Why Automate Cloud Firewall Configuration & Policy Changes?
In response to the need for greater IT security, more and more firewalls have been deployed across both cloud and on-prem infrastructures. The dynamic nature of today’s applications and services are driving a higher rate of change to the underlying physical, virtual, and security infrastructure that supports them. Enterprises are struggling with the time it takes to manually update their security infrastructure to respond to these changes, creating a significant backlog that delays application deployment. By automating the changes across multiple firewalls and coordinating the process to respond to application requests, organizations can eliminate manual backlog, reduce the potential for human error, and eliminate the bottleneck to deliver applications and services more quickly.
With the frequency of changes to firewall configuration and policy, and the importance of making these changes in a timely manner, network automation helps to:
- Increase security of the network, especially within a cloud platform.
- Reduce time to implement new applications and services.
- Coordinate firewall updates across cloud and on-prem firewalls in response to application changes.
Automating Cloud Firewall Configuration & Policy Changes with Itential
The Itential Automation Platform simplifies the automation of firewall configuration and policy changes by providing capabilities for:
Support for All Firewall Types
Automation of configuration for firewalls that are cloud-based, virtual, or physical.
Robust Pre-Check & Post-Checks
Quickly create customized pre-check and post-check tasks to verify that changes are operating correctly, and rollback if needed.
Integration with Your IT Environment
API integration allows for tight integration with a firewall or network controller as well as IT systems like IPAM and ITSM systems.
Itential Pre-Built Workflows for Firewall Configuration & Policy Changes
With Itential’s Pre-Built Workflows, network and security teams can onboard existing automations and components that support cloud-based security services and physical or virtual firewall devices.
