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Firewall Protection - Features

The managed firewall protection service allows ISWest clients to enjoy the peace of mind that their network has been properly secured by a team of certified, well-trained professionals. Using hardware firewalls that are physically delivered and installed at each managed firewall location, ISWest is able to ensure maximum security and protection for its clients.

Each firewall is configured specifically to meet the needs of each particular client's situation. With this type of customization, ISWest maintains the granularity needed to properly secure the network while allowing the secured business to continue its necessary business processes. Once the firewall is properly set up, the ISWest Network Operations Center maintains and monitors the firewall, giving clients peace of mind while saving them time and money.

Here are some of the other firewall features that ISWest clients take advantage of.

Instant Network Protection: The ISWest firewall is the fastest and easiest way to protect the "front door" of your network. By placing and ISWest managed firewall at your network's edge, your organization has peace of mind knowing that there is a device doing Network Address Translation and stateful packet inspection around the clock to make sure that your data is inside and intruders are outside.

Network Design: Many organizations aren't sure of the best ways to make services available to their network clients and to the Internet. As part of the managed firewall protection service, ISWest will work with your organization to make sure that your network design is secure and you are offering services through a proper, secure network design, including a demilitarized zone (DMZ) where, for instance, you are required to be PCI compliant.

Application Layer Security: ISWest managed firewalls are capable of filtering at the application layer to include your most important network applications, including SMTP, POP3, HTTP, DNS and SOCKS proxies. Whether it’s a single server, or a farm of web and mail servers you need to protect, ISWest’s managed firewalls can provide the application layer security you need.

Outgoing Management: With the constant flow of new security holes, viruses, malware and other security threats, a firewall that's secure today isn't necessary secure tomorrow. Having ISWest manage your firewall means that your firewall will remain secure going forward, without the worry or cost of maintaining your own security personnel and equipment.

Firewall Definitions: Stateful packet inspection - Unlike regular packet filtering, which simply examines a packet based on the information in its header (source, destination, port and protocol), stateful inspection tracks each connection traversing all interfaces of the firewall. A stateful inspection looks “deeper” into the packet than just the header to look for malicious traffic all the way up to the application layer.

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