise networks and security solutions for over a decade and has helped several Fortune 500 companies develop risk mitigation strategies and implement information security technologies. Prior to joining Juniper, Lior was Chief Technology Officer for a privately held information security consulting firm where he led multi-national consulting and auditing engagements for the financial services and real estate sectors. He also filled various roles at Check Point Software, including leading the company’s Solutions Center. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Information Systems from Tel Aviv University.
  • Rich Campagna, Senior Product Manager in the Access Business Group is responsible for business strategies, product development, partner interactions and customer engagements to help drive the growth of Juniper Networks' Unified Access Control and SA Series SSL VPN solutions. Rich is also an avid snowboarder and motorcyclist (not at the same time).
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Krishna is a Distinguished Engineer in the Service Layer Technologies group at Juniper. He is currently working on DPI technology initiatives in products targeted at service providers and enterprise markets.

Krishna has 19 years of experience in data networking involving Ethernet, ATM, IP, Switching and Security technologies. He has authored 10 patents in the areas of switching, security and QoS. He was actively involved in the IEEE 802.1 and ATM Forum standards committees.

Prior to Juniper, he was the co-founder and System Architect at Top Layer Networks where he played a pivotal role in bringing multiple products to the market. He has also held senior engineering roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Fore Systems.

Michael Rothschild,
Senior Manager
Solutions Marketing

Michael Rothschild is the senior manager of solutions marketing at Juniper Networks, responsible for security solutions for the enterprise.

When he’s not busy helping customer’s understand the importance of a solutions focus to address the new security threats affecting business, Michael is a professor of marketing and volunteers as a paramedic.

Lior Cohen,
Solutions Architect

As a Solutions Architect and Leader of Enterprise Solutions Engineering at Juniper Networks, Lior Cohen is responsible for developing reference architectures and best practices utilizing Juniper products. In his free time, Cohen enjoys mountain biking and spending time with his children.

Rich Campagna,
Senior Product Manager

Rich Campagna,
Senior Product Manager in the Access Business Group at Juniper Networks is responsible for driving the business strategies, product development, partner interactions and customer engagements to help drive the growth of Juniper Networks' Unified Access Control and Secure Access SSL VPN solutions. Rich is also an avid snowboarder and motorcyclist (not at the same time).

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