Firewall Technology's Importance in the Fight against the Internet Security

Abstract

The ubiquity of online vulnerability and fraud throughout the world is posing a major threat to the internet’s and information technology’s benefits. There have been considerable initiatives and investigations to tackle this hydra-headed challenge of internet vulnerability, with one of them being the discovery of firewall. A firewall is a network security device that monitors and restricts internet traffic based on predefined security rules. It creates an obstacle between a trusted and secure internal network and an untrusted and insecure external network. The firewall security technology was thoroughly examined in this study by the use of secondary data, and it was discovered that it is still extremely important in countering system network vulnerability through the use of Prescriptive Analysis. This study concluded that firewall technology is essential for any sort of computer usage that is connected to the internet. It has been discovered to be an effective counter measure in countering the various security threats that affect internet users for a variety of reasons, including business. This is due to the fact that firewalls have evolved through time to the generations indicated in this article, with each generation being properly prepared to tackle the security risks of that generation. That is to say, while hackers advance in their wicked research to deliver more damaging security threats to internet users, firewall research has far surpassed them in order to deal with such threats as they arise. Hence, the study proposed that computer users install a firewall, whether it is independent, a personal network, or an office network. Keywords: Confidentiality: Firewall: Internet: Network