Your Firewall Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore!

In this Techworld.com article, the author argues that a firewall is a "dangerous distraction". His point is important. The firewall is not the be-all and end-all of security any more. And it hasn't been for quite a while.now.

There are other things that are equally important and perhaps chief among them is user education and enforcement of policies, both security and otherwise, that foster a safe environment. Smaller businesses are particularly prone to this problem; once they've invested in an expensive firewall, they assume their security quotient has risen significantly, when in fact it may not have advanced the cause at all.

This is worth a read. It applies to the home network and small business as well as larger entities. Security is a state of mind as well as a state of being.

Jack