The growth in number of rules and their complexity has given rise to firewall policy management solutions from several vendors.

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Watch this video interview I did with Nimmy Reichenberg, VP Marketing at AlgoSec, one of the vendors of firewall policy management solutions.

FORBES: Reduce Policy Complications to Enhance Security

Next Generation Firewall and Unified Threat Management are two names for the same thing.

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The ability to record and control events on each firewall is the primary benefit from central policy management.

FORBES: Reduce Policy Complications to Enhance Security

The end result of this rapid adoption of cloud and mobile platforms is not only that more IT resources are physically moving outside the firewall but are also outside the visibility, management and even ownership of IT and the employer.

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