Security Change Management

Research confirms that 20 to 30 percent of today’s security policy changes are unnecessary. In the midst of ever-growing firewall policy clutter, assessing the impact of proposed changes has become increasingly difficult. Organizations simply lack the visibility required by most regulatory and corporate standards for effective governance of firewall policy changes. Time-consuming manual processes not only slow down business operations, but also add clutter and often result in errors that introduce more network risk. 

Intelligently Automate the Security Change Workflow

Used by more than 800 of the world’s leading organizations, the AlgoSec Security Management Suite allows security and operations team to intelligently automate the security change workflow process. AlgoSec cuts the time required to process changes by more than 60 percent. By increasing accuracy and accountability and eliminating unnecessary changes, AlgoSec helps organizations optimize firewall operations and  improve risk mitigation.

AlgoSec FireFlow automates the entire policy change workflow process - from submission and design to risk analysis, implementation, validation and audit. Using intelligent automation, organizations can proactively ensure that each proposed change complies with regulatory and corporate standards. FireFlow eliminates unnecessary bloat and risk by eliminating "already works" requests and by recommending the optimal implementation of each change.
To ensure seamless operation with existing processes, FireFlow integrates with existing change management systems, such as BMC Remedy and HP Service Center, and easily customizes to match each organization’s business processes.

AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) continuously tracks and monitors every change in your network devices, including firewalls, routers, switches, VPNS, proxies and load balancers. AFA provides audit-ready reports of all changes and sends alerts when unauthorized or risky changes are implemented.

Key Change Management Features:

• Automated firewall change analysis ensures optimal implementation and eliminates "already works" requests.
• Proactive risk assessment ensures new rules adhere to the corporate security policy.
• Auto-validation ensures firewall policy changes are implemented as intended.
• Active Change™ technology automatically implements recommended policy changes, saving time and avoiding manual errors.
• Role-based workflows increase governance and accountability.
• Audit-ready reports dramatically reduce compliance preparation time.
• All policy changes in the network security policy are monitored and logged.