The Drudgery of Deploying Enterprise Solution

Customer satisfaction through innovation is a way of life in ManageEngine. Normally, deployment of log management (SIEM) solutions of top brands are not so simple. You require a number of files to be downloaded. Innumerable installations, configurations, and tuning etc., to start the deployed application. Often times, without the assistance of consultants it will be impossible to deploy a enterprise solution. To start running the solution and get the desired output, will be a tough task. For IT managers/administrators, deploying any enterprise solution will surely give few sleepless nights.

Escape from the Drudgery!

Embrace ManageEngine!!

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer deployment for enterprises is a child's play.

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Deployment in three steps.

Download, install Distributed edition as Admin server in your central office/head quarters. (very few install time configurations).

Run the application.

Send the downloaded file or send the application download link (same file doubles as Admin and Collector server. How Simple!!) and the Admin server details to the geographically remote location (your branch/sub office). Get it installed as Collector server in the remote location (here again, very few install time configurations). Get the Firewalls configured to monitor.

Run the application.

Replicate this step in all remote locations.

Wait for 10 minutes.

Open Admin client UI in a browser. The reports of Firewalls in different parts of the world are there. Check it out.

The Solution: Firewall Analyzer 6 Distributed Edition

The procedure may not take more than an hour, staring from download to report roll out.

No cumbersome downloads. No consultant required. No training required. Minimal configurations. Global deployment can't get any simpler.

Scalability and feature set exceeds any other enterprise SIEM solution. Distributed monitoring very few have.

Experience it to believe it. Try Firewall Analyzer 6 Distributed Edition.

Read the blog post in EventLog Analyzer blogs about the Gartner report on security software by companies and the need of the high quality and less cost security products like ManageEngine.

Have a look at Firewall Analyzer Enterrpise Solution (Distributed Edition).

Drum roll please…..

The Firewall Analyzer team is happy to announce the beta release of our latest version 6.0.

There has been a lot of hustle bustle in the Firewall Analyzer team; it’s a Race to the Finish to get the Final build of our latest version 6.0 ready for release. Mean while, we have the Beta release for you to play with and shout out to us if you find any kinks in it.

Gone are the days for large enterprises struggling with Multiple Firewalls distributed across their perimeter, and are forced to install an application to monitor their perimeter devices. They had to either install it on each single device per server basis or for a cluster of devices per server.

The concept of Log analysis relies on Style of Deployment, and Style of Data management, and of course, reports on Traffic and security and many more Dynamic features offered by such an application.

Our current version, Firewall Analyzer 5.0, does all the above, presenting you with great reports and alerts for such linear deployments. However, we’ve had to think beyond these deployment styles and meet the requirements for enterprises with large geographically distributed networks.

Version 5.0 is a great piece of work capable of handling such requirements but only to an extent. It has the *conditions apply tag to it and some of those were:

The collection of Devices should not exceed the flow rate of 1500 logs per second to Firewall Analyzer server.
Requires access to each individual firewall analyzer server in the network, to manage the attached firewall device.
In the event of the main server crash, no data will be received from any of the devices and no alerts can be generated too.
Firewall Analyzer server and the Device should ideally be deployed in the same time zone.

Sounds Familiar? We decided it was time to get rid of the *conditions apply tag and developed a better version of Firewall Analyzer.

Sneak Peek into Firewall Analyzer 6.0

We understand that style of deployment varies on case to case basis, some might like it the linear way or some may need to look at a more distributed setup. Keeping such requirements in mind, we now have 2 editions: Stand Alone Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Some of the Top 10 features of Version 6.0

New set of Heterogeneous Devices & Log formats Supported
Interface based Live Report with SNMP support for interface details and dashboard view for last 24 hours bandwidth utilization for each interface.
Timezone normalization support for firewall logs based on Firewall Analyzer server timezone across geographies.
Spam Reports support, Top Blocked URL's report, False positive filtering for all reports and more.
64 bit OS Support
Exporting & Importing of Report & Alert Profiles
Re branding FWA web client logo, images and links.
Option to Manage/UnManage device(s) license(s).
Option to export Live Report in PDF format
SMS Alert notification for Alert module.

Ok if this hasn’t whetted your curious minds, shoot us an email at fwanalyzer-support@manageengine.com to get the download links for the Beta release.

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P.S: This post has been co-authored by Shri (shrishankar@zohocorp.com), our very own support guru!

We've heard this one before, firewall management has always been a time consuming and manpower draining task.

Let's imagine a Strategy Role Playing Game (SRPG) where our network is our kingdom, expanding quickly and as we do, our defenses get harder to manage. A sentry at each gate on the line of defense requires large labor resource, this vital resource could have been utilized in crucial tasks, if we had more sophisticated security defenses. We also then require leaders to manage these sentries and ensure every gate has adequate security. Now with a vast kingdom consisting of numerous gates, managing sentries can be very difficult, with greater challenges when threatened with impending attack.

This is similar to how our IT networks are set up with large portions of our staff dedicated to monitoring our networks, managing firewall rule sets across multiple firewalls, sifting & analyzing firewall logs to determine intrusions.

As the Help Net Security article indicates, IDC's survey found that most IT managers / administrators found that they were unable to perform firewall rule sets gap analysis due to the large number of rules. Respondents also indicated that losses from data breaches were equivalent to more than 75 percent of their costs for operating firewall architecture.

Now, in our SRPG, would we turn a blind eye to any spies entering our lines of defense? How would we determine if all our gates are adequately equipped, have all sentries reported for duty?

Like the wizard who will give you that extra special item which you unlocked after some hard hours at work, I give you ManageEngine's Firewall Analyzer. Just let Firewall Analyzer (FWA) do the sifting and analyzing of firewall logs. Don't get lost with those firewall rules, FWA lets you determine which rule sets are actually effective in protecting your network. Optimize your firewall architecture by analyzing the reports generated by FWA and meet compliance audit requirements.

Need to know who's trying to attack your network, need to watch over those who pass through your gates (firewall), setting up alerts like this will give you enough time to actually enjoy some SRPG. Of course, not while your working right!

Head over to www.fwanalyzer.com to download a free 30 Day Trial and defeat those firewall monsters.

Disclaimer: This author doesn't imply that playing SRPG at work is acceptable!

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