Frost & Sullivan Calls AlgoSec “Instrumental” in Meeting Increasing Network Security Lifecycle Management Demand

Analyst Firm Touts AlgoSec FireFlow™, End-to-End Automated Change Solution

Reston, VA, August 12, 2008 – AlgoSec Inc., the leading provider of Firewall Operations and Security Risk Management solutions, today announced that leading analyst firm Frost & Sullivan called its FireFlow offering an “instrumental” network security lifecycle management solution.

In a Network Security Technology Alert Frost & Sullivan addressed the growing market demand for network security lifecycle management solutions to meet external and corporate compliance requirements in increasingly complex environments. According to the alert, in what is a growing challenge, businesses must ensure their IT processes and structure meet regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Payment Card Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).

Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst, Technical Insights, Zachariah Thomas, touted AlgoSec’s ability to meet these enterprise challenges. He noted the flagship AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) solution and its ability to enable companies to maintain the integrity of their firewall policies.

Thomas also praised AlgoSec’s FireFlow, which is built on AFA technology, saying: “AlgoSec has been instrumental in addressing increasing enterprise demand for network security lifecycle management solutions with FireFlow, an advanced change reporting tool, based on the company's AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) technology that provides enterprises end-to-end automated network security lifecycle management capabilities.”

The Alert also noted, AlgoSec:
•   Provides automatically completed compliance reports for regulations including PCI DSS
•   Is an offline, non-disruptive software solution
•   Saves training costs and time
•   Speaks languages of multiple firewall vendors (Check Point, Juniper/Netscreen, Cisco)
•   Identifies and prioritizes risky rules
•   Offers firewall querying feature

“By creating FireFlow using the AFA engine, AlgoSec has effectively created a solution that can automate the entire network security lifecycle, which provides automatic device detection and automates change management,” the Alert states.

“We are pleased that Frost & Sullivan has recognized AlgoSec and our Firewall Analyzer and FireFlow solutions for meeting a growing market demand for network security lifecycle management solutions,” said Aimee Rhodes, VP Marketing, AlgoSec. “The Frost & Sullivan assessment is yet another validation of AlgoSec’s mission to intelligently automate, whenever possible, difficult, complex or time-consuming issues surrounding network security management.”

“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