Security appliance

Security appliance

Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, e-mail spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. The most common of which is a network firewall that is an independent computer server appliance running specialized OS for this function. [ [http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ps2030/c1031/ccmigration_09186a008007d065.pdf CISCO Pix Security at a Glance] , CISCO Systems, Accessed: June 142007.]

Examples of a security appliance would be the CISCO Systems PIX firewall and Cyberoam UTM Appliances.

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