Less is More: Avoiding Firewall Policy Bloat

Changing business requirements, frequent audits and legacy rule sets make it increasingly difficult to define and maintain a secure and efficient network security policy. According to Gartner, 95 percent of firewall breaches are caused by firewall misconfigurations, not firewall flaws. This session will share insights, case studies and technologies that help organizations more effectively manage the security policy

Attendees will be provided with real-world use cases and experience with firewall policy management, providing insight into:

The challenges of firewall policy management
The most common firewall policy misconfigurations
Leading practices for managing firewall rule sets.

Speaker - Andrew Kalat, Sales Engineering Manager, AlgoSec