AlgoSec Reviews

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.

We needed to review unused rules and delete them. However, I also wanted to view my unused objects and NAT rules. Algosec met my needs. 

The product was able to present how many rules were redundant and how many shadow rules were in a gateway. Thanks to this visibility, I was able to do my rule optimization. Thus, my firewall rules were fewer, and fewer rules were checked when traffic passed through the firewall. In this way, it was possible for traffic to pass through the firewall faster.

The simulation can be improved. Networks and interfaces to which the firewall is connected are kept in a visual simulation. The rules could also show us the traffic on these networks in red and green. When we add a rule, we should be able to see what kind of traffic obstruction we can cause and what can be improved. In the next release, it would be fun to visually present the dashboard with animations.