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New appointments from well-established cybersecurity companies underscore AlgoSec’s mission to be the global leader in securing application connectivity AlgoSec Names Rafi Kretchmer as Chief Marketing Officer, and Mike Danforth as New Regional Vice President of Sales New appointments from well-established cybersecurity companies underscore AlgoSec’s mission to be the global leader in securing application connectivity May 30, 2024 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, May 30, 2024 – AlgoSec , a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the appointment of two senior executives: Rafi Kretchmer will serve as Chief Marketing Officer, and Mike Danforth will assume the role of Regional Vice President of Sales for the America’s. Together these new leaders will further support AlgoSec in enabling the world’s most complex organizations to secure their business-critical applications across the public clouds, private clouds, containers, and on-premises networks; ensuring application uptime, risk management and continuous compliance. “The addition of Rafi Kretchmer and Mike Danforth to our executive team marks a significant milestone in establishing AlgoSec as a leading global cybersecurity company,” said Yuval Baron, Chairman and CEO of AlgoSec . “With their deep expertise and tenure in the cybersecurity industry, Kretchmer and Danforth will be instrumental in leveraging their expertise to provide customers with the solutions they need to deliver business applications faster while achieving a heightened security posture.” Combined, Kretchmer and Danforth have over 40 years of cybersecurity experience, including senior leadership roles at globally-recognized cybersecurity organizations. ● Rafi Kretchmer , Chief Marketing Officer – Rafi Kretchmer has more than two decades of extensive experience heading marketing and strategy for leading global B2B enterprises, with a proven track record of driving strategic business growth across global markets. Prior to joining AlgoSec, Rafi Kretchmer served as Vice President of Marketing at Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. Prior to that, he held multiple senior marketing leadership roles in the SaaS market, including Chief Marketing Officer at Panaya, and Head of Marketing at Nice Systems and Amdocs. ● Mike Danforth , Regional Vice President of Sales, America’s – Mike Danforth brings 20 years of sales experience across the cybersecurity landscape. He has comprehensive experience with direct sales, channel sales and strategic partnerships. Throughout his tenure, Danforth has held several key leadership positions at start-ups and large public companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Sales for Palo Alto Networks, helping to build the Cortex product line to a billion-dollar business unit across every major sales vertical in the U.S., Canada, and LATAM. Before his career in cybersecurity, Mike also served 10 years in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and later as a Leader in the prestigious 75th Ranger Regiment. Today’s security leaders must maintain a strong security posture against the increase in and constantly evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats , while also maintaining business continuity. The appointments of Kretchmer and Danforth will advance AlgoSec’s commitment to ensuring customers have the tools they need to securely accelerate business application deployment and accelerate digital transformation projects. For more information about AlgoSec and its leadership team, please visit algosec.com/company/management/ and follow the company on Twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook . About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity and cloud-native applications throughout their multi-cloud and hybrid network. Trusted by more than 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations, AlgoSec’s application-centric approach enables to securely accelerate business application deployment by centrally managing application connectivity and security policies across the public clouds, private clouds, containers, and on-premises networks. Using its unique vendor-agnostic deep algorithm for intelligent change management automation, AlgoSec enables acceleration of digital transformation projects, helps prevent business application downtime and substantially reduces manual work and exposure to security risks. AlgoSec’s policy management and CNAPP platforms provide a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues within cloud-native applications as well as across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, DevSecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications up to 10 times faster while maintaining security at https://www.algosec.com .

