Advanced Firewall Policy Auditing, Monitoring and Compliance

Overview

Nowadays organizations rely heavily on computer networks and Internet services. As the size and complexity of networks grow, the security requirements increase at a steady pace. New security threats and networking changes require increasing efforts by IT departments. As a result, large organizations typically maintain a staff of several security administrators working in shifts around the clock to manage the different networks, servers, applications and users. Firewall policies that include hundreds of firewall rules are common, and there are frequently hundreds and even thousands of hosts and networks defined in firewall policies. Keeping track of complex organizational networks presents an increasing challenge to security departments worldwide.