Podcast
Root Causes 81: What Is Embedded Firewall?


Hosted by
Tim Callan
Chief Compliance Officer
Jason Soroko
Fellow
Original broadcast date
April 6, 2020
Security for IoT devices depends not only on establishing strong identity mechanisms for devices and the services they connect to but also in ensuring the ongoing integrity of device operations.
In this episode our hosts are joined by guest Alan Grau to explain what an embedded firewall is and how it aids security for connected devices.
Podcast Transcript
Lightly edited for flow and brevity.
So, thanks for coming on. One of the things that we talk about - - we find ourselves talking about with increasing frequency just out in the market and out in the public is the concept of embedded firewalls and I think everybody knows what a firewall is and I think we can all imagine what embedded means. But I thought - - we thought - - Jason and I thought it would be great to get you on to give everybody a real clear explanation of this concept, what it is, how it works and things along those lines. So, why don't we just kick off? What is your pithy definition Alan of an embedded firewall?

