Firewall audit review security best practice
Firewall Analyzer provides elaborate compliance report for the firewall devices and can be used for firewall security auditing. The report helps to configure the firewall rules, which will prevent potentially dangerous access to network and allow only those network hosts that are required. The report identifies all the firewall security related issues thus acting as a firewall security audit tool. This firewall configuration audit tool audits the complete firewall security and provides detailed firewall configuration analysis. It also provides a firewall security audit report and a firewall security audit checklist with an overall security rating. The firewall security audit report helps identify the security issues in the device. This firewall audit tool cross verifies the exsisting firewall rules against a preset firewall audit checklist. This not only measures the impact, but also rates the severity of the issue. With the firewall audit report, the easiness to fix the issue is also assessed. Based on the issues, the report recommends security best practices. This firewall configuration software categorizes the threats faced to various levels and recommends configuration and other changes to tighten the security of the firewall. Show
It rates the issues in five categories. They are: Critical, High, Medium, Low, and Info Check the attached sample compliance report The issues are assessed and the results are presents as statistics. The report consists of three sections. They are:
Security Audit Report sectionThis section of the report describes the following: identifying the issue, impact of the issue, ease of exploiting the issue and recommendation and overall rating of the issue. Security Best Practices Report sectionThis section of the report describes the security best practices. It consists of overview and recommendation. It covers the following areas:
Device Configuration Report sectionThis section details the configuration settings of the firewall device. Periodic Firewall Compliance Report GenerationThe report is generated at periodic intervals and the report link in the UI shows the time, the compliance report was generated. Instant Firewall Compliance Report GenerationYou can instantly generate the Compliance report, any time you want. Configure credentials / associate device profile to fetch Firewall configuration and rulesThe firewall configuration analyzer module configures the device credential or assigns a credential profile to the device. On assigning a device profile or configuring device credentials, the compliance report will get generated automatically. Thus Firewall Analyzer acts as an efficient firewall configuration tool. Refer Firewall compliance management software page for more details about other firewall security standards compliance. To know more about security standards compliance, refer Firewall Security Standards page. Importance of firewall security auditsSecurity audits play a pivotal rule in enhancing your network defenses by highlighting the vulnerabilities and sharing the status of compliance with regulatory mandates. This allows your network security admins to take adequate counter measure to bolster your organization's network security.
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Other features Firewall ReportsGet a slew of security and traffic reports to asses the network security posture. Analyze the reports and take measures to prevent future security incidents. Monitor the Internet usage of enterprise users. Firewall Compliance ManagementIntegrated compliance management system automates your firewall compliance audits. Ready made reports available for the major regulatory mandates such as PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, NERC-CIP, and SANS. Firewall Log ManagementUnlock the wealth of network security information hidden in the firewall logs. Analyze the logs to find the security threats faced by the network. Also, get the Internet traffic pattern for capacity planning. Real-time Bandwidth MonitoringWith live bandwidth monitoring, you can identify the abnormal sudden shhot up of bandwidth use. Take remedial measures to contain the sudden surge in bandwidth consumption. Firewall AlertsTake instant remedial actions, when you get notified in real-time for network security incidents. Check and restrict Internet usage if banwidth exceeds specified threshold. Manage Firewall ServiceMSSPs can host multiple tenants, with exclusive segmented and secured access to their respective data. Scalable to address their needs. Manages firewalls deployed around the globe. How do you audit firewall security?What are the steps to performing a firewall audit?. Collect relevant information. ... . Review the firewall change-management process. ... . Assess existing security capabilities. ... . Review and simplify the firewall rule base. ... . Perform a detailed risk assessment. ... . Resolve any issues. ... . Establish a schedule for future firewall audits.. How often should firewall rules be reviewed?Firewalls act as the first line of defense, and they help prevent unauthorized access and block some security-based communications. PCI DSS Requirement 1.1. 7 states that organizations should be reviewed firewall rules at least every six months. How do you evaluate firewall security?There is a plethora of tools to test firewalls. Prominent among them are Nmap, Netcat, and ShieldsUp. These not only assist in port scanning but also in conducting traceroute checks, creating reverse shell scenarios, and ICMP requests, crucial for advanced security testing. What specific rule should always be in place while reviewing a firewall ruleset?Firewall rulesets should be as specific as possible with regards to the network traffic they control. To create a ruleset involves determining what types of traffic are required, including protocols the firewall may need to use for management purposes. |