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One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency February 4, 2026 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, February 4, 2026 – Global cybersecurity leader AlgoSec has released its annual State of Network Security Report, providing a comprehensive vendor-agnostic analysis of today’s network security landscape. The report identifies a decisive shift in how organizations are responding to network evolution and hybrid architecture sprawl, with the focus shifting back towards consolidation; defined by unification, automation and control as businesses look to manage visibility of risk and resilience posture. Based on comparative year-on-year findings, AlgoSec’s research includes over 500 responses from security, network and cloud professionals across 28 countries and evaluates market leaders including AWS, Cisco, Microsoft Azure, GCP, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and more. Key findings from the report include: AI-powered threats and defences go mainstream – Artificial intelligence has become both the newest threat vector and the next frontier of defence. For the first time, AlgoSec’s research asked how organizations are adjusting to the rise of AI-powered attacks. The majority (65%) have already adapted their strategies, with 23.6% making major structural changes and 40.9% implementing moderate adjustments. Cloud firewall strategies prioritize consolidation - The move toward cloud-based firewalls continues, but with a change in tone. Nearly a quarter (24%) of respondents plan to move primarily to cloud firewalls over the next two years, confirming that cloud-native controls are no longer a consideration, but a baseline expectation. Security becomes the deciding factor in cloud platform selection – The rise of AI-driven workloads, compliance requirements and cross-platform orchestration has made security the critical benchmark for platform selection, with 54.7% of organizations stating that security capabilities carry the most weight when selecting a cloud platform. SD-WAN further cements its role – As organizations expand their hybrid environments and distributed workforces, the demand for secure, high-performance connectivity has solidified SD-WAN’s role. Fortinet (31%) has become the most widely used SD-WAN solution while Cisco (30.7%) remains a close second. SASE moves from exploration to standardization – For the third year running, the share of organizations without a SASE solution has declined, down to 27.5% from 40% in 2024. This consistent decrease signals that SASE adoption is no longer exploratory, but a planned progression for most enterprises. “Compared to last year, we are now seeing a transition from experimentation to optimization,” said Eran Shiff, Chief Product Officer at AlgoSec. “After several years of rapid expansion across multi-cloud environments, AI-powered operations and hybrid architectures, organizations are entering a new phase of consolidation and control. Our survey reveals a collective recalibration, with organizations moving away from tool proliferation toward unified management, shared visibility and measurable automation.” The full report can be accessed here . About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to securely accelerate application delivery up to 10 times faster by automating application connectivity and security policy across the hybrid network environment. With two decades of expertise securing hybrid networks, over 2200 of the world's most complex organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads. AlgoSec Horizon platform utilizes advanced AI capabilities, enabling users to automatically discover and identify their business applications across multi-clouds, and remediate risks more effectively. It serves as a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Additionally, organizations can leverage intelligent change automation to streamline security change processes, thus improving security and agility. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, SecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications faster while maintaining security at www.algosec.com . MEDIA CONTACT: Megan Davis Alloy, on behalf of AlgoSec [email protected]

View AlgoSec s press releases to stay on top of the latest company announcements Press releases Filter by release year AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security February 18, 2026 Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments 2026 AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control February 4, 2026 One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency 2024 AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks January 22, 2026 The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization 2024 AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security September 9, 2025 A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries 2025 AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity May 20, 2025 The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform 2024 AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company May 14, 2025 These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform 2024 AlgoSec’s 2025 State of Network Security Report Reveals Growing Adoption of Zero-Trust Architecture and Multi-Cloud Environments April 3, 2025 Annual vendor-agnostic research found businesses continue to prioritize multi-cloud environments, with Cisco, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet leading the way 2024 AlgoSec Achieves Strong Growth in 2024, Expands Customer Partnerships and Services Driven by Application-Centric Vision March 20, 2025 Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value 2024 AlgoSec Launches AlgoSec Horizon, its Most Advanced Application-Centric Security Platform for Converging Cloud and On-Premise Environments February 11, 2025 AlgoSec Horizon platform empowers organizations to seamlessly secure applications across complex, converging cloud and on-premise network environments with AI-driven visibility, automation and risk mitigation 2024 2023 AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security Date Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control Date One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks Date The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security Date A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity Date The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company Date These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform AlgoSec’s 2025 State of Network Security Report Reveals Growing Adoption of Zero-Trust Architecture and Multi-Cloud Environments Date Annual vendor-agnostic research found businesses continue to prioritize multi-cloud environments, with Cisco, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet leading the way AlgoSec Achieves Strong Growth in 2024, Expands Customer Partnerships and Services Driven by Application-Centric Vision Date Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value AlgoSec Launches AlgoSec Horizon, its Most Advanced Application-Centric Security Platform for Converging Cloud and On-Premise Environments Date AlgoSec Horizon platform empowers organizations to seamlessly secure applications across complex, converging cloud and on-premise network environments with AI-driven visibility, automation and risk mitigation 2022 AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security Date Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control Date One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks Date The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security Date A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity Date The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company Date These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform 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Protect your network from cyber attacks with firewall management Configure, monitor, and update firewall policies for effective security Firewall management solution for network policy compliance Select a size Which network Can AlgoSec be used for continuous compliance monitoring? Yes, AlgoSec supports continuous compliance monitoring. As organizations adapt their security policies to meet emerging threats and address new vulnerabilities, they must constantly verify these changes against the compliance frameworks they subscribe to. AlgoSec can generate risk assessment reports and conduct internal audits on-demand, allowing compliance officers to monitor compliance performance in real-time. Security professionals can also use AlgoSec to preview and simulate proposed changes to the organization’s security policies. This gives compliance officers a valuable degree of lead-time before planned changes impact regulatory guidelines and allows for continuous real-time monitoring. Firewall management How do you manage firewall rules? Firewall policy management Firewall configuration monitoring and alerts Firewall vulnerability management Firewall security compliance management Extensive multi-vendor support Distributed firewall management Best 6 Practices for Firewall Management Managing firewalls with AlgoSec Get the latest insights from the experts Use these six best practices to simplify compliance and risk mitigation with the AlgoSec White paper Learn how AlgoSec can help you pass PCI-DSS Audits and ensure Solution overview See how this customer improved compliance readiness and risk Case study Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

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In today’s dynamic digital landscape, the security of hybrid networks has taken center stage. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud... Hybrid Cloud Security Management Hybrid network security: Azure Firewall and AlgoSec solutions Joseph Hallman 2 min read Joseph Hallman Short bio about author here Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. Vitae donec tincidunt elementum quam laoreet duis sit enim. Duis mattis velit sit leo diam. Tags Share this article 10/30/23 Published In today’s dynamic digital landscape, the security of hybrid networks has taken center stage. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud solutions, like Azure, the complexities of securing hybrid networks have grown significantly. In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of the key products and solutions presented in the recent webinar with Microsoft, highlighting how they address these challenges. Azure Firewall: Key features Azure Firewall, a cloud-native firewall offers robust features and benefits. It boasts high availability, auto-scalability, and requires minimal maintenance. Key capabilities include: Filtering and securing both network and application traffic. Support for source NAT and destination NAT configurations. Built-in threat intelligence to identify and block suspicious traffic. Three SKUs catering to different customer needs, with the Premium SKU offering advanced security features. Premium features encompass deep packet inspection, intrusion detection and prevention, web content filtering, and filtering based on web categories. Azure Firewall seamlessly integrates with other Azure services like DDoS protection, API gateway, private endpoints, and Sentinel for security correlation and