What is firewall policy optimization, and why is it important?

Firewall policies help you decide how incoming or outgoing traffic has to be handled. They can be customized according to the requirements of the organization. The anomalies identified by analyzing firewall policies helps administrators find loopholes and plug them. Moreover, firewall policy analysis helps you analyze and adjust rules to make them effective.

Firewall optimization using EventLog Analyzer

EventLog Analyzer, comprehensive firewall monitoring software, helps you to optimize firewall policies by monitoring changes happening to them.

EventLog Analyzer provides real-time alerts and out-of-the-box reports for policy changes such as policies added, deleted, enabled, disabled, or modified. The reports dashboard is intuitive and enables you to make informed decisions.

• Change detection and reporting

  EventLog Analyzer provides detailed reports on who made what change to the firewall policies, from where, and when. Further, the solution provides real-time alerts for unauthorized firewall policy changes.

• Security analysis

  You can improve the efficiency of your firewall by analyzing and adjusting the policies. EventLog Analyzer helps you to understand the capability of your existing system by providing detailed information on the policies that are active and more.

• Rules restored

  You can identify the rules that have been restored in the firewall. You can verify the modifications that have been made to the rules and initiate actions if there are any anomalies.

• Enabled/disabled policies

  Firewall policies can be enabled or disabled. Though this can be a normal activity, attackers might disable policies to get access to the network. It is important to monitor the policy changes regularly. EventLog Analyzer helps you easily identify all policies that have been enabled or disabled with its predefined reports.