Ron, A Sonicwall or Cisco ASA 5505 should fit the bill from a price/performance perspective. Please remember a couple of things:
1.) Firewalls typically protect your client at the "network layer" hence if your doctor's office has any interactive internet facing hosts (i.e.-web servers/web pages that accept user input) then a firewall isn't necessarily your best protection as most layer 7 traffic get passed through. (It isn't likely a that a small medical practice has interactive web apps but this is something you must consider if they do) 2.) The internet isn't the only vector by which your client can be attacked. For example, if they are running an unprotected wireless LAN, then the easiest path to the network could be connecting to their local AP. When installing a firewall you need to consider all the methods of entry into the network to determine where to position the firewall you want the firewall to protect. If you have any questions feel free to contact me off line. Best regards, Tim Kery BearHill Security, Inc. 800-618-4487 x3344 On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Ron Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you are right David, it was not specific. > > They need to protect their Medicial Billing Records, Patient info as well > as critical info about their own business from "Hackers" who might discover > thier business, damage some of the billing and medical data, or cause a > failure in their system. Worst case would be to publish "patient medical > Records data", this has happened before and HHS and the Attorneys freak out, > and so therefore do the Docs. > > Outside Access requirement is only for the Doc's wife to access the > "Billing System (SW)" to enable work from home. > > I appreciate anything you are willing to share. And your pointing out the > vagueness of the request was insightful, thanks very much. > > Ron Wallace > Hahnron, Inc. > 220 S. Jackson Dt. > Addison, MI 49220 > > Phone: (517)547-8410 > Mobile: (517)605-4542 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: David E. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 06:48 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] The best Firewall - for the money > > > I have a small Medical practice that has requested a firewall for their > > LAN. Which would you all recommend? Price rane below $1000, Doc woule > > prefer $500. > That's incredibly vague. What do they need to protect, from whom, and what > if any outside access should be permitted? This could be as simple as a $50 > Linksys router, or as complicated as a mid-range Cisco PIX (last I looked > those still were in the $700-ish range). Answering the question properly > will require quite a bit more information. David Smith MVN.net > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: > http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Tim Kery VP Business Development BearHill Security, Inc. 1525 Kings Hwy East Fairfield, CT 06824 Office: (800) 618-4487 x3344 Mobile: (203) 895-0130 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any further disclosure or use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please reply to the sender and delete the message and its contents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
