Firewall Management Maturity Process
Firewall Management Maturity Stage 1: Basic Firewall Management A firewall comes with base configuration instructions that provide some level of immediate protection. The firewall remains one of the key components of any company’s security approach and should be configured to take full advantage of all its functionality. Firewalls, out of the box, come with the base policy configuration designed to get up and running. Once traffic begins traversing through the firewall, the inevitable question arises – has it been configured effectively, and does it provide optimal protection based on the vendor guidelines and the specific environment? We conduct a firewall policy audit, during which, we look for policy conflicts, aging and many other factors that can impact firewall’s ability to effectively secure the network. Firewalls also produce a lot of event data. Some of it is benign, and some could represent a valid security risk. A robust SIEM or expert analysis will give the ability to...