AlgoSec - Products - Firewall Analyzer

AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) Key Features

The AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) is easy to deploy and use. It provides instant and automated continuous analysis and audit presented in easy to read, familiar graphical reports with automatically generated email alerts.

AlgoSec supports the major platforms in the enterprise market: Check Point, (FireWall-1 and Provider- 1 on Solaris, Nokia, SecurePlatform, Alteon, Crossbeam and Windows) Cisco firewalls (PIX, ASA and FWSM), Cisco routers, and Juniper Netscreen.

Key Benefits for IT Operations:

Optimized Performance eliminates clutter by identifying duplicated, disabled, expired, and unused rules and objects and provides guidance for rule reordering.

Saves Time, Labor and Money by enabling IT operations to avoid unnecessary changes, avoid introducing clutter and avoid introducing potential risks.

Enhanced Management maximizes efficiency by enabling Queries across multiple firewall platforms and multiple firewalls verifying that changes are necessary, that business processes will not be impacted by changes and allows IT to easily troubleshoot disruptions.

Improved Change Management optimizes workflow by offering “what if” analyses across firewall platforms, Cisco®, Juniper® Netscreen™ and Check Point®, before implementing change requests.

Ensured Regulatory Compliance aligns configurations with standards: SOX, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FISMA, IAVA, Cyber Security Standards (CIP), Basel II, and NIST 800-41.

Intuitive Graphical Interface provides offline view from any web browser in same format as the leading firewall platforms.

Key Benefits for Risk Management:

Deep Risk Analysis automatically maps topology and identifies the most serious threats based on industry best practices, prioritizes subsequent risks and offers guidance on what and how to remediate.

Automated Assessment and Compliance generates automatically populated per firewall compliance reports, assuring continued adherence to internal corporate policies and external regulatory standards.

Continuous Security Audit provides complete audit trail and replaces error prone manual task to ensure configuration is aligned with policy.

Offline Web Interface provides offline policy store delivering unprecedented visibility and insight to ensure current configurations match mandated policies and continuous firewall rule changes.

“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