Cisco Users Rely on AlgoSec to Easily Upgrade End-of-Life PIX Platform to ASA Series

AlgoSec Offers Seamless Path for Firewall Migration

Reston, VA, July 14, 2008 - AlgoSec Inc., the leading provider of Firewall Operations and Security Risk Management solutions, today announced a solution to enable Cisco PIX Security Appliances users to seamlessly upgrade to Cisco’s ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. With the Cisco PIX appliance end-of-sale deadline of July 28th approaching, organizations are increasingly turning to AlgoSec to ensure business continuity, reduce risk and maintain compliance through efficient migration.

The migration offering is a natural extension of the AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) Product Suite, providing enterprises a solution to verify that no errors or risks are introduced during the upgrade. More than 200 enterprises rely on AlgoSec’s solutions to provide unprecedented visibility into their firewall, router and VPN infrastructure and automate complex and time consuming aspects of administering these business critical network security functions.

With the AlgoSec migration solution enterprises upgrading from PIX to ASA now can:
   •    Automate the error-prone and labor-intensive manual task of rule-by-rule comparison
   •    Proactively ensure business continuity by validating that critical traffic will keep flowing
   •    Receive an independent third party “proof of correct migration” audit
   •    Control professional service costs associated with migration

“Firewalls are often the organization’s first and continued line of defense. When migrating from one platform to another, especially when their interfaces and configuration language options are different, as is the case with PIX and ASA, it can be very daunting for organizations to ensure a smooth transition,” said Dr. Avishai Wool, AlgoSec co-founder and CTO. “At AlgoSec we strive to provide enterprises the ability to intelligently automate what were until now manual functions. Our migration solution for those enterprises moving from PIX to ASA does just that. It provides enterprises a way to quickly and cost-effectively guarantee that the migration was as planned and maintained the integrity of their security policy.”

Through its off-line setup, AlgoSec’s application is easy to deploy and use even in the most complex firewall, router and VPN environments. AlgoSec’s solutions work across firewall versions and vendors, including Check Point, Cisco and Juniper.

“AlgoSec’s Firewall Analyzer is a must have for anyone who manages a rule set of 100 or more. ”

Network World Magazine

“By creating FireFlow using the AFA engine, AlgoSec has effectively created a solution that can automate the entire network security lifecycle...”

Frost & Sullivan Analyst

“We quickly saw a clear return on our investment with the AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer... ”

Anton Spitzer,
Infrastructure Services, Porsche Informatik

“The AFA allows us to get all of our firewall information in one place, providing IT Governance and visibility where it did not exist.”

Anton Spitzer,
Infrastructure Services, Porsche Informatik

“Network security VARs, take note: AlgoSec’s FireFlow network policy change workflow management software is the next hot-ticket item for customers.”

eWeek Magazine

“The AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer fills a critical need for us by automating what was a manual, labor intensive and error prone process. ”

Anton Spitzer,
Infrastructure Services, Porsche Informatik

“By utilizing AFA we no longer require the services of an external source to perform an audit.”

Ruza Manojilovic,
Manager Security Operations Teranet

“It (AFA) easily and quickly provided Atos Worldline with the ability to understand, track and verify changes to our firewall infrastructure…”

Massoud Kamran,
Security Consultant at Atos Worldline Belgium

“AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer’s automated and intelligent analysis lets us know the implications of a change and avoid potential risks which save us time, effort and money. ”

Peter Johannes,
head of Security and Architecture Policy at Atos Worldline Belgium

“AlgoSec’s Firewall Analyzer has helped us significantly improve our overall network security.”

Ruza Manojilovic,
Manager Security Operations Teranet

“Using AFA’s turnkey solution for PCI DSS has been invaluable for us in terms of time and effort.”

Ruza Manojilovic,
Manager Security Operations Teranet

“The integrity of the company (AlgoSec) and its employees surpassed our expectations and has raised the bar for what we look for in other vendors as well.”

Lutz Bleyer, Chief Security Officer,
FIDUCIA

“By utilizing AFA we no longer require the services of an external source to perform an audit.”

Ruza Manojilovic,
Manager Security Operations Teranet.

“With the AFA we can focus on what is most important to Porsche Informatik – our customers.”

Anton Spitzer,
Infrastructure Services, Porsche Informatik

“AlgoSec affords us realizing operational efficiencies in global security policy management and compliance.”

Hugo Van der Veeken,
Atos Worldline SA/NVsecurity department head