With cybersecurity an increasingly major concern for businesses, it's imperative that you pay close attention to your network perimeter as the first line of defense for your network - especially your firewall.
However, many incidents aren't the result of highly-skilled hackers using previously unknown vulnerabilities, but rather criminals taking advantage of poorly-configured tech solutions within your network, which have the effect of leaving your back door open.
If you don't set up your solutions correctly, you could be exposing critical systems to unnecessary - and potentially hugely dangerous - risk. According to Gartner, 99% of firewall breaches through to 2023 will be the result of preventable firewall misconfigurations rather than inherent flaws in these solutions.
What's more, as businesses come to rely on services such as cloud computing and remote working, the amount of traffic moving through your firewall is likely to grow exponentially, making it easier than ever for issues to be overlooked or for criminals to take advantage of overstretched IT networks.