alerting. AlgoSec: Simplifying hybrid network security AlgoSec specializes in simplifying hybrid network security. Their solutions address challenges such as managing multiple applications across multiple cloud platforms. AlgoSec’s offerings include: Visibility into application connectivity. Risk assessment across hybrid environments. Intelligent automation for efficient and secure network changes. CloudFlow: Managing cloud security policies AlgoSec Cloud, a SaaS solution, centralizes the management of security policies across various cloud platforms. Key features include: A security rating system to identify high-risk Risk assessment for assets Identification of unused rules Detailed policy visibility A powerful traffic simulation query tool to analyze traffic routes and rule effectiveness. Risk-aware change automation to identify potential risks associated with network changes. Integration with Azure Cloudflow seamlessly integrates with Azure, extending support to Azure Firewall and network security groups. It enables in-depth analysis of security risks and policies within Azure subscriptions. AlgoSec’s recent acquisition of Prevasio promises synergistic capabilities, enhancing security and compliance features. Conclusion In the ever-evolving landscape of hybrid networks, Azure Firewall and AlgoSec Cloudflow are powerful allies. Azure Firewall provides robust security for Azure customers, while Cloudflow offers a comprehensive approach to managing security policies across diverse cloud platforms. These solutions empower organizations to master hybrid network security, ensuring the security and efficiency of their applications and services. Resources- View the on-demand webinar here – Understanding your hybrid network security- with AlgoSec and Microsoft Azure.mp4 – AlgoSec Schedule a demo Related Articles 2025 in review: What innovations and milestones defined AlgoSec’s transformative year in 2025? AlgoSec Reviews Mar 19, 2023 · 2 min read Navigating Compliance in the Cloud AlgoSec Cloud Mar 19, 2023 · 2 min read 5 Multi-Cloud Environments Cloud Security Mar 19, 2023 · 2 min read Speak to one of our experts Speak to one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Schedule a call

Manage and secure your enterprise's hybrid network with integrated solutions that offer visibility, control, and efficiency across diverse infrastructures. Enterprise hybrid network management solutions Overview In this free ebook, learn how to manage your hybrid network policies on-premises, in the cloud and everywhere in between. Schedule a Demo Introduction In the past, all of your data was secured behind lock and key, guarded by physical firewalls in locations that you could physically access. Now, your network is far more complex. It extends beyond the traditional perimeter, sitting in multiple locations and geographies. The typical medium or large enterprise now manages a dynamic heterogeneous (also known as hybrid) network that includes: On-premise data centers Public clouds – The most popular public clouds, AWS and Microsoft Azure, have become part of the computing fabric of millions of enterprises. Private clouds – Typically an SDN (Software-Defined Network) fabric that allows organizations to securely and efficiently host workloads on-premises. These networks are complex, with multiple layers of security controls. On-premises data centers have network firewalls, routers and load balancers, frequently from a variety of vendors. Public clouds add their own security controls, such as cloud-native security groups, cloud-vendor advanced firewalls, and third-party firewalls by firewall vendors such as Check Point CloudGuard and Palo Alto Networks VM-series. Private clouds have their own security controls, such as Cisco ACI contracts and VMware NSX distributed firewalls. The proliferation of security controls in hybrid environments multiplies policy-management complexity and makes security policy management difficult. Many organizations want to utilize the benefits offered by the public and private cloud, but stumble across migration challenges. They want to properly migrate their workloads to the cloud without compromising their security, while avoiding downtime. Even in the on-premises world, traditional network security policy management within a single environment is challenging. Multiple firewalls from different vendors, thousands of rules and hundreds of weekly or monthly changes, call for their careful management and automation. But as the network estate becomes even wider and more complex, coherent security policy has to extend across the entire heterogeneous network. Did you know? IDC estimates that nearly 90% of IT organizations will rely on a mix of on-premises/dedicated private clouds, several public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs. In an AlgoSec/Cloud Security Alliance study , more than 2/3 of respondents also reported using multi-clouds. Schedule a Demo Network security challenges and solutions Running applications across the hybrid network can prove eminently useful for business teams but extraordinarily challenging for security teams. The complexity of the heterogeneous environment introduces a new level of security policy management challenges. Visibility The challenge You can’t protect what you can’t see. Visibility is essential to security and rapid incident response. Obtaining full visibility across the entire hybrid network requires a deep understanding of the hybrid network’s topology and its traffic flows. Across your network landscape, security teams find it difficult to obtain a clear picture of your entire network. Enterprises find it difficult to have full policy and network visibility for their hybrid, multi-cloud