FIREMON DELIVERS
Automated Security Assessments & Cleanup
After suffering a major ransomware attack in which they lost access to all their firewalls and backup data, the media company prioritized implementing a network security policy management solution to minimize risk and better resolve future security breaches. They trusted FireMon to provide the visibility, customization, and automation necessary to manage their multi-vendor environment from a single console while delivering substantial cost savings.
Use Cases
Industry: Media
$2m
Annual cost savings with FireMon compared to manual processes
400+
Firewalls currently managed
6
Additional FTE no longer needed for rule changes and compliance audits
The Challenge
Tasked with quickly conducting a full rule cleanup while housing over 400 decentralized firewalls, the company, which was relying on time-consuming and error-prone manual audit preparation and rule review processes, needed a solution to empower their network security team to meet a rapidly-approaching deadline.
The company sought to:
- Conduct a full rule cleanup to remove redundant, overly permissive, and unused rules
- Automate lifecycle policy management for rule cleanup and review
- Audit in one centralized platform that becomes the record of data for enforcing policy management
- Gain a comprehensive view of policy across all devices in their multi-vendor environment which includes Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler devices
About the Company
A Fortune 500 media company that operates in over 80 US markets.
The Solution
With continuous compliance, change automation, and risk management solutions from FireMon, the company gained real-time visibility, control, and management capabilities for all network security devices across its vast multi-vendor environment.
- Continuous compliance checks and automated custom firewall policy reporting simplified the audit process, increased accuracy, and eliminated the need to hire additional headcount
- Automated workflows for firewall rule review, recertification, and removal saved tremendous time while reducing errors caused by manual processes
- A single pane-of-glass console provided unified visibility and management
“After being in the news for the wrong reason because of a ransomware attack, we knew we needed to reduce the chance of another attack by taking a close look at our policies and removing any unused or overly-permissive rules. FireMon’s automated security assessments and cleanup allowed our small team to conduct a full rule cleanup in a fraction of the time.”
Senior Security ManagerManaging the selection and deployment of FireMon
Results
- $2M annual cost savings with FireMon compared to manual processes
- No longer need to hire or outsource 6 additional security engineers to manage rule changes and conduct compliance audits
- Reduced risk through identification and removal of overly permissive rules and unauthorized traffic
- Automation of policy changes streamlined remediation processes and shortened time to mitigate violations