What to do if your network is infected by ransomware How to prepare a ransomware playbook, using the existing capabilities of network security policy management tools Webinars How to stop ransomware in its tracks Stop ransomware in its tracks. Yes, it’s possible. But the time to prepare is now — before it strikes. In this session, security expert Dania Ben Peretz will demonstrate what to do if your network is infected by ransomware. She will show how to prepare a ransomware playbook, using the existing capabilities of network security policy management tools, so you can handle a ransomware incident as it happens. Join us and learn: The dangers of ransomware How to prepare the playbook How to stop ransomware when it strikes March 31, 2021 Dania Ben Peretz Product Manager Relevant resources Reducing your risk of ransomware attacks Keep Reading Ransomware Attack: Best practices to help organizations proactively prevent, contain and respond Keep Reading Fighting Ransomware - CTO Roundtable Insights Keep Reading Choose a better way to manage your network Choose a better way to manage your network Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (Horizon ACE) is the comprehensive cloud network security suite for the modern cloud enterprise. Gain visibility, enforce consistent policies, and automate change management across cloud and on-premises environments. AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise: Transform your cloud network security with AlgoSec Empower your organization to secure application connectivity across multi-cloud environments with the industry's leading platform Schedule a demo Watch a video Watch a video Securing the cloud enterprise:
 Navigating the complexities of cloud network security In today's digital landscape, securing application connectivity is more critical than ever. Organizations face complex challenges in managing security across hybrid environments, leading to potential vulnerabilities and compliance risks. AlgoSec offers a comprehensive solution that provides deep visibility, automates security changes, and ensures continuous compliance. Our platform integrates seamlessly with your existing infrastructure, enabling you to: Streamline Security Policies Reduce manual interventions and accelerate application delivery. Enhance Visibility Gain a unified view of your network's security posture. Ensure Compliance Stay ahead of regulatory requirements with automated compliance checks. The comprehensive cloud network security suite Unifying security across your applications Application context to cloud network risk mapping Unmatched network security posture Compliance management Application visibility Unified security across hybrid environments Horizon ACE’s application first approach simplifies cloud network security with: Deep visibility Map and secure your cloud applications. Gain deep visibility into your cloud network and address over 150 cloud-specific risks including vulnerabilities in security groups, cloud firewalls, and container configurations. Consistent enforcement Apply unified security policies across your cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring consistent protection for all your applications. Automated change management Streamline updates and reduce errors with automated workflows for security policy changes and configuration updates. Application visibility Horizon ACE is the comprehensive cloud network security platform you need to protect your organization. Application context Unified security policy management Streamlined change management Automate security & compliance Elevate your cloud network security with Horizon ACE Horizon ACE provides a comprehensive suite of capabilities to help you secure your cloud network security, including: Unified security & compliance across hybrid environments Seamlessly extend security policy visibility, compliance and change automation across cloud and on-premises infrastructures. Application 
visibility Automatically discover application dependencies and traffic flows across multi-cloud environments. Compliance management across the hybrid environment Monitor your compliance posture across your entire hybrid environment, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations. Unmatched network security posture Over 150+ network security policy risks checks plus customize risks enabling unique segmentation or zero trust policy enforcement. Application context to cloud network risk mapping Map cloud network security risks to applications. By using Horizon ACE, you can significantly improve the network security of your applications and reduce the risk of a data breach. Ready to secure your applications? Trusted by over 2,200 organizations worldwide, including 20 of the Fortune 50, AlgoSec is the preferred choice for enterprises seeking robust network security solutions. How much will Horizon ACE cost and how much will it save your company? Check the Horizon ACE ROI calculator for more information. Take the next step: AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise Cloud connectivity without compromise Learn more 6 best practices to stay secure in the hybrid cloud   Read eBook AlgoSec cloud product demo Watch it now Schedule a demo today and experience the future of network security. Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

