Continuing its security-technology buying spree, Computer Associates on Monday announced that it is buying Tiny Software, a desktop firewall software maker, for an undisclosed sum. Computer Associates ...

Firewalls act as gatekeepers that regulate data flow between internal and external networks based on security rules, while antivirus tools detect malicious activity in a computer or network system ...

What’s the difference between a PC sitting on a desktop at company headquarters dedicated to work and one on a kitchen countertop that an employee occasionally uses for work – when family members aren ...

A firewall is merely the first line of defense for any system’s security. As such, one should not rely solely on its ability to stop all the potential threats floating on the Internet. All sorts of ...

Firewalls, both hardware and software, protect computers from hackers and other online threats by blocking dangerous pieces of data from reaching the system. While hardware firewalls offer ...

Firewalls revisited It would appear a few people were a bit unhappy with the advice I offered a reader in a recent column entitled “Two Firewalls Too Much of a Good Thing.” Here’s a quick overview: A ...

In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we configured Windows to accept remote desktop connections, so we can log into and use a PC anywhere in the World with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client ...