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We performed a comparison between AlgoSec and FireMon Security Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Question: From your experience, what are the technical differences between AlgoSec and FireMon?
Answer: Well before both the products have their own pros and cons. But the criteria you mention, I would say you can go with AlgoSec with the following reasons: 1. It's less expensive compared to FireMon. 2. Need very less amount of resources as compare to FireMon who need a huge amount of resources with their basic level VM as well. 3. Easy to manage and configure. 4. I found AlgoSec better than FireMon in terms of reporting. But the biggest drawback with AlgoSec is their tech support which takes a huge amount of time to respond and investigate the issue. And in the end, they will always provide you one solution which is a known bug in the product and they will release an HA for that.
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Pros
"It has reduced our audit preparation efforts and costs drastically and maintains continuous compliance.""It assists us in network security reviews and audits.""It permits us to save a lot of time and make some firewall policy clean up. Then, when we add firewall change requests to management through this tool, it decreases the time for design and implementation significantly.""Security ratings and security rules analysis are valuable features.""The user-friendliness, visibility, compliance and efficiency are unparalleled in the industry.""AlgoSec Firewall Analyser improves the firewall rules dramatically by identifying rules and objects that are not needed and consolidates rules and rule re-ordering.""It assists in provisioning the application rapidly, which increases the organization's revenue.""We were able to improve the security ratings of our firewalls."

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"In one report, FireMon tells us there are, say, 1,000 rules that can be taken out and it gives us the ability to disable those for a year and to track when we made our changes. After a year, we can go back and eliminate the rules, to bring the configuration down to an almost human-readable level.""The unused objects is another nice feature, where it digs a little bit deeper into comparing the logs that it sees versus the configurations that it sees... The unused objects feature will go through in a pretty detailed way and show us which ones aren't being used. Or, if they are used, it will show us how often they're used.""The automation that the platform provides to create tickets reduces human error and more generally, reduces the operational overhead.""Policy test, access path analysis, and change reports.""We also use the solution’s SASE integration capabilities to extend security policy management for cloud firewall management. It helps in creating one consistent rule across multiple platforms and it improves accuracy.""It is the single place where we go to review all of our firewall changes. The solution makes it easier for us to track all the changes made. It is a central place where we can look at all the firewall rules, because we have three different firewall vendors. It save us time and creates efficiencies by looking at the general picture.""Firewall auditing is very important. We also use the solution for rule traffic analysis, traffic flow discovery and hidden/shadow rules within over 100 firewalls spanning five different brands.""It provides us with a single pane of glass for our on-prem environment, to see configuration. We have not implemented into the cloud yet. We can search for an object group and see where it lives on any firewall in the enterprise or find security rules, no matter what firewall they're on."

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Cons
"The customization of dashboards should be simplified and more user-friendly.""I would like to see Bi-Directional API support in order to integrate with SOAR platforms that provide SOC automation and IRR.""Environments with many devices need a lot of hardware resources to avoid slowdowns.""The initial cost was high for us, but we have always been behind the tech curve and cost has always been the limiting factor.""We don't dare push the new policy automatically, We don't have confidence in this feature.""The process to replace a decommissioned device with a new device is not straightforward.""I would like to see continued expansion to other firewall versions, platforms, and vendors.""Needs integration to cloud ITSM tools, such ServiceNow."

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"A phone app would be nice. This is the reason why it is not perfect yet.""While I like the reporting, I think that has the biggest room for improvement. Right now, as a user of FireMon, if I create a report, I am the only one who can see it inside FireMon. If someone on my team creates a report, they are the only person who can see that report on FireMon. It doesn't matter if you're admin in FireMon or not. The way we have to do it now is that we have created a service account user and that service account user runs all the reports. This way, all the reports, which are running, are just run under a single user so we can always access them. This definitely needs to change so users can see other users' reports or we can share reports within FireMon.""When it comes to identifying risk in our environment and prioritizing fixes, it is really about the different priorities within the organization. FireMon is not so smart that it can tell what's important to us. It's up to us to figure that out.""FireMon could be easier to use and flexibility regarding reporting could be improved.""The initial setup can take some time, including connecting it and configuring it. It's not something that is easy for anybody to do. There is time and energy required because of the number of systems you have to configure to get it to work properly.""Some of the things that you want to do in FireMon are not exactly straightforward, like creating certain reports or controls. Some of the functions could be a little more user-friendly, such as creating certain filters.""I think that having a more open system and providing documentation for it would be helpful for users like us. We are pretty adept and can navigate through the Linux software that the on-premises FireMon is based on. It would help us in the long run.""We are looking for more integration with SIEM and other tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is okay and the licensing can be a little tricky with the initial setup."
  • "AlgoSec may be little pricier with its licenses, but it is probably better than any of other competitors."
  • "I personally feel that the cost is quite expensive. AlgoSec is charging for each function, e.g., Active change, Application ABF license, etc."
  • "It is worth spending the cost for visibility on security. Of course, security is not cheap."
  • "It has improved our performance in operations, projects, and security.​"
  • "It will reduce your operations costs with improved team performance."
  • "Use the entire suite for its best benefits."
  • "Licensing is offered as a subscription and as a perpetual model."
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  • "Pricing model seems fair."
  • "Relative to what it offers, the price is fair."
  • "The pricing is very good, very straightforward. It also came in cheaper than AlgoSec and Tufin."
  • "Regarding additional costs, if you want things like Policy Optimizer, extra features, that's extra."
  • "We don't license all of the devices in our network, so it does not provide us with a comprehensive visibility of all devices in a hybrid network at this time."
  • "We pay for it yearly."
  • "FireMon is cheaper than AlgoSec."
  • "Pricing is reasonable."
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    Answers from the Community
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    it_user1292127 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user1292127 (Manager Risk Advisory at a consultancy with 5,001-10,000 employees)
    Real User

    Thank you, Sunil and Carlo, for your insightful responses.

