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What to do if your network is infected by ransomware How to prepare a ransomware playbook, using the existing capabilities of network security policy management tools Webinars The 6 best practices to stay secure in the hybrid cloud What if we told you that there were just six things that you can start doing to be more secure in your hybrid cloud environment? In this session, you’ll get clear insight on what you can do right away to tighten your hybrid cloud network security. From visibility through network management, to risk and cleanup – security expert Omer Ganot will guide you through the steps to help you stay secure. April 28, 2021 Omer Ganot Product Manager Relevant resources 6 must-dos to secure the hybrid cloud Read Document Six best practices for managing security in the hybrid cloud Keep Reading 6 best practices to stay secure in the hybrid cloud Read Document Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Learn how to unify, consolidate, and automate your entire network security policy management across your Cisco and multi vendor estate Webinars Cisco & AlgoSec Achieving application-driven security across your hybrid network Your network extends into hybrid environments and may include private clouds running Cisco ACI, and on-premises devices. Managing network security policies in your multi-vendor estate is complex. Because your network is made up of multiple vendors and each part of your network estate is managed in its own silo, it is tough to get centralized management of your entire network. Making changes is a chore and validating security is difficult. Learn how to unify, consolidate, and automate your entire network security policy management across your Cisco and multi-vendor estate. In this session Roxana Diaz, Worldwide Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco, and Yonatan Klein, AlgoSec’s Director of Product, will discuss how to manage the Cisco and multi-cloud estate and how to: Capitalize on your Cisco ACI investment to take advantage of its full capabilities Bring centralized visibility, automation, and compliance monitoring into your Cisco and multi-vendor network ecosystem Get full visibility of your entire hybrid network estate, including items within the Cisco ACI security environment, as well as outside it, including Cisco firewalls and routers, as well as multi-vendor devices. Take advantage of Cisco Tetration Analytics and AlgoSec’s intelligent discovery to get a full picture of your network and application traffic and to design and provision a micro-segmentation network policy design. Unify, consolidate, and automate your network security policy management Proactively assess risk throughout your entire network, including Cisco ACI contracts, and recommend the necessary changes to eliminate misconfigurations and compliance violations June 10, 2020 Yonatan Klein irector of Product Management Roxana Diaz Worldwide Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Relevant resources AlgoSec Joins Cisco’s Global Price List Keep Reading Migrating and Managing Security Policies in a Segmented Data Center Keep Reading AlgoSec Cisco ACI App Center Demo Watch Video Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Gain in-depth application visibility with AlgoSec AppViz for Firewall Analyzer. Optimize security policies and uncover application risks across your network. AlgoSec AppViz – Application visibility for AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer Overview AppViz, the application visibility add-on for AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer, provides visibility for your network applications, enabling secure application delivery. Now you don’t have to sacrifice security to get speed. New applications are constantly added, changed, or removed across your network. This requires implementing complex, time-consuming network security changes. This slows application delivery and frequently causes organizations to sacrifice security to get speed. When new applications are provisioned across the network estate, connectivity crosses multiple boundaries. To securely deploy apps, it is crucial to have a full view of the application connectivity flows. When making changes to already-deployed applications, you need visibility into the applications that branch out from existing application, web, and database servers. Schedule a Demo Discover applications and services Never misplace an application on your network. Discover and identify your business applications and their network connectivity. Quickly generates an up-to-date connectivity map of your applications — without any prior knowledge or manual configuration. Schedule a Demo Connect applications to security policy rules Automatically associate with each firewall rule the business applications that it supports, enabling you to review the firewall rules quickly and easily. Schedule a Demo Understand the impact of network changes on business apps Understand the impact on business applications of planned network changes – before you make them.Understand the impact on business applications of planned network changes – before you make them. Schedule a Demo Accelerate troubleshooting Reveal whether an application outage is due to issues with the network thanks to application network connectivity mapping. Schedule a Demo Always be compliant Always be ready for audits with compliance reports that connect business applications to the compliance requirement. For example, PCI DSS requires customers to audit all the applications that fall within the scope of the regulation. Schedule a Demo Connect applications to risky rules Identify risky security policy rules, the assets they expose, and if they’re in use. Prioritize risk based on what your business values most — the applications powering