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

FORBES: Reduce Policy Complications to Enhance Security

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

By examining the firewall logs, which are a record of every attempt to connect, those that are dropped and those that are allowed, it is possible to compare them to the firewall policy and discover unused rules.

FORBES: Reduce Policy Complications to Enhance Security

Every firewall software update and every change to policy must be authorized and recorded for auditing purposes.

FORBES: Reduce Policy Complications to Enhance Security

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