Organizations still struggle with basic firewall management

Firewalls remain an important element of security architecture, but many organizations are still struggling with the basics, according to a new study. Security policy management company FireMon has released its 2018 State of the Firewall report which reveals that 94 percent of respondents believe firewalls are as or more critical than ever. Yet despite this, companies are still struggling with basic firewall management, with rule complexity (30 percent), policy compliance and audit readiness (17 percent), and firewall rule optimization (14 percent) emerging as major pain points. The report identifies two contributing factors to firewall management challenges, the first being the… [Continue Reading]