    I really appreciate that and will investigate further.

    Best regards,

    John

    NetworkSad34 - PeerSpot reviewerNetworkSad34 (Network Security Engineer- Senior at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees)
    Real User

    It’s been too long since I evaluated AlgoSec to give some solid feedback here. I can say that mapping in FireMon is terrible if you have a complicated network, otherwise, it works pretty well.

    FireMon performance- make sure you get the best server, you can break them out and put certain roles on different boxes to get a lot of expansion possibilities though it might not be necessary this depends heavily on the size of your configs. If you have 1,000 firewalls with 100 rules each no problem but a handful of firewalls with 900k+ rules can become problematic.

    We have not pulled MPLS configs into the system but their protocol support (FireMon) seems top notch.

    DR, well you can distribute the environment all over the place so it’s really up to you with Firemon how robust your DR is. I’ve never had a failure requiring a massive restore, even our older servers running their pre-web UI version is still running fine.

    Carlo Gardener - PeerSpot reviewerCarlo Gardener
    Real User

    Unfortunately we chose Tufin over both those products, sorry I cannot give you a comparison on either. For us, Tufin simplifies the needs we have for Risks/Cleanup/Violations in our FW policies.

    We also leverage compliance policy for best practices. You can also take advantage of the reporting functionally which suites your environment or infrastructure such as:
    - New Revision
    - Advance Change
    - FW Modul Change
    - Object Change
    - Expired Rules
    - Rule and Object Usage
    - Policy Analysis
    - Security Risk
    - Rule Documentation.

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:AlgoSec's ability to integrate with various security and networking solutions enhances its overall value.
    Top Answer:The price is not the lowest, however, it is reasonable and offers good ROI.
    Top Answer:Enhancements that allow for more automated policy management, change workflows, and orchestration can significantly streamline network security operations. Advanced analytics and reporting… more »
    Top Answer:What I like about FireMon is the ability to track changes made by network engineers on the network.
    Top Answer:It's a good value. From a licensing standpoint, our only limitation is the number of devices that we manage. Our environment is small. We have fewer than 20 enterprise firewalls, meaning it's hard to… more »
    Top Answer:FireMon could be made more user-friendly when it comes to creating filters or conducting traffic analysis.
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    Overview

    AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity and cloud-native applications throughout their multi-cloud and hybrid network. Trusted by more than 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations, AlgoSec’s application-centric approach enables to securely accelerate business application deployment by centrally managing application connectivity and security policies across the public clouds, private clouds, containers, and on-premises networks. Using its unique vendor-agnostic deep algorithm for intelligent change management automation, AlgoSec enables acceleration of digital transformation projects, helps prevent business application downtime and substantially reduces manual work and exposure to security risks. AlgoSec’s policy management and CNAPP platforms provide a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues within cloud-native applications as well as across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, DevSecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications up to 10 times faster while maintaining security at www.algosec.com.



    The increasing complexity of networks, driven by the constant influx of new devices, applications, and cloud services, presents a daunting challenge for managing firewall policies and rules. A typical enterprise environment has millions of rules, and just one simple misconfiguration can lead to devastating consequences like compliance violations, outages, and data breaches. 

    FireMon’s Security Manager is a purpose-built network security policy management (NSPM) platform that automates the management of firewall and cloud security policies to eliminate policy-related risk, accurately and quickly change rules, and meet internal and external compliance requirements.

    • Reduce Risk Manage risk with real-time visibility and control
    • Manage Change Avoid misconfigurations, accelerate business, and improve security
    • Enforce and Maintain Compliance Avoid violations, avoid risk, and avoid fines
    Sample Customers
    Maersk, Delta Airlines, Chevron, General Motors, T-Mobile, Chevron, AT&T, BP, Bell Canada, HCA Healthcare, Morgan Stanley, Unilever, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, US Bank, Microsoft 
    Convey, MGM Resorts International, Southwest Airlines, Alkami, Costco, Aetna, IBM, Verizon, Wells Fargo
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Energy/Utilities Company5%
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    Financial Services Firm27%
    Insurance Company9%
    Government9%
    Computer Software Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Buyer's Guide
    AlgoSec vs. FireMon Security Manager
    March 2024
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    AlgoSec is ranked 1st in Firewall Security Management with 173 reviews while FireMon Security Manager is ranked 4th in Firewall Security Management with 52 reviews. AlgoSec is rated 9.0, while FireMon Security Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AlgoSec writes "Gives us the ability to dig down into details and work at a level above the skills that we already have". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FireMon Security Manager writes "Makes compliance much easier compared to doing it manually, and automates policy changes across environments". AlgoSec is most compared with Tufin Orchestration Suite, Skybox Security Suite, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer and RedSeal, whereas FireMon Security Manager is most compared with Tufin Orchestration Suite, Skybox Security Suite, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer and RedSeal. See our AlgoSec vs. FireMon Security Manager report.

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