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Greg Young
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6 years at Gartner
22 years IT security

Greg Young is a research vice president in Gartner and the lead analyst for network security. Mr. Young has experience in IT security in product companies, and in both the private and public sectors. He spent his military career in technology security… Read Full Bio

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Do You Need One Firewall Vendor or Two?

by Greg Young  |  September 26, 2008  |  Comments Off

A high number of client inquiries I receive are around DMZ redesign.  This is the hardest task in network security you can undertake because there is no one-size-fits-all DMZ design and there are many moving parts in play.  The good news is that getting the DMZ right will likely be one of the most beneficial undertakings in netsec, and makes so many other things across security and networking easier and cheaper. 

One of the questions that comes up as part of DMZ design is is it best to have one firewall vendor (for simplicity of management) or two (to provide an overlap of protection in case one firewall has a vulnerability), and what are my peers doing on this topic? 

John Pescatore and I have provided an update on this in a research note “Q&A: Is It More Secure to Use Firewalls From Two Different Vendors?”

Overview The NIST stone test wall in Gaithersburg, Md.

 

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