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Over 3 years ago

Answered a question: How does a WAF help to protect against DDoS attacks?

A WAF is designed to protect websites against code injections, malicious intrusions etc, basically hackers trying to infiltrate the application. Occasionally such a hack comes with DDoS.So basically a WAF has more specific functions up to layer 7 than only DDoS on layer 3…

Over 3 years ago

Answered a question: Best Firewall to create VPN for 250 plus users currently working from home?

Hi!Nowadays there are quite a few good VPN concentrators. But I would recommend Barracuda. Due to its high throughput and competitive pricing.

Almost 4 years ago

Contributed a review of ExtremeCloud IQ: Professional support, scales well, simple to use, and suits many needs for many customers

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: When should companies use SSL Inspection?

In general, there are some vulnerabilities in SSL that you should try to mitigate whenever possible. SSL inspection should help indeed.

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: What SD-WAN security issues should I be aware of?

This depends on the supplier. Most of the well known cloud suppliers know how to do security. Best to be aware of the human factor. Things like accounts take over. To prevent account takeovers a two factor identification would help a lot.