Hardware Firewalls"While many people do not completely understand the importance and necessity of a fireware, or consider it to be a product for larger business only, if your network or computer has access to the outside world via the Internet then you need a firewall to protect your network, individual computer and data therein."
A Firewall is a protective system that lies, in essence between your computer network and the Internet. Once in place and setup correctly, it will prevent unauthorised access to your network. It does this by ignoring unsecured, unknown or suspicious locations. A firewall provides a protective defence against most forms of attack coming from the outside world.
Firewalls can be either Hardware or Software. The ideal firewall configuration will consist of both. In addition to limiting access to your computer and network, a firewall is also useful for allowing remote access to a private network through secure authentication certificates and logins.
The current firewall router we recommend for SME´s is the Draytek Vigor 2820 and it comes in four variants:-
To speak to us about this please call us on 01642 777 767 or email our sales team at: sales@alphatechonline.co.uk
