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Re: Gartner as usual..
From: "Potter, Albert (Al)" <apotter () icsalabs com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:58:05 +0000
Who's shopping for their first firewall? Unfortunately, all too many companies, many of whom have been booted into action by things like PCI, HIPPA, et al, and are now having to implement the bare minimum mandated measures. So yes, when the external mandate says "go get a firewall", a LOT of folks are now looking at them for the first time, and they do not know what they're doing. Yes, it's a sorry state of affairs, but it's also one that in my experience a lot of us hard core security geeks who have been doing this for years loose sight of. AL
-----Original Message----- From: firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com [mailto:firewall- wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com] On Behalf Of Paul Melson Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 6:52 AM To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List Cc: firewall-wizards () listserv cybertrust com Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Gartner as usual.. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:10 PM, ArkanoiD <ark () eltex net> wrote:
http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/literature/whitepapers/Gartner-Magic-
Quadrant2010.pdf..pure, organic, unblended BULLSHIT.Not disagreeing, but wondering what your main complaint is. I'll be honest, had you not posted the link, I never would've read this paper. I think firewalls are a mature enough concept that a Gartner or Forrester paper on them is irrelevant. It's about as useful as a research paper on bread. I mean, honestly, who's shopping for their first firewall? PaulM _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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Current thread:
- Gartner as usual.. ArkanoiD (May 20)
- Re: Gartner as usual.. ArkanoiD (May 23)
- Re: Gartner as usual.. Paul Melson (May 23)
- Re: Gartner as usual.. Potter, Albert (Al) (May 24)
- Re: Gartner as usual.. Victor Williams (May 23)
- Re: Gartner as usual.. ArkanoiD (May 23)