FireMon Security Manager Reviews

The instant and complete network graphical view it provides is amazing. Alerts give you complete control of firewall changes, its amazing for compliance and security policy validation. Rule comparison and filters are an easy way to check if you policy is concise and clean, giving your firewall the best performance and readability.

We managed around 70 different firewalls in more than 25 countries all over the world. The firewalls were from different vendors such as Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper, etc. FireMon helped to decrease the workload on risk analysis and also firewall rulebase review time by 50%, at least due to its very elaborate and easy to use filters.

It’s been a constant need not only to analyze firewall rules and configurations but also implement them, for which FireMon has no support. Also some of the firewall analysis involve weak password policy, FireMon could implement a way to send firewall hashes, when they exist, to third party cracking softwares.

I used this solution for about three years in my previous job. I primarily used the Policy Planner and Policy Optimizer modules.

The deployment was already easy for v7.0, the upgrade to v8.0 is even easier.

We had no issues with the performance.

It's been able to scale for our needs.

I would rate it 8/10. The only reason I don’t rate it 10/10 is because of the response time which, for us, sometimes took a little bit longer then expected. Customer service and technical support is very good.

The initial setup was very easy and straightforward and we had no problems implementing it.

It was initially implemented by a vendor team, but the implementation could easily be done in house.

FireMon is not a cheap solution but its price is well balance for what it has to offer.

We have evaluated FireMon’s competitors like AlgoSec and others, but found FireMon to be the best solution for our needs due to having a complete set of tools.

Be sure you read all the specs, and test the application as deeply as you can to ensure it meets all your requirements.

• Firewall cleanup - the best and most efficient way to clean the firewall from unused, redundant, shadowed rules that create unnecessary risks and impacts the firewalls performance overtime. Also, it helps with the PCI compliance.
• Rule use analysis.

• Improved change workflow
• Optimized my firewalls
• Meet PCI compliance
• Enhanced security

Needs more functional basic workflow for the Policy Planner for those who do not need a fully customized workflow.

One year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

I've found technical support to be a 9/10.

Straightforward.

Add infrastructure devices to the firewalls and negotiate an overall discount that way. Needed to get insight into configurations.

Tufin and AlgoSec were evaluated as well.

The customized workflow is worth it. If you are considering to migrate to new firewalls, implement FireMon because it will make your migration much easier. Also, cleaning up some slow firewalls will help you extend its life.

Security Manager: It effectively manages the complexity and change associated with today’s network security infrastructure and has a good hold in the market.

It’s very helpful during our firewall and network devices audit, and also beneficial when backup is required of network security devices.

I am desperately looking forward to seeing FireMon considered as a good backup solution for network security devices, which can store up to the last 10 incremental backups. This way, the business can grow with multiple solutions to customer.

I have been using it for five years.

I have not really encountered any deployment, stability or scalability issues. Installation and upgrade are quite simple and easy.

Technical support is satisfactory.

Previously we were using AlgoSec, but it requires to be updated from time to time. Also, it wasn’t found to be a fruitful solution and has a lot of room for improvement.

We recently installed FireMon on VMware architecture and it was very smooth and without issues.

Implementation was easy and documents are available in FireMon Center, so the in-house support team implemented it without any issues.

Per-device license is little costly, but with such good features it’s understandable.

It is a good solution for audit trails and end-user visibility.

We can check the compliance of each firewall, check the KPI of each firewall to determine the security posture of the network, monitor changes done on the firewalls and provide overview of all the rules, either unused, duplicate or risky rules.

We now have clear visibility of our firewall, clear auditing of each firewall rule and changes, and of course, it helps us comply with governing bodies.

They should add SMB firewall support and not only the big players.

I have used it for one year.

I did not encounter any stability issues.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

Technical support is 9/10.

Initial setup was straightforward and it was easy to follow the installation steps.

It has great pricing with big discounts.

Prepare the necessary details and make sure you configure the needed firewall according to their guide for a smooth implementation.

It’s provided us with proactive security intelligence so we can act before we have a security breach.

FireMon allows us to monitor and assess our network, giving continuous visibility into and control over firewall infrastructure, network security policies and underlying IT risk.

The reporting needs some improvement to ensure that we are provided with consistent data accross each firewall device on the network.

I’ve been using it for two years.

There were no issues with the deployment.

We had no issues with the performance.

It's been able to scale for our needs.

8/10

This is my first time using a solution like this.

It’s quite straightforward.

We had it implemented by a vendor team.

Optimizing and cleaning firewall rules and objects to maintain the security of the firewall and other devices.

Not experienced yet with the product. We are still doing our evaluations and having other discussions with different vendors to understand product capabilities.

The Policy Optimizer and Firewall Manager for different brands of firewall. 

Continuous firewall policy improvement should available out-of-the-box for firewall operation. We are also looking for more integration with SIEM and other tools.

The version is an important choice for the product.