your network. Schedule a Demo About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to securely accelerate application delivery by automating application connectivity and security policy, anywhere. The AlgoSec platform enables the world’s most complex organizations to gain visibility, reduce risk, and process changes at zero-touch across the hybrid network. Over 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads across public cloud, private cloud, containers, and on-premises networks, while taking advantage of almost two decades of leadership in Network Security Policy Management. See what securely accelerating your digital transformation, move-to-cloud, infrastructure modernization, or micro-segmentation initiatives look like at www.algosec.com Schedule a Demo Select a size Overview Discover applications and services Connect applications to security policy rules Understand the impact of network changes on business apps Accelerate troubleshooting Always be compliant Connect applications to risky rules About AlgoSec Get the latest insights from the experts Choose a better way to manage your network

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Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Australia’s Leading Superannuation Provider Organization Retirement fund Industry Financial Services Headquarters Australia Download case study Share Customer
success stories "It’s very easy to let security get left behind. We want to make sure that security is not a roadblock to business performance,” said Bryce. “We need to be agile and we need to make sure we can deploy systems to better support our members. Automation can really help you see that return-on-investment." Network Security Policy Automation helps Superannuation company reduce costs to provide higher returns to members Background The company is one of Australia’s leading superannuation (pension) providers. Their job is to protect their client’s money, information, and offer long-term financial security. Challenges The company’s firewalls were managed by a Managed Service Security Provider (MSSP) and there had not been enough insight and analysis into their network over the years, leading to a bloated and redundant network infrastructure. Firewalls and infrastructure did not get the care and attention they needed. As a result, some of their challenges included: Legacy firewalls that had not been adequately maintained Difficulty identifying and quantifying network risk Lack of oversight and analysis of the changes made by their Managed Services Security Provider (MSSP) Change requests for functionality that was already covered by existing rules The Solution The customer was searching for a solution that provided: A strong local presence Repeatable and recordable change management processes As a result, the customer implemented AlgoSec. The client selected AlgoSec’s Security Policy Management Solution, which includes AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer and AlgoSec FireFlow. AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer delivers visibility and analysis of complex network security policies across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid networks. It automates and simplifies security operations including troubleshooting, auditing, and risk analysis. Using Firewall Analyzer, they can optimize the configuration of firewalls, and network infrastructure to ensure security and compliance. AlgoSec FireFlow enables security staff to automate the entire security policy change process from design and submission to proactive risk analysis, implementation, validation, and auditing. Its intelligent, automated workflows save time and improve security by eliminating manual errors and reducing risk. The Results “Straight away, we were able to see a return-on-investment,” said Stefan Bryce, Security Manager, a leading Australian superannuation provider. By using the AlgoSec Security Management Solution, the customer gained: Greater insight and oversight into their firewalls and other network devices Identification of risky rules and other holes in their network security policy. Easier cleanup process due to greater visibility Audits and accountability into their network security policy changes. They were able to ensure ongoing compliance and make sure that rules submitted did not introduce additional risk Identification and elimination of duplicate rules Faster implementation of policy changes Business agility and innovation because employees are better motivated to make changes due to seamless policy change process. Consolidation of their virtual firewall internal infrastructure Reduced ongoing costs to their MSSP Schedule time with one of our experts

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Top 10 cloud security tips and best practices for 2025 Select a size Which network Can AlgoSec be used for continuous compliance monitoring? Yes, AlgoSec supports continuous compliance monitoring. As organizations adapt their security policies to meet emerging threats and address new vulnerabilities, they must constantly verify these changes against the compliance frameworks they subscribe to. AlgoSec can generate risk assessment reports and conduct internal audits on-demand, allowing compliance officers to monitor compliance performance in real-time. Security professionals can also use AlgoSec to preview and simulate proposed changes to the organization’s security policies. This gives compliance officers a valuable degree of lead-time before planned changes impact regulatory guidelines and allows for continuous real-time monitoring. Top 10 cloud security tips & best practices for 2025 This year’s cloud security recommendations look slightly different from previous years. There are two key reasons for this: New technologies like GenAI and agentic apps have