Why Automate Firewall Policy Management?
Complex networks require a significant investment of time to manually monitor and update policies and ensure they are correct. The constant change of security requirements creates a substantial backlog of work for a network team who must make these changes manually across several firewalls. Automation across business systems and policy management tools greatly reduces labor efforts and cycle times from days to just minutes.
Manual firewall policy management only goes so far. Network automation helps to:
- Increase the number of changes that can be made during a maintenance event.
- Reduce network outages and security risks.
- Reduce cycle times from days to minutes.
- Save over 7,000 manual hours.
Automating Firewall Policy Management with Itential
The Itential Automation Platform simplifies the automation of firewall policy management use cases by providing:
Multi-Domain, Multi-Vendor Automation
Automate across multiple devices, multiple vendors, and cloud security services.
Robust Pre-Check & Post-Check Processes
Ability to create robust pre-check and post-check processes to verify security policies are working.
Integration with ITSM/Change Management Systems
Integrate and automate creation of tickets and provide technical details needed for audits.
Self-Service Capabilities
A secure self-service portal with service verification and roll back capabilities.
Itential Supports Any Device Type, Any Vendor
Itential Pre-Built Workflows for Firewall Policy Management
With Itential’s Pre-Built Workflows, organizations can rapidly onboard simple and reusable end-to-automations that support any device type.
