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FireMon Security Manager pros and cons

Vendor: FireMon
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

FireMon Security Manager enables efficient firewall auditing, rule traffic analysis, and traffic flow discovery across multiple firewall brands, streamlining compliance efforts significantly.
It provides a consolidated view of firewall rules, allowing identification of inappropriate policies and simplifying change management to enhance security posture.
The platform offers robust reporting capabilities, supporting compliance audits by querying detailed reports, including historical logs and rule documentation.
Automation features decrease human error and operational overhead, providing significant time savings and improved accuracy in firewall administration.
FireMon Security Manager integrates with various security devices, offering comprehensive policy management and enabling centralized control over multiple platforms.

CONS

Migrating to newer versions is time-consuming and complex, leading to potential downtime and delays.
Integration with SIEM and other tools is limited, hindering comprehensive security management.
Frequent code releases are buggy, affecting stability and creating operational challenges.
Costs are high, and pricing adjustments could make it more affordable.
Reporting features lack flexibility in sharing and collaboration, complicating report management.
 

FireMon Security Manager Pros review quotes

it_user456090 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 26, 2016
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.
SecArch3081 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Consultant and Platform Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 2, 2017
Policy test, access path analysis, and change reports.
it_user560244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Clinical Systems Engineer So Cal Regional Office at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 27, 2016
Vendor agnostic when it comes to integrating with other product.
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it_user883929 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Security Solutions at Retail/Food Business
Jun 6, 2018
The most valuable features are Policy Optimizer and Firewall Manager for different brands of firewall.
NetworkSad34 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer- Senior at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 30, 2019
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.
OP
Information Security Analyst at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 9, 2019
The Security Manager part of FireMon... gives me an eye on everything that's out there, everything that I cannot see. Because I'm not a network admin, I cannot go to a firewall itself, but at least I have FireMon so that I can go in and view everything that I want to view. And I can eliminate whatever I see that is wrong,
DJ
Security Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
May 13, 2019
The most valuable feature is the reporting capability because everything that we do is a result of our being able to query a report, based on our environment and our PCI compliance efforts.
InfoAssu7204 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Assurance Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 11, 2019
It gives us the ability to go to one place to look for potential firewall rules that are inappropriate, or which don't meet compliance. Instead of manually searching hundreds of firewalls for a policy, we can go to this one location and find the rules which are now out of compliance.
CG
IT Security Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 23, 2019
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.
PG
Asst. Manager Finance at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 28, 2021
The technical support is very good. They've always been helpful.
 

FireMon Security Manager Cons review quotes

it_user456090 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 26, 2016
One area for 7.x customers that needs improvement is the migration. It is an involved process so get ready to spend some time getting your environment back to the way it was.
SecArch3081 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Consultant and Platform Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 2, 2017
Policy Planner requirements section is good, but could use some improvement to allow flexibility to enter different types of requests (modifying an existing policy, object or service group, for example) in a structured task format that can be auto-verified.
it_user560244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Clinical Systems Engineer So Cal Regional Office at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 27, 2016
A phone app would be nice. This is the reason why it is not perfect yet.
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it_user883929 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Security Solutions at Retail/Food Business
Jun 6, 2018
We are looking for more integration with SIEM and other tools.
NetworkSad34 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer- Senior at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 30, 2019
Some of the core functionality in our environment doesn't seem to work. We will get buggy code releases. They need to work on their Q&A of every code release.
OP
Information Security Analyst at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 9, 2019
We're working on implementing FireMon with our ticketing system service now. Having that would be an improvement.
DJ
Security Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
May 13, 2019
The current health and monitoring of the devices is atrocious... Imagine you have a list of 200 devices, and you can grade each of those devices as either green, yellow, or red. However, there might be three different reasons for you to go to red, or eight different reasons to go to yellow, and all of those things could be combined... Out of all those categories, I only find one or two of them that are, perhaps, pertinent.
InfoAssu7204 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Assurance Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 11, 2019
The AWS integration is still not mature for us to use. It is just not ready for our use case for AWS connectivity. Therefore, it does not provide us with a single pane of glass for our cloud environments, because we can't manage our cloud environment with the tool.
CG
IT Security Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 23, 2019
The stability has been fairly decent, but there have been a few issues. My coworker has had some issues in the past where he has had to work with support.
PG
Asst. Manager Finance at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 28, 2021
The cost of the solution is pretty expensive. It would be ideal if they could work on their pricing.