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Secure critical telecommunications infrastructure with Algosec's automated network policy management and compliance solutions. Security policy management for telecommunications industry Schedule a demo Watch a video The telecommunications industry is extremely competitive and fast paced. Therefore, telecoms are constantly seeking ways to better serve their customers and maintain a competitive edge through new technology innovations and digital transformation initiatives. At the same time, cyber-attacks are more numerous, sophisticated and damaging than ever before – severely impacting the organization’s reputation and bottom line. As a result, telecoms often fall behind on delivering new innovations into production. On the other hand, the network and security operations teams are hampered by manual, slow and error-prone security change management processes, and the ever-increasing demands of industry regulations. It often takes several days, or even weeks to process a single change across a complex enterprise environment, which often needs hundreds of such changes each month, thereby directly impacting time-to-market. Moreover, understanding an application’s network connectivity requirements and then successfully migrating this connectivity to the cloud or data center to support these initiatives, is a complex, tedious and error-prone process that can take several months. Business-Driven Security Policy Management for Telecommunication Organizations AlgoSec enables telecommunication organizations to align security policy management with their business initiatives and processes, to make them more agile, more secure and more compliant all the time. AlgoSec provides end-to-end visibility of the network security infrastructure, as well as business applications and their connectivity flows – across cloud, SDN and on-premise enterprise networks. With AlgoSec, you can automate time-consuming security policy changes – with zero touch, proactively assess risk and ensure continuous compliance, quickly provision, change, migrate or decommission network connectivity for business applications to speed up delivery into production, and much more. With AlgoSec you can Automatically discover and map application connectivity prior to migration Migrate application connectivity to the cloud through easy-to-use workflows Automatically define, generate changes requests, and apply on-premise network security policies directly onto the cloud security controls Manage the entire enterprise environment through a single pane of glass Automate security policy management to process changes at the “speed of cloud” – with zero-touch Assess risk and generate compliance reports for the entire hybrid environment Securely decommission redundant connectivity for a tighter security policy The Business Impact Get consistent, unified security management across any complex heterogeneous network environment Deploy applications faster by automating network security change management processes Avoid security device misconfigurations that cause outages Migrate application connectivity to the cloud quickly and easily Ensure a clean and optimized security policy Reduce the costs and efforts of firewall auditing and ensure continuous compliance Resources Learn from the experts. Get the latest industry insights Managing Your Security Policy for Disaster Recovery Watch video Schedule time with one of our experts Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

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Join us for Operation Horizon April 15th | 11:00 am AEST/IST/CEST/EDT/PDT First name* Last name* Email* Company* country* Select country... Select Time-Zone* Choose Time-zone By submitting this form I agree to receive relevant marketing material from AlgoSec, subject to its privacy policy Register now Mission accepted. Your Operation Horizon assignment and joining instructions are on the way. Check your email for next steps. Didn’t get the email? Check your spam folder or contact us. Attend live, stay engaged, and you’ll be entered to win. 2 Steam Deck OLEDs Steam gift cards Forget slide decks and talking heads This is a cinematic, game-inspired experience where you’ll explore Zero Trust by guiding a field agent through a breached digital city learning from real-world experts along the way. This isn’t another Zero Trust webinar! Most Zero Trust content talks at you. Operation Horizon pulls you into the story. You’ll follow a field agent through a failing digital city, encounter real Zero Trust challenges, and unlock expert guidance at each stage from strategy and identity to segmentation and enforcement. Built for the people actually responsible for securing the city If Zero Trust is on your roadmap or already keeping you up at night, this mission is for you: Network & Security Architects Cloud & Infrastructure Leaders SecOps & Platform Teams Security Directors & CISOs Whether you’re still “researching Zero Trust” or stuck halfway through implementation, this experience is designed to help you move forward. What you’ll walk away with A clear, practical understanding of Zero Trust beyond the buzzwords Insight into why Zero Trust initiatives stall (and how to avoid it) A modern view of identity, segmentation, and enforcement in hybrid environments A memorable experience you’ll actually remember (and enjoy) Complete the mission. Get rewarded. We’re giving away rewards worthy of a successful operation: 2 Steam Deck OLEDs Steam gift cards Attend live, stay engaged, and you’ll be entered to win. Because saving the city should come with loot.

