AlgoSec Reviews

We use it daily to check existing rules created on all our firewalls and existing flows that are allowed, and if we can improve the performance of our firewalls by just doing the rearrangement of rules, etc.

We got more productive and agile using the product since the most time consuming job of our team is the creation of firewall rules, analyzing what is already created based on the requests of our users and internal costumers. The solution provides us an in-depth detail of what we have already in production and what we can do to resolve tickets/requests in the most effective way.

We now have more visibility into our firewall and security environment using a single pane of glass. We have a better audit of what our network and security engineers are doing on each device and are now able to see how much we are complaint with our baseline.

The product gave us more agility in the process to analyze and resolve tickets by requesting permissions to access services not enabled by default. At the same time, providing visibility of what we can improve on the scenario that we are already running on it.

The quick wins that the product can help us to achieve. With a few rule arrangements, we can improve the rule processing of the firewalls, increasing their performance and reducing possible bottlenecks, but keep us under the defined baseline of the company.

Also, the gain on the agility of checking what we already have created. The rules that can accommodate new requests instead of creating new rules have definitely helped us to resolve tickets in a faster way, achieving the expected SLA from users and internal customers of the company.

The product should support more vendors with the same in-depth analysis that it already is providing. This would give more reasons to for other companies to adopt it and make us preserve the investment in case we change the running environment.

Five months.

It is very stable without any major issues.

We don't see scalability on this product as a showstopper. We are confident that we can grow without any impact.

Very good. They helped us on everything that we needed.

We stopped using FireMon due to the price and lack of features.

No.

Through a vendor who fulfilled all our expectations.

It is fair. 

For cloud environments, it can be expensive. The model adopted to use as licensing for the cloud environment should be reviewed since it sometimes can increase the value of the service/product in an unexpected way. For example, they should instead use the amount of instances, which should just take into consideration the number of Security Groups and ACLs.

No.

The primary use of this solution is to extract Risky Rules reports obtained from our Firewalls, check the rules, and proceed with changes on the Firewall as needed. In these reports, we also see the traffic being applied for different rules.

The traffic used for different Firewall rules can be obtained and then, we have a clear idea of the use for different rules. If some service or protocol is more often used or not, we can see.

We use the FireFlow tool to create the rule to be validated and applied in the appropriate Firewall. FireFlow can install the rule automatically.

This solution has improved our Security in our Firewalls. This has helped to restrict rules, delete rules that are too permissive, and create a configuration that complies with our security policy.

The reports are very useful for determining whether our Firewalls are compliant with our security rules and directives.

The feature that I've found most valuable is the risk classifications for different rules. The number of different risky rules that we have for each Firewall is determined automatically. 

The traffic used or not for every service is very useful to check if some service is needed or not. In cases where it is not used, we can delete or disable it.

The FireFlow tool is very useful with the automatic installation of rules into Firewalls. It detects the router and applies the new rules, which saves us time in manual configuration.

There are sometimes issues with the Risky Rules reports where the number of hits is registering zero, but we know that this is incorrect because we have checked the rules and see that they are indeed registering traffic.

Sometimes the Trust setting on Firewall rules is changing to trusted by itself.

I have been using AlgoSec for more than one year.

I have very good impressions of AlgoSec stability.

The scalability is very good.

I did not use another solution prior to this one.

I did not evaluate other options before choosing AlgoSec.

Overall, I think this tool is very useful and we think that it's difficult to improve.

Our primary uses for AlgoSec are to gain visibility and automate rule creation.

We met our goal by gaining visibility and automating rule creation. We are on a very good track.

The most valuable feature is the help of cleaning the firewall rules and object databases.

This solution would be improved if it were able to compare configurations and provide recommendations. For example, suggest cluster members.

I have been using AlgoSec for four years.

The AlgoSec solution is really helpful for us, as we need to review all of the rules that have been implemented or we intend to implement, everywhere in our organization, independent of the country or even region.

With AlgoSec, it is possible to check the risks for each rule in terms of security and it is possible to easily decide if the implementation is valid or risky. This allows us to keep only the rules that are following our internal security standards.

AlgoSec helps to keep order and improve efficiency for operations teams supporting the solution.

