Strengthen your network firewall defenses with EventLog Analyzer, an advanced firewall management tool

Firewalls play a crucial role in network security. The complex network architecture of modern enterprises with multiple firewalls like a circuit-level firewall, an application-level firewall, and an advanced next-generation firewall (NGFW) requires an automated firewall management and centralized firewall monitoring tool to ensure security at the perimeter level. ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer is a comprehensive network firewall security and log management tool that helps you manage your firewall rules; detect malicious traffic that surpass your firewall defenses; and centrally collect, analyze, correlate, and archive your firewall logs.

Explore EventLog Analyzer's state-of-the-art features that support network firewall security management

Detect security incidents and troubleshoot firewall issues

With a processing rate of 25,000 logs per second, EventLog Analyzer can efficiently spot anomalies in the huge volume of events recorded in the firewall logs. Suspicious incidents such as multiple failed connections from a single source, insecure outbound connections, and IP spoofing are precisely detected and correlated to help security admins combat ongoing attacks.

Troubleshoot and fix firewall issues with the Device Severity Reports and System Events reports that record critical information on:

• Firewall interface statuses
• Firewall system shutdowns and reboots
• Failed commands, error events, warnings, and incidents to debug.

Oversee all changes made to firewall policies and rules

Get insights into firewall rules and policy modifications. Gain visibility into the recently added, deleted, and modified policies. Know who made the change, from where, and when. Additionally, you can set up alert profiles to receive real-time notifications on changes in firewall policies along with when these policies get enabled and disabled. Conduct investigations based on the reports mailed to you and check if the actions implemented on the firewall policies were legitimate or not.

Monitor admin activities and user accounts

Monitor your network admin activities on firewalls to prevent privileged access abuse. Get detailed audit reports on the accounts used to access firewalls and the changes implemented. Secure your firewall from malicious insider access by tracking recently added, deleted, and modified admin accounts; newly added groups; and unauthorized escalations in user privileges.

Detect and mitigate external threats

Analyze and investigate external attack attempts such as port scan attacks targeting open ports, malware trying to reconfigure firewall rules, SYN attacks, and denial-of-service attacks by correlating firewall logs with our built-in threat databases. EventLog Analyzer's firewall security analytics dashboards help you get insights into allowed and denied firewall traffic based on users, devices, IPs, ports, and protocols.

Access hundreds of pre-enabled alert profiles, add additional criteria, and categorize and set priorities based on the severity of the event. You can also respond to the detected firewall security incidents and remediate threats by automating standard response measures through workflows.

Supported firewall vendors

EventLog Analyzer provides out-of-the-box support for built-in firewall systems like Windows firewall and third-party security solutions from leading vendors. The tool can read and analyze logs in any human readable format, enabling it to monitor a diverse set of devices and applications.

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5 reasons to choose EventLog Analyzer as your syslog viewer tool

1. Centralized log management system

EventLog Analyzer's centralized log collection, analysis, correlation, and reporting features solve the complexity of monitoring layered firewall architectures in modern enterprises and ensures comprehensive firewall management.

2. In-depth auditing and reporting

EventLog Analyzer's exhaustive audit reports help you examine the effectiveness of your firewall security rules, any existing loopholes, and your network traffic trends.

3. A powerful correlation engine

Correlate firewall traffic logs with suspicious events detected across your network using EventLog Analyzer's predefined correlation rules and filters. Define new attack patterns with the custom rule builder and set parameters to raise alerts.

4. Augmented threat intelligence

Standardized information exchange with international threat databases enable EventLog Analyzer to immediately identify millions of globally blocklisted IPs and malicious sources. Access the insights from the threat analytics reports to reconfigure your firewall rules and strengthen the perimeter security.

5. Automated incident management

Automate your security incident response with emergency measures like isolating affected systems and adding new inbound and outbound rules to firewall devices. You can use the workflow management page with an easy drag-and-drop UI to configure the flow of steps to be implemented.