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 Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform May 20, 2025 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, May 20, 2025 – Global cybersecurity leader AlgoSec has launched its new Security Management solution version A33.10, as a part of its AlgoSec Horizon platform. The new release provides better visibility across multi-cloud hybrid network environments, prioritizes risks more easily, reduces compliance effort and cuts down on manual processes by automating policy changes. As network environments grow more distributed, visibility becomes harder to maintain. The 2025 State of Network Security Report found that 71% of security teams struggle with visibility, which is delaying threat detection and response. Without comprehensive network visibility, security teams lack a clear understanding of application behavior to protect, detect, and prevent vulnerabilities. “AlgoSec is committed to updating its products to solve everyday problems that security teams face,” said Eran Shiff , VP Product of AlgoSec. “The A33.10 release ensures that our customers have clear and unified visibility into their complex hybrid network environment to reduce manual processes and ensure proper compliance reporting.” Highlights from the AlgoSec Horizon product update include: ● Visibility continues at the application level. Application security management is now faster and smarter with AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer and AlgoSec ACE ’s cloud application discovery as a datasource, allowing the creation of an application library fast. ● Security and compliance go hand in hand. To prepare security teams for audits and identify risks earlier, the new update includes a dedicated DORA and SOC2 compliance reporting, as well as built-in MITRE ATT&CK mapping. ● Streamlined application traffic view. This release introduces early availability support for AWS Load Balancer and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela), helping teams clearly see how traffic traverses across hybrid infrastructure and make more informed decisions. To learn more about the new A33.10 product release, click 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]

AlgoSec simplifies, automates, and orchestrates security policy management for Cisco devices and platforms to accelerate application delivery while ensuring security and continuous compliance across the enterprise Secure application
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on your Cisco environment AlgoSec simplifies, automates, and orchestrates security policy management for Cisco devices and platforms to accelerate application delivery while ensuring security and continuous compliance across the enterprise. Schedule a demo Features of our Cisco integrations Provision application connectivity Securely provision, manage, and decommission application connectivity. AlgoSec maps application requirements to the underlying network/cloud, speeding up delivery, reducing outages, and ensuring security and compliance across hybrid environments. See and understand complex network security policies AlgoSec simplifies security operations by providing visibility and analysis across virtual, cloud, and physical environments. Teams can optimize Cisco firewalls, routers, and SDN solutions for security, compliance, and operational efficiency. Automate security policy changes AlgoSec automates security policy changes and delivers hands-free policy push for Cisco devices. Intelligent workflows save time, reduce manual errors, and minimize risk for operations and security teams. Get the most out of your ACI investment AlgoSec provides unified security policy management across legacy, cloud, WAN, and ACI fabric, with full visibility and automation. It enables zero-touch changes by automating ACI contracts and firewall policies for seamless, end-to-end security management. Micro-segmentation and policy enforcement AlgoSec leverages Cisco Secure Workload and other data sources to discover application flows, generate whitelist policies, and enforce east-west filtering. It ensures consistent end-to-end implementation of micro-segmentation policy across the network for enhanced security. Ease the migration to firepower AlgoSec simplifies firewall migration to Cisco Firepower by automatically mapping, cleaning, and translating rulesets for zero-touch deployment. It also provides what-if risk analysis and detailed documentation of changes to ensure a smooth and secure migration. Cisco and AlgoSec partnership highlights AlgoSec is a Solutions Plus Partner with Cisco Cisco’s Co-Sell Partner of the Year EMEA-2024 Cisco Meraki Marketplace Tech Partner of the Month- November 2024 AlgoSec products can be purchased directly from the Cisco GPL AlgoSec has developed integrations across many Cisco Products including: Watch the latest Cisco and AlgoSec webinar Key Cisco use cases Risk management and audit Cisco ACI Customers can quickly identify and mitigate policy risks while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements Download > Network segmentation Customers achieve successful network segmentation within Cisco ACI and network security devices with AlgoSec Download > Intelligent automation With AlgoSec, customers achieve 80% reduction in time spent handling policy changes, and 100% reduction with zero-touch automation Download > See how Cisco ACl users benefit from AlgoSec Intelligent Automation for Cisco ACI contracts Policy migration example from VMWare NSX-T distributed firewall policies to Cisco ACI contracts Modernize your network and harness the power of nexus & Cisco ACI with AlgoSec Cisco baseline compliance AlgoSec's optimization of cisco firewall policies Cisco regulatory compliance Resource AlgoSec Security Management Solution for Cisco ACI and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Download the Cisco Solution Overview > Case Study-NCR Download it now > Product video- Policy portability with AlgoSec – enabling migration into CISCO ACI Watch it now > Schedule time with one of our experts 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 Schedule a call

