AlgoSec Reviews

• It can identify the policy rules in the firewall that have a high risk and could have an impact on network infrastructure.
• It suggests solutions to these issues, and provide compliance reports by standardizing PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOX and more.
• It can monitor policy changes, and who made those changes.
• It generates a topology of the network when it has scanned the network.
• Using the network mapping, it identifies bottlenecks.

We have improved the performance of the firewall to handle requests and responses to/from clients as reduces the number of policies that are needed when the network is exposed to high risk.

They need to improve auditing of IP tables, as only monitoring them does not reduce their vulnerabilities.

I used it for nine to ten months.

No issues encountered.

It is quite stable for 24-hour network monitoring.

There is no problem in the process of scanning and monitoring firewalls, and IP tables in
considerable quantities.

8/10 as they were quite fast in responding to my issues.

10/10 as the technical support provide assistance if there is a problem via both email and telephone.

I have not used a different solution previously.

The initial set up is a bit complicated, because you have to open special ports in the firewall, and give open access to be able to read the configuration topology mapping in the firewall. This means that the process of scanning and monitoring AlgoSec can run smoothly.
Unlike the case with the initial setup for monitoring IP tables, you must use the root access serve (sudo su) so that the process of scanning and monitoring AFA could run smoothly.

We implemented this in-house.

The advantage is that it can really optimise configuring firewall policy rules, and can
reduce the configuration that is vulnerable. It can provide solutions to make policy rules more simple and efficient.

If you want to conduct an audit of firewall and want to optimize the configuration, you can try and use AlgoSec.

I didn't evaluate other options.

Be patient and careful when doing the initial configuration of the firewall with AFA, but after the process is completed, everything has to run smoothly.

An example screenshot of network mapping results from AFA. Network mapping can
be useful also to detect if there is a connection network traffic is interrupted and can assist in documenting the topology that is owned.

The following screenshot shows an example of the policy rules that need to optimized, so you can improve the performance of firewall and its security level.

The following screenshot shows the result of scanning AFA reports that compliance with ISO 27001.

It provides us with a trail of changes. It also has an optimization advisor.

The audits for the firewalls are now straightforward.

The regulatory compliance rules.

I've been using it since March 2015, and I'm responsible for the deployment and administration of it.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

It's very good, nothing to complain about.

It's excellent, their support is fast and very competent.

I didn't use a similar solution previously.

It was straightforward.

We used a vendor team who covered all the aspects, and requirements, of the product.

No other options were evaluated.

• Audit reports
• Firewall rule optimization

There are hundreds of firewall administrators, and each one of them creates rules. Optimizing these rules and being able to make them more logical is a key feature of AlgoSec.

The reporting features need to be improved.

I've used it for one year.

We did encounter an issue with integrating it with the firewall, but we then found that the firewall was the culprit not AlgoSec.

No issues encountered.

We need to carefully plan scaling AlgoSec.

7/10.

9/10.

This is my first implementation.

There were guides available, and the more you read, the easier it becomes.

I am am a vendor. I work at Dimension Data as a network engineer who deploys these solutions.

We also looked at Tufin.

It's a very flexible product, and you can make the most from the available features on the box.

• Firewall analyzer
• Change management system

• Change management system
• 3D view of your firewall configuration
• Tool intelligence, highly useful for information security
• Design point-of-view

I've used it for two years.

I wasn't involved in the deployment; I just use it as a firewall engineer.

Sometimes due to server database size, the disk gets exhausted and then there is slowness over the internet.

I haven't been involved with contacting AlgoSec.

I haven't been involved with contacting AlgoSec.

I haven't used any other solution.

I was not the one who made the decision, but I have been supporting for customer.

• The AFA provides some good nifty features which ultimately yields better optimization of firewall policies.
• It helps in the clean up and optimization of our monitored firewall.
• Under the optimization report, one can generate various parameter reports such as unused rules, unattached objects, etc.
• Reviewing and taking proper actions for the better performance of the firewall.
• It helps to identify and mitigate risky firewall and network access rules.
• Using the network mapping, it identifies bottlenecks.
  

It has helped us better manage the rules and policies of the firewall.

It needs to improve in all areas.

I have used it for two years,

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

7/10

9/10

There was no previous solution in place.

It was straightforward on an appliance.

I helped implement it as part of a vendor team.

It's a bit expensive.

No other products were evaluated.

No other products were evaluated.

• Firewall analyzer
• Fireflow

It has made implementing regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and ISO easier. It makes me more security aware.

It would be nice to have it integrate with the existing change management portal.

I've used it for one year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

It's good.

It's good.

I used Cisco Security Monitoring Analysis and Response System before it was retired.

It was straightforward.

We implemented it through a vendor, TransMarket.

I think the product is too expensive.

No other options were evaluated.

It is a good product but I think it is expensive.

• Analyzer
• Fireflow
• Business flow

It's helped optimize our firewall configuration and eased our troubleshooting.

The reporting feature needs work.

I've used it for six months.

It's expensive to get new licenses.

It was straightforward.

We used a vendor team who were 9/10.

It is expensive, but it's worth it.

I tested Firemon which is great, the only problems were the lack of a web GUI interface and our Apple clients couldn’t connect to it.

We also looked at ManageEngine.

Go ahead if you can afford it!

The reporting feature.

The product has helped us improve our firewall policies. It's also helped me to make decisions on best practices.

The product needs improvement in all areas, but I don't use the product deep enough to say anything more specific.

I've used it for one year and six months.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

We've not needed to scale it.

8/10.

10/10.

There was no previous solution in place.

It was straightforward on a virtual machine.

I helped to implement it as part of a vendor team.

No other options were evaluated.

There are no implementation issues; just take a look into the device's compatibility with your systems. It's a a really simple tool with strong results.