The AlgoSec Security Management Suite is used by all Big Four auditing firms and many leading consultancies to automate firewall audits Security Auditors & Consultants Schedule a demo Watch a video Do you struggle with Visibility into your customers’ enterprise networks and security policy? Assessing your customers’ risk and compliance due to cluttered and bloated firewall rulesets? Understanding the rationale behind firewall rule changes? Used by all the “big four” auditing firms and numerous consultants, AlgoSec’s network security policy management solutions delivers visibility across your customers’ enterprise networks and simplifies and automates the firewall auditing process. With AlgoSec auditors and consultants can quickly become experts in their customers’ environments and offer them additional value-add security policy management services. With AlgoSec you can Generate audit-ready reports for all major regulations, including PCI, HIPAA, SOX, NERC and many others, as well as internal policies, at a click of a button Get unified visibility of the security policy across cloud and on-premise networks Easily uncover gaps in compliance and assess risk in firewall rules and device configurations Get a complete audit trail of all firewall changes and approval processes Provide customers with recommendations on how to clean up and optimize their security policy The Business Impact Help customers pass their audits and ensure a state of continuous compliance Reduce audit preparation efforts by as much as 80% Recommend the necessary changes to remediate compliance problems before an audit Provide customers with actionable recommendations to improve their overall security posture Demonstrate value quickly and ensure customer satisfaction and retention Resources Learn from the experts. Get the latest industry insights Top PCI pitfalls and how to avoid them: The QSA’s perspective Read webinar Schedule time with one of our experts Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Security convergence isn’t a debate. It’s a reality. A strategic brief from ESG, in partnership with AlgoSec From one of cybersecurity’s most trusted voices — an urgent call for change. Hybrid networks are here to stay—but network security is struggling to keep up. In this exclusive research-driven eBook, ESG Principal Analyst John Grady outlines the core security challenges facing today’s hybrid and multi-cloud environments—and how the growing trend of organizations converging their cloud and datacenter security teams is reshaping security strategy. Learn why convergence between cloud and on-prem security is no longer optional. Backed by fresh ESG data and expert analysis, this eBook dives into: Why convergence is emerging as a C-level initiative What’s preventing teams from scaling security operations How unified policies and visibility improve both protection and performance Key insights from ESG’s latest enterprise security research Get the eBook Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Natura Cosméticos Improves Security Change Management with AlgoSec Organization Natura Cosméticos Industry Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Headquarters Brazil Download case study Share Customer
success stories "With AlgoSec we are proactive. Now we can see all the changes and reduce the risks we have regarding requirements for SOX as well as maintain all the policies for information security" International Cosmetics Company Gains Visibility, Reduces Risk and Ensures Compliance with SOX AlgoSec Business Impact Deliver proactive security policy management Gain immediate visibility into all security policy changes Reduce risks and ensure compliance with SOX Background Natura Cosméticos is the largest cosmetics manufacturer and distributor in Latin America, with more than 1.5 million independent consultants and 100 million customers. Founded in 1969, the company is based in Brazil, where almost two-thirds of households buy its products. At $7.5 billion in revenues, Natura is a Forbes Global 2000 company and ranked #75 on the magazine’s most innovative companies list in 2014. Challenge Natura has offices throughout Brazil and operations throughout Latin America and France supported by two data centers, 33 firewalls, 18 clusters and 250 switches and routers. For years, a third party managed the company’s firewall rule changes, making visibility and management challenging.“If a change was made over the weekend, it would be difficult for us to find out what rules were changed, for what reason, who created them or why,” says Newton Rossetto, Chief Security Officer, Natura Cosméticos.