Allowing remote ac cess to your critical data poses a huge security risk if carefully considered controls are not put in place. Even if there is no malicious intent, or access is provided for a legitimate business purpose, it should be strictly controlled. Best of breed technology will allow you flexible control over the level of access granted to different people.
As more and more businesses open their networks to external partners and customers it is vitally important that sensitive information is kept segregated and secure. A firewall is a system that secures a network, shielding it from access by unauthorized users. Firewalls can be implemented as software, hardware or a combination of both. In addition to preventing unrestricted access into a network, a firewall can also restrict data from flowing out of a network.