In short, this solution makes it possible to increase efficiency by simplifying the life of our engineers. They support the daily interactions with the Firewalls through the implementation of the requested rules. We can easily and quickly identify all of the rules on the firewall and avoid the individual review and analysis of each rule. This keeps the firewalls clean and under our security policy, following our internal standards.

I think that perhaps FireFlow could be the most valuable feature, according to the feedback from our technical teams. This allows them to easily add, modify, and remove rules from the firewalls.

Another good point is that we avoid the old procedure of end-users requesting rules, a security team in the middle validating, and then the final implementor doing the job. With this feature, you can directly permit the end-user to request what he or she needs, and if the security policy is respected then it can directly be approved and implemented.

What the technical teams report to me is that the network maps are a concern and should be improved. It would be easier if the network maps could be updated using the GUI portal instead of from the OS. This would benefit the operations teams working daily with this tool.

In the end, we are striving to improve efficiency, and taking into account that Operations are really under pressure from SLAs to keep support ticket queues clean, and with the least amount of backfill possible, it is key to get better tools that make it easier and faster to update the network maps.

I think we are roughly in the third year since the first time we started using the AlgoSec tool in our company.

In terms of stability, this tool is really good and more than you could expect.

We are still involved in debugging a lot of stuff because we have to accommodate the solution to our large IT network. As our company and network are really large, we have a lot of jobs to do. Even with this powerful tool, it is not immediate.

Scalability is really good with this tool as it is flexible, as long as we can move this solution to hybrid or fully cloud deployments. This is something we are really focusing on right now.

As I know, until today, all issues raised so far have had a good response time and solution. No bad reports or specific or important complaints were reported from the technical teams.

Overall, technical support is really pleasant and smooth.

Before knowing and using the AlgoSec tool, we were managing daily activities with Firewalls the standard way. It was done rule by rule, creating, modifying, removing, analyzing, and finally compiling once all it was decided that everything was under control and following internal security policies.

The initial setup was hard and made more difficult because of the network map configuration. There is no visibility on the provider because they cannot grant access to us. So, the configuration has to be manually done for the most part. This part was really hard and time-consuming.

My team was not involved in testing or pilots of any other solution prior to making a decision. Another global team was part of the negotiations, study, and comparison. My team and I were involved once the decision was made.

It is clear that it is difficult to have the perfect tool with all that you need. As we expect, it is not an ideal world. AlgoSec is, in general, doing fine.

Today, this tool is very stable and permits us to improve the efficiency of the day to day work by our technical teams. It also allows the end-user to be more directly involved in the requests, highly reducing the time between the request and the final implementation.

The only advice or remark I can add here is what concerns me with the network maps. This is the cause of what makes the initial setup harder than expected. The reason is because of the network map configuration. There is no visibility on the provider because they cannot grant us access, meaning the configuration has to mostly be performed manually.

AlgoSec is a global tool that has been purchased to get a centralized view of our infrastructure. This enables us to review our security posture and implement a compliance strategy.

AlgoSec is also used for in-depth firewall analysis and intelligent policy tuning and optimization. It helps in regulatory compliance metrics and overall firewall security optimization. It is currently used by the network security, audit, and internal control departments of organizations, giving overall insight/visibility and enhancing improved security across the enterprise.

It has been really helpful in automating changes. This helps us to reduce operational work drastically. The product has centralized visibility, unified management, and reporting across an entire hybrid environment. It can be deployed on-premises, in a private cloud, public cloud, and in SDN platforms. It automatically discovers applications and their connectivity flows, then associates connectivity with their underlying firewall rules.

AlgoSec's solutions are incredibly powerful, providing us with intelligent process improvement that has directly translated into the highest level of security and compliance for our internal network.

AlgoSec is one of the most complete security management solutions on the market. It manages security and compliance based on the applications that power our business. It is one product combining multiple tools. This makes a real difference compared to its competitors.

It helps us deploy new business applications quickly and securely. It ties cyber threats directly to critical business processes.

Using AlgoSec is a double benefit to us. By using this solution we can reduce the cost and the number of errors in our daily operation and also expand our offerings. 