“We’d find some firewall rules in the wrong places and unused rules,” adds Rossetto, but changing them was no simple matter. “Users had to create a worksheet with their requirements for our environment and then they would be implemented by a third party. After the rule was created, we then needed to check that it was right.” Natura needed a streamlined system for making and tracking security changes that gave IT better visibility across the company’s complex security environment. Solution Natura recognized that it had a “really confusing change management process,” Rossetto states. The company chose the AlgoSec Security Management Solution to manage and streamline the process. Results After a “simple and quick deployment,” according to Rossetto, AlgoSec enabled Natura to quickly “consolidate security policy management for our environment.” AlgoSec provides detailed online reports for each step of the change workflow and enables Rossetto’s team to manage security policy changes for multiple security devices on one common platform.“Now I can see all of the reports I need at any time. I can also see which rules were created and what objects are no longer needed,” says Rossetto. This visibility has allowed Natura to take a proactive role in security policy management which had been impossible when changes were previously outsourced to a third party. For a company growing at 14 percent each year, particularly one that does the majority of its sales and workforce management online, having complete visibility into the security rule-change process brings real peace of mind.For the Natura team, AlgoSec’s preset workflows for implementing and removing rules, changing objects and verifying rules, combined with its flexibility to accommodate the company’s specific needs, held great appeal. In addition, users liked the pre-populated request templates that saved them time compared to the old worksheets, as well as simplified communication with the security team. “With AlgoSec, the change management process is all automatic. We can approve the changes and know we will have the right rules with the right objects,” says Rossetto.AlgoSec also helped Natura’s security team reduce risks associated with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements. AlgoSec evaluates every proposed change against regulatory standards, such as SOX, as well as industry best practices and corporate-specific policies. Any change found to be out of compliance is flagged before it can be implemented.In terms of customer service, as well as implementation, Rossetto states that working with AlgoSec has “been a very good experience. We have been very well supported from negotiation through successful deployment. We are very satisfied.” Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Nationwide Organization Nationwide Industry Financial Services Headquarters Columbus Ohio, USA Download case study Share Customer
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What Is Zero Trust Architecture? Schedule a demo Watch a video IT environments today are hyperconnected, architecturally complex, and constantly in flux. Given this new reality, perimeter-based security strategies are no longer viable. Enterprises are battling a volatile threat landscape under the scrutiny of industry and federal regulatory bodies that serve consumers expecting secure and seamless services. This reality demands a completely new and perimeterless security model: Zero Trust cybersecurity. This article breaks down Zero Trust architecture, covering its core components and offering a Zero Trust vs. VPN comparison. It will also provide implementation strategies for Zero Trust and best practices. Zero Trust Architecture Explained The Zero Trust model is a cybersecurity framework built upon a simple but powerful principle: Never trust, always verify. Zero Trust cybersecurity is inherently different than legacy models, where trust is assumed the moment a user enters a network. Per the Zero Trust model, no user or activity is considered safe or legitimate. Every single access request is treated as a potential threat. Therefore, proving legitimacy in the Zero Trust cybersecurity model is a continuous and multi-layered process. Global adoption of the Zero Trust framework is significant. Gartner research reveals that 63% of companies globally have completed a Zero Trust implementation , while the Zero Trust cybersecurity industry is expected to reach just under $79 billion by 2029, a growth rate of 16.6%. These statistics underline the fact that Zero Trust cybersecurity is not a trend. It is a strategic imperative driven by the erosion of traditional perimeters, the proliferation of devices and users, increasingly complex IT architectures, and the rise of sophisticated risks, both internal and external. What Are the 5 Pillars of Zero Trust? To transcend theory and put the Zero Trust framework into practice, enterprises must build security around five key pillars: Identities : Verifying and validating users via context-aware controls Devices : Continuously monitoring and optimizing endpoint security Networks : Monitoring networks in real time for threats and anomalies Applications and workloads : Securing applications and connectivity flows across the entire software lifecycle Data : Prioritizing, protecting, and restricting access to sensitive information Core Components of the Zero Trust Model What constitutes a strong Zero Trust cybersecurity model? Several components and features come into