ALGOSEC FIREFLOW FIREWALL CHANGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACHIEVES FORTINET CERTIFICATION<br />

ALGOSEC FIREFLOW FIREWALL CHANGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACHIEVES FORTINET CERTIFICATION

FortiVerified Status Brings AlgoSec into Fortinet Global Alliance Partner Program

Reston, VA, March 23, 2010 – AlgoSec®, the leading provider of firewall operations and security risk management solutions, today announced AlgoSec FireFlow® has successfully completed FortiVerified testing to ensure interoperability with Fortinet® FortiGate® security devices in all key areas of the firewall change management workflow, including change planning, assessing risks associated with rule changes, and verification that implemented rule changes match the initial request.

AlgoSec FireFlow is the first solution to intelligently automate the entire network security policy change lifecycle from submission through audit. In addition to streamlining traditional change processes through an automated workflow, AlgoSec FireFlow eliminates many of their inherent inefficiencies such as unneeded rule changes which account for 20-30 percent of all changes performed by enterprises.

“We are pleased to have verified interoperability between Fortinet’s FortiGate multi-threat security appliances and AlgoSec FireFlow,” said Jens Andreassen, Vice President, Strategy and New Technology at Fortinet. “AlgoSec FireFlow interoperability with FortiGate gives customers another intelligent option for automating the change management process.”

Addressing the disjointed and manual processes for ensuring firewall policy changes are approved, necessary and implemented as intended, AlgoSec FireFlow provides an automated policy change management solution that enhances the Fortinet FortiGate-protected network by empowering security operations teams to further reduce risk, enforce security policies, improve IT governance, and increase operational efficiency.

“AlgoSec is pleased to have FireFlow tested and certified in Fortinet's product development labs for interoperability with FortiGate security appliances,” said Avishai Wool, CTO and Co-founder of AlgoSec. “With AlgoSec FireFlow administrators of Fortinet security appliances can now gain the benefit of automating the change management process, efficiently translating business requests into actionable policy changes.”

In addition to certified interoperability with Fortinet FortiGate appliances, FireFlow is a scalable solution that automates the change management workflow for firewalls, routers, VPNs and other devices in multi-vendor environments. More information on AlgoSec’s firewall operations and security risk management solutions, as well as its technology partners can be found online at www.algosec.com.

“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