Which of the following is hardware or software that monitors and controls network traffic to prevent security breaches?

A firewall is hardware or software that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and applies security rules to allow or block it. This helps prevent unauthorized access and other security breaches. A trojan horse and a keylogger are types of malicious software, while anti-malware detects or removes malware rather than controlling network traffic.

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