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How to automate application connectivity changes across hybrid networks while keeping risk analysis, approvals, validation, and audit evidence in place.

Learn what audit-ready firewall policy evidence should include and how to connect rules, owners, approvals, risk, changes, and validation for audit readiness.

Learn how the NIST Cybersecurity Framework helps cloud security teams manage risk, govern access, and preserve audit-ready evidence across hybrid networks

Learn how to keep firewall and network security policies audit-ready with ongoing rule review, change governance, evidence, and compliance monitoring

Compare firewall compliance tools and GRC platforms, when each fits, and why security teams often need technical evidence plus enterprise governance

Compare firewall compliance automation tools by fit, including NSPM platforms, native firewall managers, cloud controls, and audit tools

Learn what firewall compliance automation is, how it supports audit readiness, and what evidence teams need to manage firewall changes with governance

Looking to learn about cloud security compliance requirements and standards This article covers everything you need to know how AlgoSec can help your company

The AlgoSec Security Management Suite is used by all Big Four auditing firms and many leading consultancies to automate firewall audits

Algosec streamlines risk and compliance management by automating security policy enforcement, reducing risks, and ensuring continuous compliance.

Explore best practices for security and compliance in financial institutions, ensuring robust protection and adherence to regulations amid digital transformation.

Ensure your network security is up to par with a comprehensive firewall audit checklist. Review and optimize security policy rules to prevent vulnerabilities.

Gain comprehensive visibility and control over your network security with AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer. Simplify audits, optimize configurations, and enhance protection.

Ensure your firewall meets all PCI DSS requirements. Learn essential best practices for configuring and managing your firewall for optimal PCI compliance.

Understand how to achieve and maintain firewall compliance with ISO/IEC 27001. Learn key requirements, best practices, and how to strengthen your overall security posture.

Understand HIPAA network compliance requirements. Learn how to safeguard patient data with robust network security measures and ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations.

Understand the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Learn key requirements, best practices, and how to achieve and maintain FISMA compliance.

Find the best firewall audit tools to ensure PCI DSS compliance. Streamline your audits, identify vulnerabilities, and maintain a secure network environment.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework as well as other NIST security standards help set clear best practices for organizational cyber and network security

Protect your network from cyber attacks with firewall management Configure, monitor, and update firewall policies for effective security

An open-source add-on, developed with Cisco and Innovation Central Canberra, that extends the AlgoSec Security Management Suite with baseline compliance, vulnerability analysis, and end-of-life monitoring for Cisco devices.

You've found the perfect firewall partner. Just use the AlgoSec platform to prepare for upcoming regulatory compliance reviews of your firewalls, and get ready for full compliance in seconds.

AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer delivers out-of-the-box compliance reports for the widest range of industry standards including PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, Sarbanes Oxley and more. These reports help you dramatically reduce the time and effort required to prepare for audits - by as much as 80%.

Learn how to prepare your Cisco devices for a regulatory audit

Learn how to ensure your Cisco devices align with your internal company's standards

AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer allows security teams to easily and efficiently define baseline hardware and software configurations to which devices must adhere, and generates reports to identify devices that do not comply with the corporate baseline, minimizing system risks.

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A32.00 introduces new regulatory compliance reports for two significant standards: • SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. • Hong Kong Momentary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution.

AlgoSec can help you prepare for a regulatory compliance review of a Palo Alto firewall in seconds.

Configure your Palo Alto firewalls according to your organization's standards

AlgoSec Regulatory Compliance Reports.

Firewall Management 201: Lesson 17 PCI-DSS 3.2 regulation requirement 6.1 mandates that organizations establish a process for identifying security vulnerabilities on the servers that are within the scope of PCI. In this new lesson, Professor Wool explains how to address this requirement by presenting vulnerability data by both the servers and the by business processes that rely on each server. He discusses why this method is important and how it allows companies to achieve compliance while ensuring ongoing business operations. Learn more about AlgoSec at http://www.algosec.com and read Professor Wool's blog posts at https://www.algosec.com/blog

Best Practices for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security: Lesson 6 In this whiteboard video lesson Professor Wool provides best practices for performing security audits across your AWS estate. Learn more about AlgoSec at http://www.algosec.com and read Professor Wool's blog posts at https://www.algosec.com/blog

Network Security for VMware NSX: Lesson 3 Once the NSX environment is up and running it needs to be part of the organization’s network security policy change process, and subject to the organization’s governance, audit, and regulatory compliance requirements. In this lesson Professor Wool discusses how to approach managing changes, auditing and compliance when the security team doesn’t ‘own’ the virtual environment.

