Perimeter Security Ain't What It Used to Be, Experts Say
Your perimeter security can't be trusted to only the traditional defenses of firewalls and IDS anymore. DevX spoke with four IT security professionals and the one thing they agreed on is the way you think about and correspondingly protect your perimeter has to change.
by Glen Kunene, Senior Editor
March 17, 2004
f complexity truly breeds insecurity, your perimeter security can't be trusted to only the traditional defenses of firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) anymore. Web services, network interconnectedness, wireless connectivity, and VPNs have made the perimeter a much more complicated concept than it used to be. To sort out where perimeter security stands today, how it's likely to evolve in the future, and how you can keep pace with it, DevX spoke with four IT security professionals:
Jon Callas, Chief Security Officer/Founder, PGP Corporation
The interviews revealed widely varied viewpoints and solutions, but a common theme also emerged: The way you think about and correspondingly protect your perimeter has to change along with the technologies that enable access to your networks.
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f complexity truly breeds insecurity, your perimeter security can't be trusted to only the traditional defenses of firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) anymore. Web services, network interconnectedness, wireless connectivity, and VPNs have made the perimeter a much more complicated concept than it used to be. To sort out where perimeter security stands today, how it's likely to evolve in the future, and how you can keep pace with it, DevX spoke with four IT security professionals:
