Firewalls

deploy multifunction security appliances, the market will speed up

considerably.

Network security, a growing concern for businesses since 2002, is

changing. A business must not only secure its perimeter, but it should

also prepare for infected devices connecting directly to the LAN.

In many cases, mobile workers may pick up viruses outside the

company’s network and then bring their infected PCs back into the

office and connect to the LAN, infecting the network. Businesses

need to protect themselves not only from threats from the outside,

but also from threats on the inside.

Finally, industry analysts project that the firewall market will

grow to 2.9 million ...