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Gateway is a networking hardware or network node which connects the two disparate network to communicate with each other. Most common gateways are computer and router which can connect an enterprise to the internet. A firewall is both hardware and software application which sets the rules as per which data packets are allowed to enter the network. The functionality of both these networking systems are present in many devices, like that in router and that’s why people get confused between gateway and firewall. Read More:

Endpoints are the network-enabled devices like PCs, smartphones, tablets, workstations you use when you work, or a server for storing data. As we know, they offer multiple ways to connect them, and not just through a network, to external sources as well. Physically via ports and readers like USB, memory cards, floppy disks, hard drives, CDs can be accessed. With so many ways available, it also becomes fairly easy to copy and steal your data and information. The point is, there’s a massive risk over crucial data stored-up in these endpoints without anyone noticing. And now, imagine running a company with no endpoint Security or protection from even much more external threats! The job of Endpoint Protection or Endpoint Security is to prevent this from happening. Endpoint threats include data loss, banking details or card information leakage, virus, spyware or malware infection through external devices, unauthorized and unprotected data sharing from and to End-points. ...