Best Practices for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security: Lesson 3 Once you start using AWS for production applications, auditing and compliance considerations come into play, especially if these applications are processing data that is subject to regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, SOX etc. In this lesson, Professor Wool reviews AWS’s own auditing tools, CloudWatch and CloudTrail, which are useful for cloud-based applications. However if you are running a hybrid data center, you will likely need to augment these tools with solutions that can provide reporting, visibility and change monitoring across the entire environment. Professor Wool provides some recommendations for key features and functionally you’ll need to ensure compliance, and tips on what the auditors are looking for. Learn more about AlgoSec at http://www.algosec.com and read Professor Wool's blog posts at https://www.algosec.com/blog

The Compliance Catalyst virtual summit took place on March 26, and features speakers from Cisco, Ernst Young, Nationwide, HCLTech, and AlgoSec. The event covered compliance changes, customer success stories, auditor perspectives, and the benefits of shifting from rule-based to application-based recertification.

How AlgoSec supports the Australian Signals Directorate Information Security Manual (ISM) controls that depend on network security policy, segmentation, monitoring, and change processes.

Cloud adoption isn't just soaring; it's practically stratospheric. Yet, hand-in-hand with this incredible growth comes an often-overlooked challenge: the increasing complexities of maintaining compliance.

Convergence has been claimed. Security orgs merged their teams, aligned their titles, and drew the new boxes on the whiteboard. The...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is set to transform how financial institutions across the European Union manage and...

14 Step Checklist for a Flawless Network Security Audit If security policies aren’t periodically updated to meet modern threat demands, organizations risk introducing vulnerabilities into their IT security posture. Comprehensive audit reports help security leaders gain in-depth visibility into their organization’s cybersecurity strategy and assess the resilience of its network infrastructure. Network Security Audit Checklist: What Does Your IT Security Audit Need to Cover? Cybersecurity...

Fortified network security requires getting a variety of systems and platforms to work together. Security teams need to scan for potential threats, look for new vulnerabilities in the network, and install software patches in order to keep these different parts working smoothly. While small organizations with dedicated cybersecurity teams may process these tasks manually at first, growing audit demands will quickly outpace their capabilities. Growing organizations and enterprises rely on...

Information security is vital to business continuity. Organizations trust their IT teams to enable innovation and business transformation...

90% of organizations use a multi-cloud operating model to help achieve their business goals in a 2022 survey. AWS (Amazon Web Services)...

Featured Snippet A cloud security audit is a review of an organization’s cloud security environment. During an audit, the security...

As organizations respond to an ever-evolving set of security threats, network teams are scrambling to find new ways to keep up with...

Tal Dayan, security expert for AlgoSec, discusses the secret to passing audits seamlessly and how to introduce automated compliance...

The certification demonstrates AlgoSec’s commitment to protecting its customers’ and partners’ data Data protection is a top priority for...

Last week our CTO, Professor Avishai Wool, presented a technical webinar on the do’s and don’ts for managing external connectivity to and...

So we’ve made it to the last part of our blog series on PCI 3.0 Requirement 1. The first two posts covered Requirement 1.1...

Insecure Service Protocols and Ports Okay, we all have them… they’re everyone’s dirty little network security secrets that we try not to...

A whitepaper on the shifting compliance landscape and the path from manual, spreadsheet-driven audits to automated security compliance.

Case study: how a leading retailer automated and centralized network security policy in AWS to streamline PCI DSS compliance and accelerate e-commerce.

Discover how to transform your network from complexity to clarity with an application-centric approach to security and compliance. This AlgoSec whitepaper outlines actionable strategies to gain visibility, reduce risk, and streamline policy management across hybrid environments.

How AlgoSec helps financial institutions meet the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with resilient network security and continuous compliance.

How AlgoSec and Cisco work better together for risk management and audit, with automated policy analysis, risk identification, and compliance assessment.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a multi-faceted security standard created by the European Parliament to protect personal information handled by companies located in t...

Six best practices for simplifying firewall auditing and compliance, and reducing risk.

AlgoSec's ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate for its information security management system.

Validating the compliance of corporate firewalls and routers with PCI-DSS requirements is not an easy task. This whitepaper explains how to quickly and automatically assess firewall...

How AlgoSec helps you prepare for BSI IT-Grundschutz audits and keep your network continuously aligned with BSI standards (in German).

Federal Government IT is complex, with multiple network manufacturer’s devices across the enterprise, the data center, GovCloud and private clouds, and using a myriad of networki...