Monitor all traffic entering or leaving your private computer network.
Block intrusions – such as Trojan horses and other malicious Software.
Stop Viruses, Hackers, and Spyware from entering your network.
Assist in enforcing usage policy within the organization by defining what can and cannot be done on an office network.
Safeguard the privacy of your network and data.
Firewalls scan packets of data for malicious code or attack
vectors that have already been identified as established threats.
Should a data packet be flagged and determined to be a security
risk, the firewall prevents it from entering the network or
reaching your computer.