environment, which is running different security and network elements, such as security groups, VPC routers and cloud firewalls. They don’t know what the entire network topology looks like and how it works together. Tracking the operations, assets, and security controls across the hybrid cloud is challenging. Your security teams and business teams don’t speak the same language, because you may lack visibility into the network connectivity flows associated with each business application. In an AlgoSec/Cloud Security Alliance study , 39% of respondents reported that the lack of visibility into the public cloud environment was a major barrier to cloud migration. The solution With AlgoSec’s security policy management solution, get a full network map of your entire hybrid network estate. AlgoSec delivers visibility and analysis of complex network security policies across your on-premises network as well as your cloud assets and security controls. AlgoSec analyzes and automatically discovers devices on your network and creates a virtual map of your network topology. The information is updated upon any device changes. It enables you to manage next-generation firewall policies and cloud security groups alongside traditional firewalls. In the public cloud, AlgoSec also provides visibility for your cloud assets. Managing application connectivity The challenge The growing body of applications requires a complex, multi-tiered, distributed and interconnected architecture supported by elaborate communication paths that cross other applications, servers, and databases. Trying to manage application connectivity across on-premise, private and public clouds, each with security controls by multiple vendors, is immensely complex and hard to gain control of. Business application owners and IT and security teams frequently don’t speak the same language and so change requests are not fully understood, resulting in missed SLAs, outages, and misconfigurations. The solution With AlgoSec you can discover, migrate, provision, change and securely decommission connectivity for business applications. AlgoSec automatically discovers and maps application connectivity requirements to the network infrastructure, and then translates requests for connectivity changes into networking terms that security and operations teams can understand, approve, and implement. These capabilities allow streamlined and secured migration from on-prem to the cloud (private or public) without the fear of a downtime. By understanding application flows, AlgoSec helps avoid network-related outages throughout data center migration or consolidation projects, and enforces security and compliance across the enterprise. Change management The challenge Making changes to the hybrid network security policy is a manual, complex, and error-prone process that slows down your business. Mistakes are common – and they cause rework, compliance violations, misconfigurations, and application outages. To add to the complexity, the change process involves multiple different devices across the hybrid network, as well as multiple teams, including security, networking and application delivery, who all have different objectives and communicate using different terminology. The solution Using intelligent, highly customizable workflows, AlgoSec streamlines and automates the entire security policy change process — from planning and design to proactive risk analysis, implementation on the device, validation and auditing. As part of the process, AlgoSec provides smart change recommendations for the security controls across the hybrid network, and can even provide zero-touch automation, implementing the changes across your network. Every step of the change process is fully documented to track accountability and SLAs, as well as to provide a complete audit trail for your auditors. With AlgoSec, you will avoid guesswork and errors, reduce risk and complexity, enforce compliance, align teams and foster a collaborative approach to security policy management. Did you know? With AlgoSec you can accurately process security policy changes in minutes or hours, not days or weeks. Maintaining compliance posture management The challenge Preparing your security controls for a regulatory or internal audit is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone process. Moreover, while an audit is typically a point-in-time exercise, most regulations require you to be in continuous compliance, which can be difficult to achieve since your rule bases are constantly changing. With thousands of rules and ACLs across many different security devices, network environments, and numerous changes every week, it’s no wonder that manually preparing for an audit has become virtually impossible. The solution With AlgoSec, you can simplify security controls audits and ensure continuous compliance. AlgoSec does all the heavy lifting for you. It automatically identifies gaps in compliance, allows you to remediate them and instantly generates compliance reports that you can present to your auditors. Additionally, all firewall rule changes are proactively checked for compliance violations before they are implemented, and the entire change approval process is automatically documented, enabling you to ensure continuous compliance across your organization. Identifying and remediating risks The challenge In hybrid networks, many network changes have taken place over time. These changes will be implemented on all the devices that direct traffic, and are performed by the multiple stakeholders involved. These changes may inadvertently introduce risk. The risks within the complex hybrid-cloud estate are too numerous and complex to be manually identified. There