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Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Nov 22, 2016

By leveraging BusinessFlow/FireFlow/ActiveChange we have been able to reduce the time from initial requirements gathering to implementation of complex firewall designs.

Pros and Cons

"By leveraging BusinessFlow/FireFlow/ActiveChange we have been able to reduce the time from initial requirements gathering to implementation of complex firewall designs by approximately 80% without compromising our security posture."

"The initial deployment was unsuccessful as the product had not initially support our use of virtual routing instances on Juniper SRX devices however AlgoSec engineering was quick to deploy fixes to allow us to reach our desired outcome."

What is most valuable?

We were immediately able to leverage the workflow tools in FireFlow with ActiveChange to speed up our deployment of firewall policies.

How has it helped my organization?

By leveraging BusinessFlow/FireFlow/ActiveChange we have been able to reduce the time from initial requirements gathering to implementation of complex firewall designs by approximately 80% without compromising our security posture.

What needs improvement?

Additional understanding of complex routing in multiple systems.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have had this working in our production environment for about 6 months.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

The initial deployment was unsuccessful as the product had not initially support our use of virtual routing instances on Juniper SRX devices however AlgoSec engineering was quick to deploy fixes to allow us to reach our desired outcome.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None.

How are customer service and support?

Top notch.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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Information Security Consultant at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Nov 21, 2016

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It detects dangerous rules that affect security. I would like an architecture diagram that combines intelligence from all integrated firewalls.

Pros and Cons

"It has helped to detect all unauthorized changes made on my firewalls."

"During the early implementation phase, some stability issues were experienced."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the risky rules analysis and network diagram representation generated from the firewall perspective.

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped to detect all unauthorized changes made on my firewalls. Also, this product can identify if anyone is creating dangerous rules that can severely affect the security of my organization.

What needs improvement?

One scope of improvement is to create an architecture diagram that combines intelligence from all integrated firewalls.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this product for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

During the early implementation phase, some stability issues were experienced. However, that is somewhat stable now.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues yet.

How is customer service and technical support?

I manage the reviews aspect, not maintenance.

How was the initial setup?

We were not part of the implementation team.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated the FireMon solution prior to this product.

What other advice do I have?

Prior planning is required for licensing and appliance handling if the company is looking to introduce new firewalls/security devices. This tool even integrates Cisco products to track changes on core switch or primary routers/VPNs.

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Security Consultant at Securelink

Nov 13, 2016

We took advantage of the the system's ability to add intelligence in all stages of a change.

Pros and Cons

"We succeeded in automating the flow in the change process with full traceability and accountability."

"The system has a so called roll-back feature, but this is implemented very simply just by a restore of the complete configuration."

Good and bad experience - A case study of the use of AlgoSec FireFlow.

The Good:

· Cut turnaround time on firewall rule changes from weeks to days.

· Improved network visibility via policy discovery, map and traffic simulations.

· Increased accuracy of firewall changes with improved network security.

· Highly improved traceability and accountability in the firewall change process.

· It is easy to customise AlgoSec FireFlow to a quality system.

The Bad:

· Lots of time was used to build and maintain the topology database (the network map). This is the foundation for the magic to happen. If the topology is wrong, the path discovery and automatic selection of Firewalls in path / in scope for the change can be incorrect.

· A decommissioning feature is missing in FireFlow, separate unused rules can be found and decommissioned via the AlgoSec Analyzer, but the FireFlow product does not have a feature for decommissioning of a complete FireFlow ticket.

· The system has a so called roll-back feature, but this is implemented very simply just by a restore of the complete configuration. In practice, this feature is not useful. If a FireFlow ticket is implemented, and it is discovered that some of the data in the ticket was wrong, it is not possible to roll-back the mistakenly implemented firewall rules. The cleanup is a manual task that can be time consuming.

Challenges in this case story:

To reach the goal and have the above highlighted business impact, several challenges were faced during the first year of deployment.

One of the best lessons is that the AlgoSec FireFlow system is only accurate if the network topology is complete and accurate. We would have to spend a lot of time tweaking the network topology to make it accurate.

Another challenge was software bugs. AlgoSec technical assistance center was keen to help fix the software defects, but still it was time consuming at times when software defects were disturbing normal operation.

Results

Firewalls need constantly maintained rule changes and security assessment in order to adapt to the ever changing business and threats. We see our decommissioned business applications, new factories or sites that are build, etc.

This altogether brings a heavy workload on the security department.

Now the firewall maintenance tasks scale with existing staff.

Firewall rule changes take days and not weeks.

The most significant benefits we achieved were:

· All firewall rules match exactly the planned action

· All stages of a change are now accountable in the history/audit trail of the change

· No time spent on already working change requests

· Full visibility into the network path of traffic

The intelligence provided by the AlgoSec system, and easy accessible security controls are significant, reducing the time spent in the periodic security assessments carried out.

in the AlgoSec product:

Over the last couple of years we have had several missing features in the product that prevented us from reaching the full extent of automation from a start. However, most of the missing capabilities are today in the product.

