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title: A Blog for Best Practices in Technology | Steve Gerard
description: Understand best practices in technology.
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# Steve Gerard

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## Blog Post by Steve Gerard

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Steve GerardMay 23, 20194 min read

## What is a managed firewall?

In the context of Defense in Depth, a firewall is the first step to creating a secure IT ...

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](https://blog.corserva.com/what-is-a-managed-firewall)

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