emerged. Attackers are using more sophisticated techniques to exploit cloud assets and evade detection. For example, what used to be basic, easy-to-spot phishing has now become extensive vishing and deep-fake campaigns that even technical experts fall for. To stay ahead of 2025’s threats, the following cloud security best practices are essential. Quick review: What is cloud security and why are cloud security best practices important? Cloud security consists of the controls, policies, and technologies implemented for protecting cloud environments from threats. This includes data, services, applications, configurations, and GenAI models in the cloud. As access to technology has democratized how threat actors launch attacks, cloud security has taken on new meaning and is no longer solely about defense. With cutting-edge tools that often rival many organizations’ defenses at attackers’ disposal, proactive prevention is a must. 10 tips for cloud security Implementing the following recommendations will increase the security of your cloud assets and enhance your overall security posture. 1. Understand the shared responsibility model Traditionally, CSPs (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) handle securing your underlying cloud infrastructure and managed services. You, as the customer, need to secure everything running in the cloud (data, applications, configurations, etc.). However, with the arrival of GenAI, companies now also have to worry about safeguarding AI data and AI models. Tips: Understand and embrace your roles as specified by your provider. Establish explicit agreements with providers and supply chain vendors to ensure the integrity of third-party assets. Facilitate shared accountability. 2. Prioritize AI security New technologies come with unknown risks, and adopting them without proper safeguards is an invitation to attack. Tips: Use software composition analysis (SCA) to detect and block vulnerable AI packages to eliminate backdoors that hackers could exploit to attack your cloud environment. Protect your AI training data, model tuning pipelines, and inference endpoints with encryption, strict access controls, and AI-specific guardrails (e.g., model drift detection). Verify provider-enforced tenant isolation to safeguard your AI workloads from multi-tenant risks like data leakage and unauthorized access. Continuously monitor model behavior to spot common AI risks such as model poisoning and compromised AI APIs. Implement input/output validation using dedicated filtering tools (e.g., NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails) to block prompt injection, data exfiltration, and similar attacks. 3. Adopt shift-left security Shift-left security is the practice of securing cloud-native applications and APIs from the development phase. This dramatically reduces your threat footprint and remediation costs. Tips: Embrace secure coding ; integrate automated security and compliance checks (triggered at every pull request or commit) into the CI pipeline; this instantly flags and resolves vulnerable or non-compliant code before it goes live. Use secure container images from trusted sources; scanning for vulnerabilities enhances runtime security and minimizes potential attacker entry points. Store secrets securely (e.g., in HashiCorp Vault) and embed secret detection into developer workflows to uncover hardcoded secrets; this prevents threat actors from gaining a foothold in your cloud environment via exposed secrets. Shield-right as you shift-left, e.g., by enforcing real-time monitoring to detect any blind spots early; this helps deter hackers, who thrive on missed vulnerabilities. 4. Manage identity and access with least privilege and zero trust Embrace centralized identity and access management (IAM), defining policies that govern who can access what. Tips: Implement least privilege (e.g., via RBAC and ABAC), ensuring only essential human and machine identities can access cloud and AI workloads. Adopt a zero trust architecture, segmenting workloads and continuously verifying access rights with MFA, within and outside your network perimeter. Regularly review access rights to revoke unnecessary permissions. 5. Harden configurations Cloud assets, AI workloads, networks, and identities are all pretty easy to misconfigure—making them top causes of breaches. Tips: Validate IaC templates to eliminate security risks before code is shipped. Continuously assess cloud configurations to resolve publicly exposed assets fast. Autonomously enforce security policies with PaC for consistent security and compliance across hybrid and multi-cloud workloads. Enforce timely patching with automated patch management tools to fix vulnerabilities before they become attack vectors. Regularly audit firewall rules to spot misconfigurations that could compromise your cloud resources and networks. 6. Address shadow IT Shadow IT elements (e.g., unsanctioned VMs, data, APIs, and GPUs) are top security risks because they evade centralized governance and monitoring. Tips: Establish policies that balance security with productivity to eliminate the need to bypass centralized security. Automatically block unauthorized deployments from the source, using policies that require resources to be provisioned solely through approved templates. Continuously monitor data flows to discover and resolve shadow IT. 7. Embrace real-time monitoring, detection, and response Continuous monitoring spots threats and anomalies, such as unusual login patterns or configuration changes, before full-blown attacks occur. Tips: Track user behavior in real time to spot lateral movement, model misuse, and other early warning signs of attacks. Predict and prevent potential threats by using AI-powered analytics. Map external exposures to real-world attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks like MITRE. 