Remaining is a better support for decommissioning of firewall rules and applications. This is high on our wish list.

Challenge

As responsible for the network infrastructure and security on more than 95 firewalls. The network infrastructure and security must follow the same strict regulated quality guidelines as the main business area itself.

The most central aspects of strict regulated quality are:

Traceability: the ability to reconstruct the development history of the products.

Accountability: the ability to resolve who has contributed what to the development and when.

Firewall change management in this environment is time consuming and cumbersome.

Each firewall change took several weeks with high cost. Many firewall rules were build unnecessarily wide due to complexity in network.

Many changes were performed for already working traffic. Human errors in creation of firewall rules put the total security at risk. The validation process was cumbersome and error prone.

Solution

We succeeded in automating the flow in the change process with full traceability and accountability. AlgoSec FireFlow was integrated with the surrounding quality system using the great customisation capabilities, and is now used as the main change management system for all infrastructure changes to Switch, Router and Firewalls in the production network.

We took advantage of the AlgoSec system's ability to add intelligence in all stages of a change.

This raised the accuracy of firewall changes.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. I have been working as a contractor for the Customer for 2 Years building and using the AlgoSec FireFlow My company originally sold the solution to the Customer, however my role has been operation and maintenance at Customer site each day for the last 2 Years

it_user541044

Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Nov 2, 2016

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Reduces time and costs of firewall change management, risk mitigation, and compliance audits.

Pros and Cons

"AlgoSec reduces time and costs of firewall change management, risk mitigation, and compliance audits."

"AlgoSec should support these features: Expired time should be one of the components of firewall rules, not only source, destination."

What is most valuable?

Intelligent policy tuning helps to reduce risk and improve device performance
Traffic simulation query on a specific device

How has it helped my organization?

AlgoSec reduces time and costs of firewall change management, risk mitigation, and compliance audits.

What needs improvement?

AlgoSec should support these features:

Expired time should be one of the components of firewall rules, not only source, destination
For example: Now, in Algosec Fireflow, when creating a change request, there are only 3 component: Source, Destination and Service. I want to have expired date of the traffic

Detect duplicate objects in different firewalls
Now, Algosec can only detect duplicate object within one firewall. I want to detect in different firewalls
For example: firewall 1 has objet A with IP address 1.1.1.1, firewall 2 has object B with also IP address 1.1.1.1. I want Alogsec to detect this duplication

Show IP address of object in a report, query result
Now, in report, query results, Algosec only displays name of the objects. I want to display IP address of these objects

For how long have I used the solution?

3 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No, we haven't encountered any issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No, AlgoSec is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No, AlgoSec fit our size and is scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Very good.

Technical Support:

Good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple.

What about the implementation team?

Via a partner, they're very good.

What was our ROI?

We haven't calculated ROI yet, but AlgoSec saves us labor and a lot of time.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Tufin, we selected AlgoSec because it provide some useful features that other solution didn't have.

What other advice do I have?

AlgoSec is very helpful for our organization.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user541047

Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Nov 2, 2016

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We like the rule optimization and risk analysis. It should support IPS devices.

Pros and Cons

"Saves time and labor cost in optimizing and operating our firewall system."

"It should support IPS devices."

What is most valuable?

Rule optimization
Risk analysis

How has it helped my organization?

Saves time and labor cost in optimizing and operating our firewall system.

What needs improvement?

Find duplicate objects in different firewalls.

For how long have I used the solution?

3 years

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Mainly with log collection.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Good.

Technical Support:

Good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

Simple to setup.

What about the implementation team?

Via a vendor team. They are good.

What was our ROI?

I don't have the details, but it is effective.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

What other advice do I have?

It should support IPS devices.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user540339

Security Specialist with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 31, 2016

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It has improved the way we handle risky rules on firewalls.

Pros and Cons

"I used to use Firemon before but switched to AlgoSec because the AlgoSec product and User Interface are more friendly than Firemon."

"The Tighten Permissive Rules Function could be better, we need more specific information about source, destination and service on the rule we will handle."

What is most valuable?

Policy management.

How has it helped my organization?

It has improved the way we handle risky rules on firewalls.

Security Firewall Policy; Firewall Performance; Firewall Hardening.

What needs improvement?

The Tighten Permissive Rules Function could be better, we need more specific information about source, destination and service on the rule we will handle.

For how long have I used the solution?

About 1 year.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Nope.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Nope.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Nope.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

They have replied fast to all my concerns.

Technical Support:

Excellent.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used to use Firemon before but switched to AlgoSec because the AlgoSec product and User Interface are more friendly than Firemon.

What about the implementation team?

The AlgoSec vendor in Vietnam is Misoft, I rate them excellent in experience and support.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user494103

Information Security Analyst, Team Lead Network Security Assesment at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 26, 2016

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It has helped us manage PCIDSS compliance.

Pros and Cons

"AlgoSec allows me to understand the inside of the firewall and brings simplicity to very complex firewall setups."

