Firewall Security Risk, Change and Operations Management and Compliance Solutions from: AlgoSec, Inc.

Server IP Migration

The network infrastructure teams in large organizations occasionally need to move critical business servers to new IP addresses. Such migrations may be necessary for many reasons, such as: to upgrade to better hardware; or to support a new disaster-recovery data center; or to reflect a corporate re-organization such as a merger or acquisition.

It sometimes happens that the system administrators identify the new network segment, build the box, install the software and data – and then realize that they need to update the firewall policies to let all the clients of the old server access the new server. In a network with many firewalls, from multiple vendors, this can be a major headache and potentially disrupt critical business.

The question arises: How can you find all the rules that control the access to the old server? Each vendor, Check Point, Cisco and Juniper have their own configuration language, firewalls may be managed by different teams with different configuration methodologies, and there may be many legacy rules to deal with.

The problem is that mistakes can be very costly. If the administrators miss a relevant rule, on some firewall, and neglect to update it – then business traffic will be blocked once the new server is activated. Depending on the nature of the applications running on the server, the resulting downtime might mean millions of dollars in lost business.

The AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) helps ensure that such catastrophes do not happen on an enterprise’s network when a server is relocated. With the AFA every rule in every firewall configuration of any vendor that is associated to a specific server IP is easily identified and the revised policy is audited prior to deployment. AlgoSec enables this through its power query engine. This ensures that business disruptions will not occur and that business critical applications remain intact securing the enterprise from losing revenue. The AlgoSec’s streamlined solution also ensures a shortened migration process.

“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