FireMon Policy Manager
A centralized platform for managing firewall and cloud security policies across hybrid and multi-vendor environments.
| Category | Compliance & Governance |
|---|---|
| Last Commit | 1 year ago |
| Last page update | 15 days ago |
| Pricing Details | Contact for pricing details. |
| Target Audience | Security teams managing multi-vendor firewall and cloud environments. |
FireMon Policy Manager addresses the complex challenge of managing firewall and cloud security policies across hybrid and multi-vendor environments, a task that often leads to operational blindness and increased risk. This platform provides a centralized rule repository that automatically imports and normalizes policy information from over 80 vendors, offering a real-time single source of truth for an organization's security posture.
The technical architecture of FireMon Policy Manager is built for scale, with a distributed design that separates the application, database, and data collectors on separate servers. This architecture supports up to 15,000 devices and 25 million rules, ensuring sub-10 second response times for search and report generation. The platform utilizes FireMon’s proprietary Security Intelligence Query Language (SiQL) for fast and customizable searches across the entire environment, allowing for granular and customized rule review and compliance checks.
Operationally, FireMon Policy Manager integrates with leading ITSM systems, enabling automated or manual rule changes during approved change windows, while evaluating these changes for risk and compliance violations before deployment. The API-first approach, using Swagger-based APIs, facilitates integration with various security vendors across SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability detection, cloud, DevOps, and other categories. However, this extensive integration can introduce complexity, particularly in environments with numerous vendors and custom workflows.
Key technical details include the platform's ability to identify and remove unnecessary rules, such as shadowed, redundant, or overly permissive rules, and its compliance management tools that check policies against standard frameworks like PCI, NIST, CIS, and ISO. The system also supports event-driven review triggers and continuous compliance reporting, which helps in maintaining a proactive compliance posture and reducing the risk of policy-related vulnerabilities. Despite its robust capabilities, the platform's scalability and performance can be affected by the volume of devices and rules managed, necessitating careful planning and resource allocation.