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Personal Firewall

nounid 3558·updated May 9, 2026
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A utility on a computer that monitors network activity and blocks communications that are unauthorized.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%rule-basedr:entity.network.gear.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Personal Firewalls
plural
Personal FirewallsPersonal Firewallses
possessive
Personal Firewall'sPersonal Firewalls's
pluralpossessive
Personal Firewalls'Personal Firewallses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Personal firewalls are those firewalls that are installed and run on individual PCs.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A utility on a computer that monitors network activity and blocks communications that are unauthorized.
NIST SP 800-691 senseview framework →
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A utility on a computer that monitors network activity and blocks communications that are unauthorized.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A utility on a computer that monitors network activity and blocks communications that are unauthorized.
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