What types of firewalls do you typically recommend the organizations you work for implement and why?
As an application analyst, you will be asked to provide recommendations for a wide variety of software products. These include system applications, applications specific to business tasks the organization performs, network applications, and other types of software. You can be asked about any of these during the interview. You may not be familiar with each specific application, but you should be familiar with and talk about general categories. If you have never recommended a specific firewall application, respond to this question by talking about the firewall characteristics you consider to be important.
"When asked to make a recommendation about a specific type of firewall an organization should implement to prevent intrusions and fend off malware, I focus on the specific characteristics of the firewall. These include the levels of protection they provide, ease of implementation, flexibility and adaptability, upgrades and patches the vendor provides to keep up with evolving threats, and infrastructure requirements. Since no one firewall product is appropriate for every organization, analyzing the company's needs and the characteristics of the firewall will allow me to make a specific recommendation."