play: The principle of least privilege (PoLP): Provides access to only task-relevant resources Multi-factor authentication (MFA): Requires multiple methods of identification, beyond mere usernames and passwords Continuous trust verification: Constantly re-evaluates the legitimacy of users across access requests Visibility and analytics: Ensures real-time monitoring across all five Zero Trust pillars and generates actionable insights Assumption of breach: Operates under the presupposition that a security incident has occurred to limit damage Microsegmentation: Breaks down the enterprise network into granular subsections to minimize lateral damage Identity security: Treats digital identities as security perimeters and enforces dedicated identity-centric security controls Automation and orchestration: Automatically designs and enforces security policies and controls across IT environments Context and correlation: Cross-analyzes diverse data and signals to validate users and provide access Zero Trust Cybersecurity and Business Benefits Enterprises that achieve a Zero Zrust implementation gain multiple advantages: Reduced risk of data breaches: Zero Trust’s proactive and perimeterless security approach significantly reduces the likelihood of attacks in complex IT environments. On average, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, a breach now costs businesses $4.4 million . Stronger regulatory compliance: Every aspect of the Zero Trust model, from granular access controls to network segmentation, delivers a stronger compliance posture across standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2. Reinforced governance: Optimizing security across the Zero Trust model’s five pillars ensures that businesses benefit from enhanced governance of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud resources and operations. Lower operational and security costs: Zero Trust cybersecurity lowers spend by mitigating issues early and avoiding full-blown incidents. Furthermore, Zero Trust’s emphasis on automation, orchestration, and optimization streamlines security operations, cutting expenses and maximizing investments. Increased digital agility and efficiency: Downtime and service disruptions are non-options today. A minute of downtime could cost enterprises thousands of dollars and an exodus of customers. Zero Trust eradicates security bottlenecks and risks, ensuring seamless and high-quality frontend digital services as well as backend efficiency. Beyond having to fully grasp the principles of Zero Trust, organizations must also adopt practical frameworks to implement them. To succeed at this, Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) is essential. ZTNA serves as the operational backbone that transforms Zero Trust theory into actionable security controls. Zero Trust Network Access Explained While Zero Trust architecture is the overarching paradigm, Zero Trust network access is one of its most imperative operational models. Think of it as a model within a model, not an isolated strategy. How Does ZTNA Work? ZTNA reframes traditional network access. Similar to the Zero Trust framework’s primary principles, it replaces implicit trust with continuous, granular, and context-aware validation based on identity and context. This ensures a finely tuned access control architecture and reduces exploitable attack vectors. With Zero Trust network access, enterprises reframe fundamental network access logic by decoupling networking access from application access so that every access request is assessed independently. In this way, a user gaining access to a network does not automatically guarantee access to an application or data within that network. Instead, only resources that they have explicitly been authorized to use are made available to them. Before Zero Trust, companies relied on virtual private networks (VPNs) for their security, which is why a comparison is in order. Zero Trust vs. VPNs It is important to understand the role VPNs played in enterprise cybersecurity prior to the emergence of ZTNA. Enterprises used virtual private networks to secure their networks. Essentially encrypted network tunnels, VPNs were useful options when perimeters were clearly delineated. However, since VPNs are static and not context-aware, they are not as effective in today’s dynamic network architectures. Zero Trust network access, on the other hand, offers application-specific access controls to replace any model or control that was built on implicit trust, including VPNs. But how does a ZTNA implementation entail? Zero Trust Implementation: A Step-by-Step Breakdown Enterprises can achieve the Zero Trust model in six simple steps. 1. Map the Protect Surface Create a comprehensive topology of the protect surface, including applications, networks, data, identities, and connectivity flows. This helps businesses design and enforce policies that focus on fortifying high-value assets. 