Algosec for Azure automates security policy management, enhances visibility, and ensures compliance across your Azure cloud environment. Microsoft Azure & AlgoSec Visibility, Risk Management and Change Automation for Azure Environments AlgoSec manages security policies across cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments, delivering proactive risk and compliance analysis, end-to-end change management and automation – all in the business application context. AlgoSec supports enterprises in their journey to the cloud by automatically mapping existing application connectivity prior to the migration, determining and facilitating required connectivity changes during the move, and ensuring continuous compliance and automated change management in the newly established hybrid cloud environment. AlgoSec completes the picture, providing clear visibility and effective management of Microsoft Azure’s native security constructs – Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Azure Firewalls – as well as 3rd party virtual firewalls deployed in the Azure cloud. AlgoSec for Microsoft Azure firewall is available now. Sign up here Automated Security Policy Management for Azure Network Security Groups With AlgoSec, you gain visibility into your entire Azure cloud estate, including network topology and connectivity, the effective security enforcement by Azure Network Security Groups, and aggregated risk and compliance analysis across Azure and 3rd party security devices. AlgoSec also provides an end-to-end change management and automation solution, covering security policies in the cloud, as well as on-premises SDN and traditional networks. Central Management for Azure Firewall Azure Firewall is a new managed, cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. With AlgoSec, you can manage multiple instances of the Azure Firewall using a shared policy model, to facilitate and automate security policy management in multi-region cloud environments. In addition, the AlgoSec solution provides end-to-end visibility and management capabilities across the Azure Firewalls, Azure NSGs and 3rd party firewalls, in the cloud and on-prem. Key benefits Unified security Unified security policy management across cloud, SDN and on-premise networks Cloud visibility Visibility into the Azure cloud network, topology and connectivity Securing cloud estate Securing your cloud estate from misconfigurations with risk alerts as well as overall risk visibility Automation Automated Azure NSG and 3rd party firewall changes, eliminating misconfigurations and rework Proactive assessment Proactive assessment the impact of network changes to ensure continuous compliance Simplified and automate Simplified and automate internal and regulatory audits, and reduce time and costs by as much as 80% Cloud and Hybrid Environments Download infographic Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. BM&FBOVESPA Invests In Security Policy Management To Improve Operational Efficiencies Organization BM&FBOVESPA Industry Financial Services Headquarters Sao Paulo, Brazil Download case study Share Customer
success stories "AlgoSec helps us maintain a problem-free environment. And because of operational efficiencies, the product paid for itself within the first year. With AlgoSec, we can do more with less" Leading Latin American Stock Exchange Maintains a Secure, Compliant Trading Environment AlgoSec Business Impact • Recouped investment in AlgoSec within the first year• Reduce rule review project from 1 month to 1 day• Helps maintain a secure, compliant environment• Frees up staff to focus on other crucial security tasks Background Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, BM&FBOVESPA is the largest stock exchange in Latin America. BM&FBOVESPA has a diversified and integrated trading model offering a complete custody system. Trading takes place in an exclusively electronic environment. The Exchange enables customers to trade equities, to hedge and to execute arbitrage, investment diversification, allocation and the leveraging of positions. Challenge To keep its systems and transactions secure, BM&FBOVESPA utilizes firewalls from several vendors. In total these firewalls have about 40,000 firewall rules, with another 5,000 added annually. Even with two full-time employeesfocused on maintaining firewall rules, the steady addition of rules and objects created clutter and consumed the firewall appliances’ CPU and memory. Therefore, BM&FBOVESPA realized that an automated solution for firewall policy management was the natural next step in the maturity of its information security processes. “Manually managing our firewall policies was difficultand time consuming. We needed a solution that supported a variety of different firewall vendors and could integrate and manage all policies in an automated manner,” said Wellington Vita, Information Security Manager of BM&FBOVESPA. Solution Following a recommendation from Compugraf, one of BM&FBOVESPA’s key security partners, Vita and his team evaluated AlgoSec’s Security Management solution. The proof of concept clearly showed the value of the solution and the ease and speed with which it could be deployed. The ability to integrate and manage devices from multiple vendors and provide visibility across the entire network was also important in BM&FBOVESPA’s decision to select AlgoSec. Results BM&FBOVESPA uses AlgoSec on a daily basis to manage its firewall policies. “AlgoSec is a great product which helps us maintain the core of our environment -the firewall policy. With AlgoSec we can