-- Automatically completed PCI-DSS and SOX compliance reports that work
'out-of-the-box' to help firewall administrators and auditors spend less
time completing paperwork while meeting their critical reporting
requirements.
-- A first of its kind algorithm that provides Intelligent Rule Re-
Ordering recommendations based on historical rule usage statistics that
aims to help users improve the efficiency of their firewall policies and
reduce the CPU utilization of the firewall devices.
"Not all users start with the same set of requirements," said Dr. Avishai
Wool, AlgoSec's co-founder and CTO. "Depending on their role in the
organization, some users are looking for a better way to meet their
compliance reporting and risk management activities, while others may be
searching for ways to improve their existing operational and change
management processes. In all cases, they're looking for a solution that
will automate many of the time consuming and error-prone aspects of
firewall management and administration. AlgoSec's new licensed editions
were developed to help these users address their specific requirements
while providing a platform that can be extended to support new functions or
operational requirements as the need arises."
The newly launched AFA Product Suite offers four pre-bundled editions,
including:
-- AFA Operations Management Edition: Built on the core AFA software
module which is standard across all editions, it supports the daily
operational activities and change management requirements of firewall
administrators as well as maintaining detailed change history reports for
all firewall configurations.
-- AFA Optimization Edition: This edition includes the full feature set
of the Operations Management Edition and adds the optional Optimization
software module which offers a rich set of reports and recommendations for
improving the efficiency of the firewall configuration, including the new
Intelligent Rule Re-Ordering algorithm.
-- AFA Risk Management Edition: This edition includes the full feature
set of the Operations Management Edition and adds the optional Risk
Management software module. Built on AlgoSec's comprehensive knowledge base
of Industry Best Practices for firewall configurations, it allows users to
quickly assess the security posture of their firewall configurations and
ensure all devices meet their specific security controls. It also includes
the automatically completed PCI and SOX compliance reports.
-- AFA Enterprise Edition: This edition combines all three of the
available software modules into a single, comprehensive solution, to help
enterprises address all aspects of their firewall operations management,
policy optimization and risk management requirements.
AlgoSec's Firewall Analyzer suite is constantly updated to support new
functions. Where there is a difficult, complex or time-consuming aspect of
firewall administration, AlgoSec aims to help users by finding ways to
automate those tasks and reduce the time they spend managing their ever
changing firewall environments. Through its off-line setup, the application
is easy to deploy and use even in the most complex firewall environments.
Some additional key features of the AlgoSec solution suite include:
-- Policy visualization options that allow users to view and explore
their firewall policies in meaningful ways that are not available from
their native firewall management console
-- Powerful policy queries that make the firewall change management and
troubleshooting process easier and more efficient
-- Automated comparison reports that compare the configuration details of
any two firewalls -- even from different vendors -- to ease the workload
for users migrating from one firewall platform to another
AlgoSec's firewall analysis solutions work across all available platforms
from the big 3 enterprise firewall vendors: Cisco, Check Point and
Juniper/NetScreen. Its detailed policy analysis features, combined with an
easy to navigate web GUI provides users with instant visibility into hidden
risks in the firewall policy, while offering firewall administrators a rich
set of capabilities to help them reduce the large amount of time spent
managing these devices. The software is in use today at more than 200
enterprises worldwide.
About AlgoSec
AlgoSec provides advanced management solutions for computer network
security. Global 2000 organizations around the world are using AlgoSec's
market leading software to analyze, audit and certify firewall and router
ACL policies, and for change management, security compliance and policy
optimization. AlgoSec offers IT security and operations personnel
unparalleled visibility and guidance to ensure their firewall policies are
secure and comply with corporate and government-mandated policies while
adhering to industry best practices.
AlgoSec Inc., Algorithmic Security, AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer and the
AlgoSec logo are trademarks of Algorithmic Security Inc. All other
trademarks are property of their respective holders. For more information
about AlgoSec visit: www.algosec.com.
Contact Information: Media Contacts: Dave McKee or Shweta Agarwal Schwartz Communications 781-684-0770