may be risks associated with business applications; or with duplicate, expired, or risky and overly broad rules. The solution AlgoSec allows you to instantly assess, prioritize and mitigate risks in firewall policies, and map them to their respective business applications, to deliver a business-driven view of risk. AlgoSec checks your policy against an extensive database of industry best practices, which can be enhanced and customized with risks specific to your organization. AlgoSec also proactively assesses the risk of every proposed firewall rule change before it is implemented so that you can ensure that your policy remains secure and compliant all the time. In the public cloud, AlgoSec CloudFlow lets organizations proactively detect misconfigurations to protect cloud assets, including cloud instances, databases, and serverless functions. Identify risky rules and their last usage date to gain the confidence to remove them so that you can avoid data breaches and improve your overall security posture. Unwieldy and risky rules The challenge Maintaining a clean set of firewall rules is a critical network-management function. Whether in the on-premises data center or in the cloud, applications are frequently commissioned and decommissioned. As firewall rules and cloud security groups are constantly adjusted, they can rapidly bloat. This makes it difficult to maintain, increasing potential risk. Unwieldy rulesets are not just a technical nuisance. They also introduce business risks, such as open ports, unneeded VPN tunnels and conflicting rules that create the backdoor entry points that hackers love. Bloated rulesets significantly complicate auditing processes that require a careful review of each rule and its related business justification. Some types of problematic firewall rules include: Unused rules Shadowed rules Expired rules Unattached objects (rules that refer to non-existent entities, such as users who have left the company) Rules that are not ordered optimally (e.g., the rule that is “most hit” is near the bottom of the rule list) These problems drive organizations to take on ad-hoc firewall “cleanup” or “recertification” projects. But, lacking visibility into the entire ruleset over the entire network, as well as the ability to connect firewall rules to their associated business applications, these initiatives frequently bog down resources, without improving security and performance. The solution AlgoSec provides rule cleanup across your entire environment. AlgoSec allows you to effortlessly optimize your firewall policy and keep it clean and lean. AlgoSec provides a wide range of actionable recommendations to cleanup, optimize, and tighten the security policy. It can discover and remediate problematic rules, without impacting required traffic flows; reorder rules for optimal performance while retaining policy logic; and automatically trigger change requests. Its actionable reports identify and help you remove the bloat and clutter from your policy, while AlgoSec’s automated change management processes ensure that new rules are optimally designed and implemented so that you don’t generate more clutter over time. Security policy consistency across multiple management consoles The challenge It is difficult to maintain security policy consistency across multi-vendor, multi-topology devices. You may be changing your security policies on some devices, but how can you be certain that your policies are consistent, not conflicting with one another, across your entire network? Each firewall vendor offers its own unique management console, such as FortiManager, Palo Alto Networks’ Panorama, and Juniper Space , to manage all of its devices. Yet, your data center is made up of multiple device vendors, each with their own management console. Cloud vendors also provide their own console that facilitates the day-to-day management of its cloud account. To make network-wide policy changes that span firewalls and clouds, security staff must access multiple consoles forcing enterprises to employ a legion of experts just to implement even a simple change. Changes have to be meticulously coordinated across the many management consoles slowing down progress and introducing the potential for errors. The solution The AlgoSec Security Management Solution eliminates the need for multiple management consoles, providing vendor-agnostic and multi-vendor change management. By utilizing the AlgoSec Security Management solution, security policies can be consistent across your network. The AlgoSec platform takes a holistic view of your entire network and can identify interconnected rules. In a single console, users can manage their multi-vendor devices over their entire complex, heterogeneous network topology. There is visibility and automatic change management across the on-premises, public cloud, and private cloud and SDN environment – all within a single management platform. They can even avoid the console altogether. Users can set their change management workflow to run automatically through the entire application lifecycle – from planning through deployment to production – with zero-touch. Recommended policy changes can also be implemented on their device with ActiveChange. Designed to save time and prevent manual errors, changes are implemented directly on the security control, eliminating the need to manually access and implement each individual change on each management console. The AlgoSec Security Management Solution also integrates with popular IT service management solutions such as ServiceNow, so business application owners can stay within the tools that they are most familiar with in order to manage change requests. The cybersecurity skills