easily identify unused rules and objects, as well as rules that were not compliant with our information security policy.” noted Vita. “While using AlgoSec, we also discovered a new benefit. AlgoSec enables our information security architects to understand how information flows between firewalls, which helps them significantly with their information security projects.” The gains in efficiency and productivity have dramatically reduced the time consumed by firewall policy management. “Because of operational efficiencies AlgoSec paid for itself in the first year,” said Vita. In addition to cutting the time needed to perform ongoing policy management, the solution enabled BM&FBOVESPA to meet deadlines that would previously have been unachievable. “A month ago, we had to review our incoming internet access rules in two days — and did. Without AlgoSec, it would have taken us at least a month to accomplish this task,” added Vita.“AlgoSec helps us maintain a problem-free environment. And we have been able to move members of our team who previously handled these maintenance jobs onto other tasks, so we can do more with less. I recommend AlgoSec to other companies — it will help them improve their firewall policy management processes,” concluded Vita. Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. SANOFI FINDS THE CURE FOR TIME-CONSUMING APPLICATION MIGRATION WITH ALGOSEC Organization Sanofi Industry Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Headquarters Paris, France Download case study Share Customer
success stories "Using AlgoSec during our data center migration allowed us to give technical project leaders access to all of the rules involved in the migration of their applications, which reduced the IT security team’s time on these projects by 80%. The application was very useful, simple to use and made everybody happy." AlgoSec Business Impact Simplify data center migration projects Reduce rule migration process time by 80% Streamline and improve firewall operations Background A multinational pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, has 112 industrial sites in 41 countries and operations in more than 100 countries. The company’s 110,000 employees are committed to protecting health, enhancing life, providing hope and responding to the potential healthcare needs of seven billion people around the world. Challenge The sensitive nature of Sanofi’s business and its wide ranging global operations require an extensive and well secured network, which currently has 120 firewalls all over the world. In the midst of a data center consolidation project, the company needed to understand how its security devices would be affected by application migrations. Sanofi was also eager to improve change management processes and gain key performance indicators (KPIs) for risk analysis.“Our main concern with the data center consolidation project was to enable various technical project leaders to see the different rules impacting the migration of their applications, and to avoid any outages. For that, we needed pre-migration and post-migration documentation on security,” says Bruno Roulleau, Network Security Architect at Sanofi. “We also needed metrics on the risk associated with different policies on the firewalls.” Solution When looking for a solution, Sanofi evaluated several vendors. “A key point for us was the ability to easily integrate the security devices in our current infrastructure, into the solution. We also wanted detailed reporting that would allow us to delegate policy management to project leaders,” Roulleau notes.Because Sanofi constantly upgrades its devices, its systems need to evolve and incorporate the new devices and rules seamlessly. “We chose the AlgoSec Security Management solution because its graphical interface is very user-friendly, it easily supports new devices and generates detailed reports and metrics on risks,” says Roulleau.Sanofi also appreciated AlgoSec’s flexibility. “AlgoSec is very open to developing new capabilities. We can ask to have some new features available by a certain date and they will deliver on time,” according to Roulleau. For a company with a complex network and rapidly evolving security needs, that responsiveness proved key to the decision to go with AlgoSec. Results Sanofi’s security team is now able to delegate responsibility for rule changes both during migration and on an ongoing basis. “Using AlgoSec during our data center migration allowed us to give technical project leaders access to all of the rules involved in the migration of their applications, which reduced the IT security team’s time on these projects by 80%. The application was very useful, simple to use and made everybody happy,” Roulleau says.Additionally, with AlgoSec’s reports Sanofi can now easily and clearly document the status of their firewalls as well as the impact of any changes on the network throughout the migration project. “We can now generate detailed reports in just three clicks!” Roulleau adds.Furthermore, AlgoSec’s optimization reports enabled Sanofi to clean up its security policies. Because they could clearly see all of the rules and their impact on network security, Roulleau’s team was able to safely eliminate unused and duplicate rules, which increased the efficiency of the firewalls. Those reports also provided insight into the risks associated with the current system and various changes being made. Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Global Transport Company Moves Firewall Changes Faster Organization Global Transport Industry Transportation Headquarters International Download case study Share Customer
