Many of the planets in our Solar System have a system of moons. But among the rocky planets that make up the inner Solar System, having moons is a privilege enjoyed only by two planets: Earth and Mars.
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.
Firewalls are the cornerstone of these security controls â and public or private cloud deployments present organizations with two main options for deploying firewalls. The first option is to use host-based firewalls. This means putting host-based firewalls on every virtual machine (VM) you have in the cloud environment.