"It would be nice to allow customers to build their own policy, based on the customer’s own customization and business needs."

Valuable Features

Risk management for the rules
Policy optimization suggestions

AlgoSec allows me to understand the inside of the firewall and brings simplicity to very complex firewall setups.

Improvements to My Organization

It has helped us manage PCIDSS compliance and also improved the overall network security.

Room for Improvement

The product has several compliance checks built in for PCIDSS, ISO, SOX, etc., and also a baseline security policy. It would be nice to allow customers to build their own policy, based on the customer’s own customization and business needs.

Use of Solution

I have used it for four years.

Deployment Issues

The application is easy to deploy in an hour and can be done via a user guide.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Support needs are rare. I only require support around twice a year. Upgrades are easily done by the user but when support is required, it is great.

Initial Setup

Initial setup is easy because it is a virtual appliance with its own OS.

Implementation Team

I have expertise in implementation and prefer to do it myself rather than invoke the support contract. I believe it helps me stay knowledgeable and besides, AlgoSec implementation is a breeze.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

The license is perpetual but support is periodic.

Other Advice

It’s a good buy for simplifying large networks.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user3396Team Lead at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 31, 2016

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Implementation of new rules without the need for manual configuration of rules on all firewalls in the traffic path has been good for us.

Pros and Cons

"It's an amazing product for those admins who have huge variety of firewall vendors and would like to be able to automate the implementation of new firewall rules for access across the network."

"In our experience, AlgoSec need to improve the integration of firewall vendors, because at the moment they don't support all vendors that are out there."

Valuable Features:

Firewall analyzer and traffic simulation based on configuration analyzer of all rules on the firewall. Implementation of new rules without the need for manual configuration of rules on all firewalls in the traffic path.

Improvements to My Organization:

It helped to improve our automation and simplified the configuration of new access rules.

Room for Improvement:

In our experience, AlgoSec need to improve the integration of firewall vendors, because at the moment they don't support all vendors that are out there.

Algosec Firewall Analyzer has a feature called 'Implement on device' which automatically creates access rules based on your request and sends it to the appropriate device. At the moment, this feature can not be implemented on Fortigate firewalls or Juniper EX switches which act as a layer three device with ACL's etc. I mean they need to improve interoperability with more vendors in order to automate access rules modification on these unsupported yet equipment.

Use of Solution:

I've used this solution for approximately five months.

Deployment Issues:

According to my colleagues who implemented it, there were some problems during the implementation. They contacted their support team who provided us with good support and we were able to get it implemented.

Stability Issues:

We had no issues with the performance.

Scalability Issues:

It's been able to scale for our needs.

Initial Setup:

I wasn't involved in the original implementation.

Other Advice:

It's an amazing product for those admins who have huge variety of firewall vendors and would like to be able to automate the implementation of new firewall rules for access across the network.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user495018

Sr. IT Security Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 31, 2016

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We use it to clean up unused objects. The risk team uses it to validate existing traffic flow.

Pros and Cons

"It's a very useful product and I highly recommend everyone having this product in place on their security infrastructure."

"It is currently unable to export the report to a CSV file, and I look forward to seeing it in the next version/release."

Valuable Features

Firewall rule monitoring
Consolidated report on unused objects and rules

Improvements to My Organization

We use this tool for rule monitoring and cleaning up the unused objects to improve performance. The risk team uses this tool to validate the existing traffic flow for their approval.

Room for Improvement

It is currently unable to export the report to a CSV file, and I look forward to seeing it in the next version/release.

Use of Solution

I have used it for more than four years.

Deployment Issues

Deployment was very easy; the vendor-provided documentation was good.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Technical support is 8/10.

Implementation Team

I was able to implement it on my own.

Other Advice

It's a very useful product and I highly recommend everyone having this product in place on their security infrastructure.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user497694

Network Security Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 31, 2016

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It provides policy optimization reports, is easy to install on your own, and runs smoothly.

Pros and Cons

"Technical support is very good, providing fast responses and good knowledge of their product."

"Filtering in the reports Adjusting parameters for reports To be able to generate custom-made reports For example, it would be nice if you could define a report to show the unused objects for a specific timeframe."

Valuable Features

The reports for the policy optimization are the product’s most valuable feature.

Improvements to My Organization

It provides better performance on our firewalls.

Room for Improvement

Filtering in the reports
Adjusting parameters for reports
To be able to generate custom-made reports

For example, it would be nice if you could define a report to show the unused objects for a specific timeframe. Now, it’s for the whole log period. Or, another example would be: deny rules that have been adjusted in the last 90 days.

Use of Solution

I have used it for about two years.

Stability Issues

I have not encounter any deployment, stability or scalability issues. It runs very smoothly.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Technical support is very good, providing fast responses and good knowledge of their product.

Initial Setup

Initial setup is very straightforward and it is easy to implement.

Implementation Team

We did it in-house, as it’s easy to install on your own.

Other Advice

Just try it and you’ll see where the problems are in your firewall. You can easily request trial licenses.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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