Restored Firewall Compliance and Audit Readiness Across 200+ Firewalls

The Challenge

A large media and information company struggled to manage security across 200+ on-premises and cloud firewalls due to undocumented policies, manual change processes, and limited security resources. Lacking centralized visibility, the organization faced failed audits, increased risk from overly permissive rules, and growing compliance pressure across PCI, HITRUST, and SOC frameworks.

The company sought to:

• Centralize visibility and control across 200+ on-premises and cloud firewalls
• Automate audits and firewall change reviews to reduce manual effort
• Improve policy hygiene by identifying unused, risky, and overly permissive rules
• Achieve continuous compliance with PCI, HITRUST, and SOC requirements
• Augment limited security resources without adding dedicated firewall staff

The Solution

FireMon provided a centralized network security policy management platform that gave the security team full visibility and control across its hybrid firewall environment. By automating policy analysis, compliance validation, and change oversight, FireMon reduced operational risk while enabling the team to scale security operations without additional headcount.

• Centralized policy visibility across Palo Alto and Cisco firewalls
• Automated rule analysis, recertification, and policy cleanup
• Continuous compliance validation before and after firewall changes
• Risk-based insights enriched with vulnerability context
• Audit-ready reporting for PCI, HITRUST, and SOC frameworks

Results

• Centralized, normalized visibility across 200+ hybrid Palo Alto and Cisco firewalls
• Automation of manual audit and change review processes that previously caused delays
• Continuous detection of risky, unused, and non-compliant rules
• Operational scale and consistency without increasing security team headcount