success stories "Automation is definitely the way to go. We can now stay on top of the process even while we migrate our firewalls" Background A global transport and logistics company operates in nearly 100 countries and employs 50,000 people. From its 1000 offices, the company manages supply-chain solutions for thousands of customers all over the world each and every day. Found in virtually every industry, customers range from large international companies that require transportation services by sea and air to medium size business that ship mainly over the road. In addition, the company offers warehousing solutions on every continent to help customers with their logistics. Challenges Operating four major data centers on four continents, the security team’s daily tasks had become overwhelming. For the last several years, the company invested heavily in its rapidly growing IT and network security staff, but at its current size and level of activity, finding enough experienced staffers was practically impossible and too expensive to sustain. The only way forward was a network security automation solution that would: Automate many of the daily change requests across the 50+ firewalls, saving time so that IT and security staffers could work on other critical tasks Eliminate errors in firewall rules Demonstrate the ability to work with Cisco FirePower NGFW in the future The company also presented a special challenge in the form of its already-existing deployment of Cisco Bridge Virtual Interface (BVI) devices. The BVIs essentially act as Layer 2 firewalls. Since they, too, store firewall rules, they have to be included in the automation process. Solution The company brought in three leading Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) solutions to compete in a three-month proof-of-concept contest. The combination of AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer (AFA) and AlgoSec Global Transport (AFF) stood above the rest. AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer ensures security and compliance by providing visibility and analysis into complex network security policies. AlgoSec Global Transport improves security and saves security staffs’ time by automating the entire security policy change process, eliminating manual errors, and reducing risk. Results The two AlgoSec products, Horizon Security Analyzer and Global Transport went into production in mid-2018 where they have been working ever since, with the following results: Usability was outstanding—the products integrate well and are easy to learn and operate Single-pane-of-glass visibility across the network was suddenly available and useful to the network security staff The automation demonstrated the ability to slash the time required to push firewall changes and to eliminate errors The company found AlgoSec’s Tier 3 support to be impressive. Working directly with Tier 3 personnel and the ever-eager AlgoSec developers, the company’s Senior Technology Architect and other senior security analysts were able to work closely with AlgoSec to solve the BVI conundrum and implement the entire AlgoSec solution. Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Atruvia (formerly Fiducia IT AG) Reduces Security Risks For Banks With Algosec Organization Atruvia Industry Technology Headquarters Karlsruhe, Deutschland Download case study Share Customer
success stories "AlgoSec’s Security Management Solution is incredibly powerful. Its intelligent process improvements have directly translated into the highest level of security and compliance for our customers’ networks" Background With over 45 years’ experience in the banking sector, Atruvia ( formerly Fiducia IT AG) is one of the top ten IT providers in Germany. Today, Atruvia manages the IT networks of nearly 1,100 banks, constituting more than 100,000 PC workstations, 6,600 servers and 25,000 self-service banking terminals. Responsible for ensuring the smooth and secure processing of more than 16 billion transactions per year for its customers, Atruvia’s risk mitigation and regulatory compliance strategies are of utmost importance. Challenge To protect its customer networks, Atruvia implemented a number of security solutions, including 60 Check Point and 20 Juniper firewall clusters. However, managing multiple firewalls in a multi-vendor environment proved challenging. “Performing vulnerability assessments for such a large and complex firewall environment was extremely time-consuming, labor-intensive and prone to human error,” says Lutz Bleyer, Atruvia’s Chief Information Security Officer. With multiple stakeholders at each of its client organizations, Atruvia required a structured change management process to prevent firewall policies from growing unmanageable and creating security risks. “We needed a proven firewall management and workflow solution to eliminate potential security risks while providing us with complete visibility into our customer networks, anytime, anywhere,” says Bleyer. Solution After an in-depth analysis, Atruvia chose the AlgoSec Security Management Solution to optimize its security, compliance and change management processes. “AlgoSec provided the most comprehensive, intelligent automation solution for our firewall operations, helping us increase efficiency while improving risk mitigation and compliance,” says Bleyer. Results AlgoSec’s topology-aware technology provides Atruvia with complete visibility into the security landscape of its customers’ networks. “AlgoSec’s in-depth visibility enables us to easily create a hierarchy profile and establish a competency baseline of operations for each networks’ firewalls, even when multiple vendor technologies are involved,” says Bleyer. Atruvia’s security consultants