How Safe is Your Firewall: On the Security of Intranets

“An Intranet is an Internet behind a firewall ” is a popular description of the use of Internet technology for corporate information systems. A closer examination of the issues involved, shows that the role of the firewall in the security of your Intranet is minimal. As the major advantages of this powerful new technology will also make your Intranet a preferred target for hackers, it will be necessary to improve the security of the Intranet servers themselves. As we believe that adequate confidentiality of your business-critical information can not yet be achieved, it will be safer to restrict the use of Intranets to the many non-security-sensitive applications in your organisation