Web Filtering vs Firewall: Key Differences Explained
An employee receives what looks like a routine email. Maybe it’s a shared document link, a shipment update, or a tool they already use. Nothing feels off. They click. Within seconds, a malicious script runs in the background. No warning. No alert. And the firewall? It didn’t block it. This isn’t an edge case. It’s how many modern attacks actually begin. Not by breaking in, but by being let in. Traditional network defenses were built to block external threats at the perimeter.