8. Encrypt data Encrypting data and storing encryption keys securely keeps data undecipherable in the event of a breach. However, with the rise of AI and edge computing, you need more than encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest (AES). Tips: Leverage confidential computing techniques like hardware-enforced trusted execution environments (TEEs) for encryption in use (during processing, e.g., for AI model training). Future-proof your data with quantum-resistant cryptography, like hash or code-based cryptography. 9. Automate compliance management Regulatory standards change frequently as technologies and security risks evolve. Companies must stay on top of their compliance posture . Tips: Use automated compliance management tools that keep up with evolving frameworks, including AI-specific standards like the NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act, as well as new policies from PCI DSS, NIST, etc. Maintain regular audit trails to provide audit-ready proof demonstrating your compliance with regulatory bodies and customers. 10. Incident management Having incident management procedures, including prevention and response playbooks, means teams are not left scrambling when incidents happen, i.e., when tensions are usually high and mistakes costly. Tips: Automate incident response with tools that offer autonomous context-based remediation and AI-augmented playbooks; this shortens the compromise-to-containment window. Educate teams on how to secure software development, safeguard third-party component usage, and deal with AI-powered phishing campaigns. Implementing cloud security best practices with AlgoSec Security breaches are costly, with the average figure now standing at $4.44 million , according to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report. This number can go even higher due to outages, lawsuits, fines, and bad press. The cloud security best practices discussed in this post will help you stay ahead of 2025’s threat landscape and avoid unwanted impacts on your bottom line. AlgoSec can help. Designed to simplify robust cloud security in 2025 and beyond, it offers a suite of tools for cloud network security , cloud security and compliance , zero trust implementation , firewall management , incident response , and more. Get started on improving your cloud security. Sign up for a demo of AlgoSec today. Get the latest insights from the 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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AlgoSec’s latest product release provides organizations with enhanced application connectivity visibility, effective security, and continuous compliance with the most recent regulations across their multi-cloud environments. Ensure up to date compliance and tighten your hybrid network security posture with AlgoSec A32.60 AlgoSec’s latest product release provides organizations with enhanced application connectivity visibility, effective security, and continuous compliance with the most recent regulations across their multi-cloud environments. September 13, 2023 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., September 13, 2023 – AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, introduces AlgoSec A32.60, the latest in application connectivity security and compliance. AlgoSec A32.60 provides an effective solution for organizations to secure application connectivity in their hybrid and multi-cloud estate. A32.60 integrates cloud security visibility into AlgoSec’s security management platform and enables organizations to ensure ongoing compliance with industry regulatory standards. The key benefits that AlgoSec A32.60 delivers to network and security experts include: Enhanced visibility and security of north-south network traffic: New integration with Palo Alto Prisma Access, now encompassing mobile user policies within the Prisma access fabric. New integration and support for SD-WAN Versa Networks, offering extended visibility into network connectivity and an intuitive topology map. Ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance: Enhanced ISO 27001 report with the latest 2022 standards, allowing organizations to ensure alignment with the most current regulations. Integration of a new ECB (European Central Bank) regulations report, allowing companies to confidently navigate evolving compliance requirements. Integrating cloud security visibility into network security policy management: Expanded integration with Microsoft Azure firewall enables centralized visibility across both cloud and traditional firewalls, all within a single, unified management solution. New automation support for Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) objects in Palo Alto Panorama, Fortinet FortiManager, and Check Point. This allows users to efficiently manage and secure their network resources while embracing the flexibility of cloud environments. About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity by automating connectivity flows and security policy, anywhere. The AlgoSec platform enables the world’s most complex organizations to gain visibility, reduce risk, achieve compliance at the application-level and process changes at zero-touch across the hybrid network. AlgoSec’s patented application-centric view of the hybrid network enables business owners, application owners, and information security professionals to talk the same language, so organizations can deliver business applications faster while achieving a heightened security posture. Over 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads across public cloud, private cloud, containers, and on-premises networks. See what securely accelerating your digital transformation, move-to-cloud, infrastructure modernization, or micro-segmentation initiatives looks like at www.algosec.com