What is our primary use case?
We work on the support side, and our customers use AlgoSec, primarily via on-prem deployments. They use the solution to analyze and engage firewall policies, increase their security, and receive advice for firewall optimization.
The solution component we use is AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer. We have a customer who uses FireFlow, and we carried out a POC of AppViz, which some of our customers may want to implement in the next year.
How has it helped my organization?
AlgoSec reduced the time it takes to implement firewall rules for our organization.
The product helps us prepare for audits and ensure firewalls are in compliance; we can check the security and firewall rating points and advise our customers on optimizing their firewall and security rules.
AlgoSec helped simplify the job of our security engineers, primarily through the advice it provides to admins managing the firewalls, which is essential. It also made them more efficient at their jobs.
What is most valuable?
The Firewall Analyzer component has excellent compatibility with the solution, and it's highly useful and easy to manage.
Our customers find the Intelligent Policy Tuner very helpful, and it was useful for us during the POC because it was a significant selling point for our clients; they liked it and wanted to use it.
The solution provides excellent visibility into our network security policies, especially when we set the log options to ''extensive''; this gives us a lot of visibility for reports and change notifications.
AlgoSec provides complete visibility into the risk involved in firewall change requests, which is especially important when presenting security reports to upper management.
The solution's automation helped to reduce human error and misconfigurations; if the tool detects a drop in security and firewall policy points, it notifies admins via email of a potential misconfiguration, allowing us to fix the issue and raise the points again.
What needs improvement?
More scope for editing alerts would be a welcome change.
The solution has visibility and compatibility issues with Palo Alto firewalls, which makes it challenging to provide reports. The reports rely on logging, and the product has problems with Palo Alto's logging. Better compatibility with Palo Alto firewall reports is a must.
Some of our customers want to see AlgoSec with a user-based policy that can advise on user policy rules and be compatible with identity awareness.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for over eight years across two companies.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good; there's no problem with it.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service is responsive and reliable enough, and most of our cases are solved within a day or two.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very straightforward; we use VMs, so our customers don't need appliances. We can set up a VM and install AlgoSec in 15-30 minutes, then further configuration such as DNS, names, IP addresses, and adding the firewalls takes two to three hours.
The upgrade process is also straightforward; when the upgrade package is released, we download it, import it to a machine, and implement it with one SSH command. The solution doesn't require any further maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm not involved in the financial aspect, but I understand the platform to be expensive, though I need to find out how it compares to competitors like Tufin, for example.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Some of our customers work with different security vendors, including FortiGate, Palo Alto, and Check Point, and integration with their firewalls is straightforward when using AlgoSec.
We are also a supporter of Tufin in Turkey, and there are some advantages to using AlgoSec, as it's more useful in specific ways. With the latter, it's quick and easy to get reports, and AlgoSec has lower spec requirements for new installs. It requires a maximum of 16-32 GB of memory and 500 GB to one TB of storage, but Tufin requires 60 GB of memory and one to two TB of storage. AlgoSec is more straightforward and user-friendly; the options are named clearly, so it's easy to add identities or active directories.
The product is suitable for small, medium, and large businesses; they could all find a use for it.
I recommend the solution; I've been using it for eight years, and it's more user-friendly and useful than other products.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner/Integrator