gap The challenge Effective network security professionals are more important than ever. Yet, as network complexity increases, skills specialization also increases. Frequently, there are different teams managing your on-premises network and your cloud networks, with different knowledge about networking and security. Yet despite the urgent need, there is a severe scarcity in capable and certified personnel. According to a McAfee study , IT leaders need to increase their security staff by 24% to adequately manage the current threat landscape. According to a study by the British government , around 48% of organizations in the UK are unable to carry out basic tasks due to a cybersecurity skills shortage, including setting up firewalls. The absence of adequately trained security professionals leaves gaps. In their report on security deficiencies, ESG found that 33% of responders indicated that their biggest deficiency was cloud security specialists; followed by 28% who pointed to a deficiency with network security specialists; and 27% who suffer a shortage of security analysts. Many security positions remain unfilled, putting organizations at risk. The solution Utilizing the AlgoSec Security Management Solution reduces reliance on multiple specialists and, by enabling security policy automation, reduces the stress on your IT team. Security policy automation reduces the need to have multiple teams managing your network. It provides visibility over the entire network, and, through intelligent automation, saves time and resources spent doing manual, time-consuming tasks that can be better automated. Free your security professionals from doing the manual work and let them focus on security strategy. Schedule a Demo The AlgoSec solution When using the AlgoSec Security Management Solution, users benefit from a hybrid approach, spanning on-premise, SDN and public cloud. This lets them unify security policy management across heterogeneous cloud, software-defined, and on-premise environments. Users get: Continuous Visibility – Get a full network map of your entire network estate – both on-premises and in public and private clouds. Ensure visibility of the applications in your network. Application Connectivity – Quickly and securely provision application connectivity, and avoid network related outages. Hybrid Network Change Management Automation – Leverage a uniform network model and change-management framework that covers the hybrid and multi-cloud environment. Automate firewall change management and eliminate misconfigurations. Compliance – Ensure continuous compliance and drastically reduce firewall audit preparation efforts. Risk Management – Reduce risk through correct security configuration and effective network segmentation. Policy cleanup – As firewall rules and cloud security groups are constantly adjusted, they can rapidly bloat. This makes them difficult to maintain, increasing potential risk. With advanced rule cleanup capabilities, easily identify unused rules and remove them with confidence. Organizational Alignment – Align security, networking and application teams, and foster DevSecOps. Schedule a Demo About AlgoSec AlgoSec enables the world’s largest organizations to align business and security strategies and manage their network security based on what matters most – the applications that power their businesses. Through a single pane of glass, the AlgoSec Security Management Solution provides holistic, business-level visibility across the entire network security infrastructure, including business applications and their connectivity flows – in the cloud and across SDN and on-premise networks. With AlgoSec users can auto-discover and migrate application connectivity, proactively analyze risk from the business perspective, tie cyber-attacks to business processes and intelligently automate time-consuming security changes – all zero-touch, and seamlessly orchestrated across any heterogeneous environment. Over 1,800 leading organizations, including 20 Fortune 50 companies, have relied on AlgoSec to drive business agility, security and compliance. 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What are firewall logs and why they are important Select a size Which network Can AlgoSec be used for continuous compliance monitoring? Yes, AlgoSec supports continuous compliance monitoring. As organizations adapt their security policies to meet emerging threats and address new vulnerabilities, they must constantly verify these changes against the compliance frameworks they subscribe to. AlgoSec can generate risk assessment reports and conduct internal audits on-demand, allowing compliance officers to monitor compliance performance in real-time. Security professionals can also use AlgoSec to preview and simulate proposed changes to the organization’s security policies. This gives compliance officers a valuable degree of lead-time before planned changes impact regulatory guidelines and allows for continuous real-time monitoring. What are firewall logs and why are they important? Network setups of the past consisted solely of servers in a server closet. Today, modern IT infrastructure consists of three main components: on-premises data centers, public clouds, and their connecting infrastructure. This new reality has created complex systems with multiple challenges. Regulations have become stricter, and organizations are under pressure to detect security threats fast. When faced with an issue, network security professionals must pinpoint the root cause, and to do that, they need evidence—which means investigating firewall logs. What is a firewall log? A firewall log is a record of the network connections (allowed and blocked) that a firewall