Firewall Design for the Branch Office Infrastructure Solution
Physically distributed network infrastructures, such as those that connect branch offices, require infrastructure solutions that address the issues surrounding wide area network (WAN) communications. Advances in WAN communication technology coupled with the use of the Internet provide organizations with the capability to connect and communicate among businesses and business offices distributed throughout the world. This communication capability provides a considerable business benefit, though it is essential that, in addition to enabling communication, the technology provide the business with required levels of security. You can use a number of technologies and devices to enable communication between and protection of networks; one of the most used of these is the firewall. A firewall provides security for because it protects access to and from network environments. A firewall service incorporates a number of firewalls into a design that protects your whole network infrastructure. The firewall service design must provide network security in addition to maintaining levels of network performance and communication. Example Branch-Office Firewall Service Design |