and auditors are now closely aligned with their customers’ IT teams, regardless of their location. “The level of visibility AlgoSec provides across our customers’ security networks, and the ability to perform coordinated tasks remotely with them, enables us to work hand-in-hand as a joint team,” says Bleyer. Atruvia also uses AlgoSec to automate policy change management across customers’ firewall environments, enabling the company to eliminate manual and inefficient processes associated with the security policy change lifecycle, save time and reduce the potential for human error. “AlgoSec has fundamentally changed how we manage sophisticated, multi-device, multi-vendor firewall environments. By automating our workflows, we’ve eliminated unnecessary policy changes and reduced the time required to process changes by half,” explains Bleyer. “Thanks to AlgoSec’s intelligent automation, we’ve gained valuable optimization capabilities enabling our teams to operate smarter and faster.” Another important AlgoSec feature is its automatic assessment and reporting capabilities, which help Atruvia ensure that it remains in continuous compliance with corporate governance rules and adheres to regulatory standards, including ISO 27001, ISO 27002 and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Data and network security, particularly within the financial sector, requires incredible focus on risk management and mitigation. “With AlgoSec we can now analyze every change and its impact on the network before it is live, and focus on risk mitigation rather than crisis management.” In summary, Bleyer commented, “Not only does AlgoSec more than measure up from a technology perspective, but the integrity of the company and its employees has surpassed our expectations and raised the bar for what we look for in other partners.” Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Bt Streamlines Firewall Change Control And Proves Compliance Across Its Global Networks Organization BT Industry Telecom Headquarters London, UK Download case study Share Customer
success stories "AlgoSec now does the heavy lifting for us. It allows the engineers to focus more on providing greater levels of security than on process and change, so we’re able to provide a much more secure infrastructure for BT" Background A leading world-wide provider of communications services and solutions, BT serves customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and services. Challenge BT’s internal network is a complex, highly segmented environment that has evolved over the last two decades throughout its worldwide locations. BT’s infrastructure relies on a large number of third-party domains and business-to-business connections with over 1,000 policy enforcement points, some of which date back a number of years.“The challenge facing BT is around the size of the estate, the complexity and our ability to demonstrate at audit that the rules within the policy are still appropriate, still valid, and still authorized,” says Phil Packman, General Manager of Security Gateway Operations for BT. “Equally, we’re challenged to ensure that rules don’t make it into the rulebase unless they’re approved and authorized.” BT therefore realized that it needed automation and reporting to better control its massive rulebase, and provide an approved audit trail to both auditors and internal stakeholders. Solution BT set about to solve its security challenges by creating a set of criteria for evaluating off-the-shelf, automated security solutions. “The criteria were based on ‘total costof ownership,’ our roadmap, and probably most importantly, the willingness of the partner to work with us,” says Packman. AlgoSec uniquely met BT’s requirements.Another feature BT liked was AlgoSec’s ability to prove that policies are implemented as approved. According to Packman, this was a capability “which we’d not seen in other products, and which we couldn’t achieve with our in-house tools.”AlgoSec’s commitment to customer success and its money-back guarantee were also deciding factors in BT’s selection process. Results Immediately after deployment, AlgoSec enabled BT to reduce error rates, make improvements to their rulebase implementation process and ultimately give BT better control over its network security. Packman explains: “Most notably, we were able to track down rogue connectivity, or connectivity that we didn’t understand properly. It gave us an almost immediate view of certain high-risk situations.”In addition, by using AlgoSec’s compliance reports, Packman’s engineering team were able to instantly demonstrate that no rules could be added to the firewall policy without proper approval — saving countless hours.Simplifying the audit preparation process led to a surprise benefit for BT’s Security Gateway Operations Team, which performs rule implementation and authorization: “AlgoSec has allowed us to change the skills profile of the team because the tool does the heavy lifting for us. Now our engineers can focus more on providing greater levels of security than on process and change, so we’re able to provide a much more secure infrastructure for BT.”Packman also endorses AlgoSec’s customer service, stating that the relationship has been a very positive one. “This has really helped put our minds at rest. We believe we’ve done the right thing in terms of deploying AlgoSec.”Using AlgoSec continues to enable BT to manage the complexity of its network with confidence, as it pursues growing and competitive global markets for its IT, computing, and communications services. Packman summarizes: “We have met every objective we hoped to achieve with AlgoSec.” Schedule time with one of our experts