inspects, capturing each event between your systems and the internet. Depending on the configuration, a firewall log may include all inspected traffic or only what the firewall allows to pass into the environment (what “gets past” the firewall). Each entry of a firewall log will specify the following data: Field Description Timestamp Exact date and time traffic was processed Action Decision made by the firewall (Allow, Deny, Drop) Rule ID Specific firewall rule that triggered the action Source IP & Port IP address and port from where traffic originated Destination IP & Port IP address and port that the traffic was trying to reach Protocol Network protocol used (TCP, UDP, ICMP) Bytes/Session Amount of data transferred during a session Zones Source and destination security zones (Trust, Untrust, DMZ) Beyond the question of “What is a firewall log?” there is also the question of where to store them. Organizations have a few options here. Firewall logs can: Stay on the firewall device Go to a basic syslog server for storage Undergo analysis via a security information and event management (SIEM) tool What is a firewall review? The process of reviewing a firewall is akin to a scheduled maintenance procedure that updates the rulebook of your firewall system. Things to be on the lookout for include: Duplicate rules Outdated server rules Overly broad rules that can lead to security vulnerabilities What is a firewall log review? Ready to play detective? Because a firewall log review requires just that. Analyzing firewall data is a continuous process of extracting relevant information from the firewall logs, i.e., the firewall’s own journal of events.. The key is to identify specific patterns that indicate security incidents, performance issues, or non-compliance events. This, in turn, requires centralizing logs with synchronized device clocks so that timelines line up (i.e., NTP across firewalls, servers, and your SIEM) and putting controls in place to preserve log integrity. How to interpret firewall logs in 6 steps So now that it is clear what a firewall log is—as well as how to store these logs and review them—the next step is knowing how to interpret them. Successfully extracting the necessary data from your firewall logs is a six-step process: Collect logs in one place: The central system needs to receive logs from all firewalls that extend from the data center to the cloud. Each entry missing from your logs allows malicious actors to remain unseen, i.e., pose an unknown threat.. Figure out what's normal: To detect abnormal behavior, you must first create a baseline for normal activity, i.e., typical traffic patterns. Hunt for suspicious patterns: The official investigation begins! What to flag? Network scanning activity from a single IP address that attempts to access multiple ports and internal devices and makes scheduled connections to unverified external servers (beaconing). Add context: Context turns raw events into decisions. Enrich IPs and ports from your logs with: Asset inventory: What system and business app is this? User directories: Who owns/uses it? Threat intelligence: Is the source/destination risky? This enrichment helps determine impact and priority—not just “who/what,” but whether the activity is expected, whether the system is critical, and how urgently you need to respond. Investigate and act: Trigger an incident response plan: Validate findings Contain the incident (isolate the host, block indicators at the firewall). Collect forensics (packet captures, memory snapshot, log preservation) Eradicate the threat Recover systems, operations, and data (patches, credential resets, rule updates) Notify stakeholders Document the case for post‑incident review. Measure and improve: Learn from your results. Identify rules that are creating too much noise and clean them up. Most importantly, track how long it takes you to respond to incidents you find in your logs. How does AlgoSec help with firewall logs? Firewall log management across hybrid environments requires more than manual monitoring. It demands contextual understanding, automated processes, and permanent security measures. AlgoSec offers multiple features to combine all these components. It empowers your team to not only fully grasp what firewall logs are and their importance, but also helps you transition from event analysis to evidence-based remediation: AlgoSec Horizon : Security policy management via an approach based on business application, not a specific device. Offers complete monitoring of app connections between data centers and clouds, automated policy updates, and continuous compliance monitoring, connecting log traffic to actual application operations. Firewall Analyzer : Complete visibility into all firewalls to detect dangerous or unneeded rules. Optimizes rule bases by focusing on essential risk-related elements, resulting in less log data, improved signal quality, and faster review processes. FireFlow : Issue detection and response based on log data. Leverages automated workflows to execute risk and compliance assessments pre-deployment, complete with documentation; integrates with current ITSM systems (e.g., ServiceNow, BMC Remedy) so teams can perform change management tasks within a familiar environment. AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (ACE) : A single policy framework for cloud and hybrid systems. Enables automated security group and cloud firewall rule management; performs 150+ cloud policy risk checks to deliver application-specific insights from cloud logs. Now is the time to convert your firewall logs into valuable business decisions. Request a demo to see AlgoSec in action today. 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