A firewall that is provided by software. It often refers to a personal firewall in a user's computer, but software firewalls may be installed in servers as well. Contrast with hardware firewall.
The company has just one official operating segment, but has four main products: Quantum network security, which is mainly hardware firewalls and associated software to secure data centers ...
18, during which management laid out its forward-looking plans to diversify Fortinet's top line beyond hardware firewalls. The firm also provided medium-term sales, billings, profitability ...