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AlgoSec Reviews

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Network Security Engineer/Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Excellent for firewall policy auditing and firewall policy automation
Pros and Cons
  • "It now takes less than half of the time it took before we had this tool to deploy the flows requested by the business."
  • "We would like to see more features in the GUI so that we don't have to work with the API as extensively."

What is our primary use case?

We've been using Algosec as our reference tool to clean our policies from old unused rules and objects and to assess rules that are categorized as risky so that we can fix those risks.

Firewall Analyzer from Algosec is our main tool for Firewall auditing and it makes our external auditors very confident on the way our policies are managed.

Fireflow from Algosec also helps us identifying which firewalls are on the way from source to destination when we need to open flows and it saves us a lot of time. We are still on our path to implement full automation of firewall policy creation with Algosec's Fireflow but the goal is to achieve it soon.

How has it helped my organization?

Since we deployed Algosec our Firewall policies which didn't have much maintenance over more than 15 years had their policies reduced to less than half the rules by using Algosec's Firewall Analyzer to remove unused rules, unused objects withing rules, compacting several firewall rules in one rule, etc.

We were also able with Firewall Analyzer to get risk reports of our firewall policies and start tackling them to close them or at least to be aware of its existance.

Firewall Analyzer is amazon in Policy Optimization and we feel we are much more secure since we have this product. If we add a rule that poses a risk we get an alert from Firewall Analyzer which is very important to us.

We are also starting to use Fireflow and our goal is to have the policy creation automated soon. For now we are already able to identify which firewalls are on the path between point A and point B and we are on the path to full automation which will reduce a lot the workload of our team.

What is most valuable?

The feature we find the most valuable is the Firewall Analyzer for the firewall policy audits and to show external auditors we have a process to identify risks and to tackle them. It's also very important for policy clean maintenance. 

This helps us know which devices are between the source and destination on the flows that we need to open for the business. The audit tools are also very important to us because we can easily have everything that needs to be presented to the security auditors.

We are in the process of implementing FireFlow for full automation which will save us time for more important things we need to to on daily basis that are not creating firewall rules. We aim to achieve the full automation soon.

What needs improvement?

In our case it would be very important to improve support to Dell switches and also some Juniper switches, which we have a lot of in our company network. This has been our difficulty for the full automation on the Fireflow. If all our network devices were Cisco I'm sure we would have the network map complete very easily and the full automation working with much less effort.

We already asked Algosec for the support of the switches we have that are not natively supported for the future versions and we expect that we are lucky enough for them to be supported on the next releases, although there are some ways of working around non-natively supported switches to complete the network map.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Algosec solution for more than 5 years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We never had issues so far in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable and allows you to add all the firewalls and devices you need.

It is also scalable on the licensing as you can start by buying only the Firewall Analyzer license with which you can start onboarding all the devices and completing the network diagram so that Algosec's has the whole picture and know all the paths from network A to B.

After that you are ready to start using FireFlow and you can buy the license only when you are ready to start deploying it.

How are customer service and support?

Sometimes it takes more time than expected to have answers for support tickets, but in general the customer service is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Not in our case.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup has been easy. The only difficult thing was the part in which we needed to onboard non natively supported switches. That part is a bit more complex.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented with a mix of external company and in-house. The external team was helpful and had a good expertise level.

What was our ROI?

The time we save on our daily operations is very important. We could reduce the team size with this tool as we had a trainee almost fully working on opening flows.

It also allows us to detect risks on firewall rules and fix them, keeping the company network safe.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price for the solution is not cheap but if you use it fully it will compensate in terms of securitization and in terms of time gained on the daily operations. It is also very helpful if your company is audited on the security part.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We heard about Tufin and Algosec, and after going through the specs we decided to go on a POC with Algosec and ended up buying it as it fitted our needs. We followed our Firewall integrator advice, who also recommended Algosec for our Firewall's park which is basically Fortinet and Check Point.

What other advice do I have?

We recommend trying fully automation in a controlled environment before widely deploying it to the production firewalls. It's important to gain confidence on the product.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

AlgoSec Questions

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot
Jul 16 2024

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Jul 16 2024

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with AlgoSec.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
Jul 16 2024

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot
May 01 2024

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering AlgoSec, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
Julia Miller
PeerSpot

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about AlgoSec?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

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Regional Sales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Hi security pros, I work as a Product Manager (Cyber security) at a Tech Services company. I would like to hear your opinion on the AlgoSec positioning vs Fortinet FortiManager. Can Algosec be a complementary product to FortiManager? Are there any unique advanta...
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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Prevasio.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
PeerSpot

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Prevasio, what would you say?

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Works with 10,001+ employees
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Sunil Kumar.Well before both the products have their own pros and cons. But the criteria you… more »
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Carlo GardenerUnfortunately we chose Tufin over both those products, sorry I cannot give you a… more »
NetworkSad34 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Norman Cuadra
Technical Lead for Network and Security with 501-1,000 employees

I'm a technical lead for network and security at a company with 500+ employees.

We are evaluating both AlgoSec and FireMon.

What is the main difference between the two?

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it!

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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Miriam Tover
Senior Delivery Ops Manager
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