Secure Firewall
Reader:
Steve Greenberg
IT Security Manager
Product:
Secure Firewall
Company:
Secure Computing
Contact:
www.securecomputing.com |
As many IT pros can attest, a growing IT
infrastructure presents challenges. Steve
Greenberg, the IT security manager for
Frontier Airlines, found himself facing an
infrastructure of mismatched firewalls
and other security products from a variety
of vendors.
“We wanted to
consolidate and
move to a more
robust set of
security products
as we continued
to grow,”
says Greenberg.
“Consolidation
is good, and we
took advantage
of that consolidation
to standardize
on a limited
number of security
products.”
The firewall
that Greenberg
standardized on
was Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall,
chosen partly for its impressive
performance under attack during a
hacking challenge conducted at a recent
Black Hat security expo. “I remember
people trying to hack that firewall, and
nobody was able to deface the protected
Web server or get to any files on the network,”
says Greenberg. “That definitely got
my attention.”
Installation and configuration of Secure
Firewall initially gave Greenberg pause, as
the sheer number of options and features made configuring the product a bit overwhelming.
At first, Greenberg thought he’d
need on-site help from Secure Computing
to complete the deployment. However,
good technical support and additional
training helped Frontier surmount the initial
learning curve.