2. Design Network and Identity Controls Introduce controls that align with Zero Trust principles, such as MFA, just-in-time (JIT) access, single sign-on (SSO), and data encryption. Ensure that these network and identity security controls are context-aware, not static. 3. Build an Access Architecture Follow Zero Trust principles such as least privilege to restrict users to only those resources that are absolutely necessary for their job. Remember: Network access should not equal application or data access. 4. Apply Microsegmentation Break down the enterprise network into smaller, granular sections, each governed by a unique set of security policies. This curbs threat propagation and minimizes the blast radius of any security incidents. 5. Implement Monitoring and Logging Mechanisms Real-time monitoring mechanisms detect anomalous behaviors and vulnerabilities. Logging and data analytics tools document critical security data and generate actionable insights. These accelerate threat detection and response while also improving auditability; the result is a stronger security and regulatory posture. 6. Continuously Evaluate and Optimize Static security is antithetical to Zero Trust. Companies must regularly evaluate and upgrade their policies, controls, processes, and security competencies to reflect evolving threats, regulatory standards, and business goals. Zero Trust Best Practices Zero Trust is not straightforward, especially across complex IT environments. The following recommendations will, however, facilitate a successful implementation. Align the Zero Trust Model with Business Strategy An enterprise must synchronize its overall security strategy and Zero Trust implementation process with its short-, mid-, and long-term strategic objectives. Internalize “Never Trust, Always Verify” Zero Trust is an approach, not a tool. It’s critical to embed “never trust, always verify” into every tool, process, workflow, and team. This involves both technical and cultural alignment with the Zero Trust model. Focus on Stakeholder Buy-In A Zero Trust implementation is virtually impossible unless the entire organization supports the initiative. This includes everyone from the board and C-suite to developers, platform engineers, and security teams. A culture of accountability and democratized security is a byproduct of stakeholder buy-in. Build the Zero Trust Architecture with Policies Policies are the engines of a Zero Trust model. Building and enforcing Zero Trust rules requires companies to assess a diverse range of factors, including roles, signals, and the business-criticality of their applications and assets. Educate Employees on Zero Trust Cybersecurity Sustaining a strong Zero Trust architecture at enterprise scale demands technical depth and knowledge. Engaging training seminars will ensure that IT and security personnel understand the nuances of the Zero Trust framework. Assemble the Optimal Tool Stack Lastly, one of the most important Zero Trust best practices is to optimize the security toolkit. Siloed, legacy tools can cause more harm than good to enterprise security. To implement the Zero Trust framework, organizations need a robust, scalable, and unified security platform. Implementing a Zero Trust Framework with AlgoSec Achieving Zero Trust’s full potential mandates a radical reorientation of security culture. Businesses need a strong platform to make this transformative framework a success and to drive Zero Trust best practices. Enter AlgoSec. The AlgoSec Horizon platform is perfect for Zero Trust cybersecurity. It’s fiercely application-centric, an essential attribute considering applications constitute most of an enterprise’s protect surface. AlgoSec provides comprehensive visibility across applications, data, and connectivity flows. It also offers a centralized console for policy- and automation-driven Zero Trust cybersecurity. The AlgoSec Security Management Suite (ASMS) , which includes the Horizon Security Analyzer, Horizon FireFlow, and Horizon AppViz, can help establish a robust Zero Trust cybersecurity posture. Additionally, AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (ACE) offers advanced cloud network security and compliance capabilities that can secure even the most complex cloud architectures. Schedule a demo to see how AlgoSec’s unified security platform can make your Zero Trust cybersecurity strategy a reality. Resources Learn from the experts. Get the latest industry insights Simplify Zero Trust with application - based segmentation- Whitepaper Download now Short tutorial- Learn how to build Zero Trust architecture Watch it now Zero Trust webinar with Forrester and AlgoSec CTO Watch it now Mapping the Zero Trust Model with AlgoSec’s solution Read the article now Key principals and concepts of creating Zero Trust Networks Read the article now Schedule time with a Zero Trust expert Schedule time with a Zero Trust expert Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Leading semiconductor and display equipment company reduces risk and increases efficiency Organization Semiconductor Materials Industry Utilities & Energy Headquarters International Download case study Share Customer
