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As of January 2025, the mindshare of FireMon Security Manager in the Firewall Security Management category stands at 16.3%, up from 16.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
Government
5%
Insurance Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Educational Organization
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Construction Company
2%
University
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Logistics Company
2%
Media Company
2%
Legal Firm
2%
Non Profit
2%
Transportation Company
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
International Affairs Institute
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Engineering Company
1%
Leisure / Travel Company
1%

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JeffReese - PeerSpot user
Senior Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Jul 26, 2022
Makes compliance much easier compared to doing it manually, and automates policy changes across environments

Pros

"In one report, FireMon tells us there are, say, 1,000 rules that can be taken out and it gives us the ability to disable those for a year and to track when we made our changes. After a year, we can go back and eliminate the rules, to bring the configuration down to an almost human-readable level."

Cons

"When it comes to documentation, they need to start putting together a basic command manual. With Cisco, you can look up a command and it gives you examples of three or four different ways that command can be used. It tells you how to put it into the GUI and the CLI. FireMon does need to start doing that."
Ganesh-Khutwad - PeerSpot user
Senior Network Specialist at Tech Mahindra Limited
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Nov 24, 2024
Rapid policy insights with robust dashboards and cross-vendor automation

Pros

"Its user-friendly interface allows for easy viewing and searching of network policies, including proxies, all on one console."

Cons

"The support response time has room for improvement."
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Network Security Analyst at a government with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Dec 9, 2021
Product discussed: 9.4.2
Support should be more knowledgeable and the system should be more open, but it is straightforward to set up and it's low maintenance

Pros

"The SQL language is convenient to use. It allows us to process a bunch of criteria very quickly and narrows things down if there is an issue with the firewall. It's easy to do that with SQL queries."

Cons

"I think that having a more open system and providing documentation for it would be helpful for users like us. We are pretty adept and can navigate through the Linux software that the on-premises FireMon is based on. It would help us in the long run."
Jaimin Mehta - PeerSpot user
Senior Server and Cloud Engineer at Ertech
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Aug 31, 2023
Has an excellent dashboard, and performs comprehensive risk analysis, but can be more user-friendly

Pros

"What I like about FireMon is the ability to track changes made by network engineers on the network. "

Cons

"FireMon could be made more user-friendly when it comes to creating filters or conducting traffic analysis."
JO
IT Manager for Networks and Cloud Infrastructure at a government with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Sep 5, 2021
Product discussed: 7
Helps by automating the process of cleaning up firewall rules, reducing costs and increasing accuracy

Pros

"We also use the solution’s SASE integration capabilities to extend security policy management for cloud firewall management. It helps in creating one consistent rule across multiple platforms and it improves accuracy. "

Cons

"The initial setup can take some time, including connecting it and configuring it. It's not something that is easy for anybody to do. There is time and energy required because of the number of systems you have to configure to get it to work properly."
AG
Technical Account Manager at Axity de Colombia
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Dec 9, 2021
Easy-to-use GUI, fast and helpful support, and the automation helps to save time and eliminate human error

Pros

"The automation that the platform provides to create tickets reduces human error and more generally, reduces the operational overhead."

Cons

"We have had some stability issues that are affecting operations. We rely heavily on this solution and if it isn't working then we have to create rules manually. "
PeerSpot user
Network Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
Sep 21, 2021
Product discussed: 9.4.1
Decreases configuration errors, facilitates compliance, and the support is helpful

Pros

"The most valuable feature is that everything is recorded in the historical logs, including the firewall rules, headcounts, object-level usage, and the rule documentation. The rule certification details are also there, which means that someone can be held accountable for a specific firewall rule. "

Cons

"We have not used the Policy Planner but even so, we have identified areas of improvement with it during our testing. For example, it could be better when it comes to ease of integration or ease of policy automation. Another problem is that there is a console where it has too many options and is not very straightforward. Essentially, controlling it could be made more seamless."
DJ
Security Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of FireMon Security Manager
May 16, 2019
Product discussed: v8.24
Reporting features help us close visibility gaps and decrease auditing time

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the reporting capability because everything that we do is a result of our being able to query a report, based on our environment and our PCI compliance efforts."

Cons

"The current health and monitoring of the devices is atrocious... Imagine you have a list of 200 devices, and you can grade each of those devices as either green, yellow, or red. However, there might be three different reasons for you to go to red, or eight different reasons to go to yellow, and all of those things could be combined... Out of all those categories, I only find one or two of them that are, perhaps, pertinent."