It has reduced our audit preparation efforts and costs drastically and maintains continuous compliance.

AlgoSec delivers a rich set of change management workflows and enables zero-touch change processes if no risks are identified.

AlgoSec proactively analyzes all risks in the network security policy, across multi-vendor firewalls and cloud security groups.

AlgoSec is the only solution that supports the entire security policy management lifecycle from application connectivity discovery, through migration, maintenance, and decommissioning. Independent testing describes it as ‘one of the most complete security management solutions on the market’.

It seamlessly integrates with all leading brands of traditional and NGFWs, cloud security controls, routers, and load balancers.

The graphical user interface is much better than in other products.

The GUI has not been upgraded for a long time and could use updating.

We have been using AlgoSec for several years.

I'm sure we will use this solution for ten more years, at least, as long as it continues to do what is promised.

This product is ready to work within a next-generation infrastructure environment. It simplifies and automates network security policy management to make your enterprise more agile, more secure and more compliant – all the time.

Overall, this is a complete product that helps our organization on a daily basis.

We recommend the AlgoSec Firewall Security Management solution to our customers in order to help them with firewall policy application and optimization.

This solution helps all of our customers. They are network engineers and network administrators who need to recertify expired firewall rules, as well as clean and remove all of the rules that the customer doesn't need in their devices.

The most valuable feature is the ability to deploy new rules in all of the firewalls included in the environment at one time. This automates the process instead of installing one rule or one device at a time.

The UX control panel is in need of improvement.

I have used AlgoSec for a long time and with many customers.

Our first use case is the homogenization of important rules for a large number of firewall-enabled devices in our corporate network.

With one click, we have at our disposal everything we consider important and in this way we do not have to enter each device to verify the information.The AlgoSec Security Management Suite collects all of this information.

The most important thing is to have all of the information in one application. At a glance, we can see security problems and possible issues in the future. In this way, we can be proactive and solve problems before they happen.

With AlgoSec Security Management we have many advantages.

We have all of the information about the firewall devices that we have at risk, either because there is a firewall policy with some open protocol that can give us security problems later, or because long-unused rules present a security hole.

We have collected all of the alerts for each of the firewalls, which helps to identify devices that are in need of a more in-depth analysis.

The most valuable feature is the ability to compare policies with certain established and accepted configurations and values.

We have the option to generate several security reports for our firewall devices, such as what policies were created, what cluster they were created in, and which pose a risk either because they have been obsolete for a long time or because they have very specific technical specifications. Examples of this are open ports that are totally vulnerable or declared services that violate security.

All of the reports can be exported to PDF, meaning that we can send them to the different departments to study the cases and determine whether these rules are necessary. If not, then they can be eliminated to optimize the system.

It would be very helpful to have a direct link to the relevant firewall policy embedded within reports when there are warnings or risks indicated. Regardless of how serious the risk is, we could jump to the policy with a single click. In this way, the administration would be much easier and we would not have to be changing the screen every time we want to look at or modify something in our firewall. I understand that they are third-party software packages that can achieve this, but it would be more comfortable to have it integrated.

We have been using AlgoSec for two or three years.

The stability of this solution is very good.

Scalability is very good.

We have had no problem with technical support. Different incidents have been resolved without major complications.

The first solution that we used in this category was AlgoSec.

The initial setup is not complex.

Our in-house team performed the deployment with help from the vendor team. The expertise was good.

The price is within the standard of security products.

We did not evaluate other options before choosing this solution.

We use AlgoSec for automating and management of security changes to our firewall policies.

AlgoSec makes it easier to implement flow-opening requests by our users. We now have a standard procedure that everyone must follow, whereby they create an AlgoSec request for any change to the firewall policy. The product also helps us to keep track of every change that occured in the past.

AlgoSec also provides us an easy way to review the policies of all of our firewalls. We are able to perform searches for specific rules/objects on all of them at the same time, even if they are from different vendors.

Firewall Analyzer is valuable because it makes searching our existing policies so simple.

We like FireFlow because it provides an easy way to introduce flow-opening requests.

They can make some improvements to the user interface because it can be slow at times.

We have been using AlgoSec for three years.