success stories "Today, we are many times more efficient and secure thanks to AlgoSec." Background The company’s globally distributed network includes more than ten demilitarized zones (DMZs) with 20 billion events processed per month across the multiple company locations. Firewalls play a vital role in protecting intellectual property at the perimeter level. Every firewall event is logged and processed. Challenges The company’s operations require a very large and diverse network with a large Global Network Security operations team that is spread across the US, EMEA and Asia. The team is responsible for the management of all perimeter and internal security solutions, remote access solutions, customer connectivity solutions and the Security Operations Center (SOC). “We suffered from a lot of network security issues that prevented us from running at the speed of the business,” declared the Senior Manager of Global Security and SOC. Auditing Firewall rules was a long, tedious and painful process Access revocation was performed using a manual reminders process The diverse army of firewalls across the network estate resulted in a non-standard way of making and executing Firewall change requests, requiring many steps to complete the process An out-of-the-box ServiceNow workflow with limited functionality couldn’t keep up Limited reporting capabilities relied on manual data processing There was no way to track performance of SLAs The cumbersome approval process required managers to login to the company ticketing portal Notification of unauthorized or unapproved changes on firewalls was clumsy and slow The company decided to acquire an orchestration and automation solution that could identify and mitigate risky firewall rules. Since the company is subject to many industry and legal regulations, the solution would have to automate compliance reporting as well as ensure accountability for all firewall changes. The solution also would have to integrate into existing ticketing processes and workflows while enabling the company, at its own pace, to advance to more and more automation. Solution The company evaluated several solutions by reviewing their features carefully and putting the best among them to the test in parallel proof of concept projects. The senior manager recalls, “We had a very close look at the leading solutions in the Network Security Policy Management space. One of them definitely stood out from the pack as the superior solution.” The company chose AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer (AFA) and AlgoSec Horizon FireFlow (AFF), two of the flagship products in the AlgoSec arsenal. AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer ensures security and compliance by providing visibility and analysis into complex network security policies. AlgoSec Horizon FireFlow improves security and saves security staffs’ time by automating the entire security policy change process, eliminating manual errors, and reducing risk. Results In short order, the company was able to capitalize on the significant advantages of the AlgoSec solution. “It was easy to customize the AlgoSec solution to fit into our environment and enhance it,” continued the senior manager. “But it didn’t take long before we were using the power of the two products to help us adopt better practices for lower risk, higher security, and better efficiency of our team.” Today, the AlgoSec solution is delivering significant improvements to the company’s security processes such as: Visibility across the entire network with an easy-to-use-and-understand executive dashboard Integration with the ticketing tool Proactive analysis of change requests to ensure compliance risk mitigation Prevention of unauthorized changes Elimination of human errors and associated application outages Automatic discovery and mapping of application-connectivity flows Single Sign On (SSO) integration that eliminated static user passwords Support for mobile firewall change-request manager approval “We are a big company with an enormous volume of network-security activity,” stated the manager. “In addition to the superior capabilities of the solution, we greatly appreciated the excellent customization opportunities that AlgoSec’s Professional Services were able to help us with. Today, we are many times more efficient and secure thanks to AlgoSec.” Schedule time with one of our experts

Get a quick demo Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Schedule a call See why over 2,300 companies trust AlgoSec AlgoSec help you to understand the traffic around the applications and it's all on your fingertips Todd Sharer • System Engineer, Nationwide AlgoSec gave project leaders the rules involved in the migration of their applications, which reduced the IT security team’s time on these projects by 80% Bruno Roulleau • Network Security Architect, Sanofi Most application owners don’t know what access is needed. This tool helps them learn what needs to be implemented to reduce the attack surface. Scott Theriault • Global Manager Network Perimeter Security, NCR