Adding NGFW functions into the pure play SD-WAN solution is much more difficult than adding SD-WAN feature to NGFW. So when you go away from backhauling all branch traffic to HQ (moving towards direct cloud access and enabling edge computing) you need to be sure that the…

If you need a SIEM for compliance, connect as much log sources as possible from your production environment, and pay attention to storage architecture, parsing non-standard/non-typical sources, licensing moments for network devices and hosts If you need a SIEM for threat…

I would prefer SolarWinds LEM for environments with high log volumes (e.g. network equipment at local providers, because with LEM you pay for nodes). And I would choose Splunk for wide network of any connected devices, if I need to dig logs later (because with Splunk you pay…

Avoid applying default IPS profile on every firewall rule, because it contains a lot of unnecessary signatures for particular rule. Try to optimize/minimize the count of signatures by selecting appropriate filters (by target/OS/App/severity/protocol). As a result, you can…

I would prefer locally installed appliance (FG-201E)