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Using host-based firewalls does offer organizations a high degree of flexibility: in cloud environments, itâs possible to clone VMs, move applications and VMs within the cloud providerâs infrastructure, or even between cloud environments (from AWS to Azure, for example), and in these cases host-based firewalls can move together with the VMs, with the security policy following them.
Functionally, the two arenât so different. Hardware firewalls are basically a specialized device running software. They can be set-and-forget solutions if the default configuration works for your company. Plus, because they run on a dedicated, hardened device, they provide a higher level of security.