Cyber insurance application · Firewalls

How do I answer the cyber insurance question about firewalls?

The forms ask whether you run a current firewall, and one asks for next generation firewalls at every point where traffic enters or leaves.

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What exactly does the form ask?

These are the forms' own words, with the form and page each comes from.

Up-to-date, active firewall technology

Running current firewall technology?

Do you have next-generation firewalls deployed at all network ingress/egress points?

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What does it mean for a small firm?

A firewall decides what can reach your network from the internet. Every office internet connection has a point where it enters, often the router the internet provider supplied.

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How do I answer it truthfully?

Find the device at each office connection. Note its model and when it last received an update. If it is only the router the provider supplied, say so.

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What can an outside reading check for this question?

An outside reading can see whether a remote desktop port, a file sharing port, or a VPN or other remote-access login page answers from the internet on your domain and its host names.

Those are what a firewall lets through. An outside reading cannot see the firewall's model or its other rules.

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