ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer

Score8.4 out of 10

13 Reviews and Ratings

What is ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer?

ManageEngine offers Firewall Analyzer, a firewall security and policy management option supporting change and compliance of network security devices.

Categories & Use Cases

Firewall Security Management

Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation
Ability to pinpoint unusual events or trends
Category average: 8.6
Device Discovery
Ability to automatically find all devices connected to the network
Category average: 8.2
Policy planning and rule management
Monitor the effectiveness of network security infrastructure
Category average: 8.9

Policy Compliance Auditing
Automatic identification of gaps in compliance, remediation, and generation of compliance reports for auditors
Category average: 8.2
Automated Policy Orchestration
Automatically brings together all security controls in one place, automates changes and collapses risks
Category average: 7.8
Attack Path Simulation Testing
Simulation of potential attack paths to expose network exposure
Category average: 7.9

Verified User

Executive in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have remediated

my PCI findings about firewall activity monitoring. On the other hand, now I

have a fast query tool for forensics and I have found specific devices that

generated useless denied traffic. I use it as a log harvesting tool. Useful for traffic shaping and top solve buggy hosts generating useless packets in the network.

Pros

PCI compliance
Dashboards
Reports

Cons

UI can be improved, not very intuitive.
Search features can be improved too, I needed to export an excel file to perform an advanced search.
Automatic direct updates would be great.

Return on Investment

Fast PCI finding remediation, no consultant needed.
Good price (u$s 695 to monitor two boxes of different brands)
Log harvesting tool included for the same price.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

FireMon, Tufin Orchestration Suite and Oxidized

Other Software Used

Splunk Enterprise, Nagios Core, CheckPoint

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our business, it is used to monitor firewall traffic and send alerts if there is any traffic that is out of the ordinary, or if there are any attacks present on the firewall. Overall, it is our way of easily seeing what kind of traffic is going in and out of our firewall.

Pros

Displays firewall traffic in a user friendly dashboard
Customer service is always quick to respond
Setup and configuration is easy

Cons

Could be quicker to address patches in third party software used with ManageEngine that may come up in a vulnerability scan

Return on Investment

It sends alerts if the firewall goes down, therefore we are able to address the issue before too much time has passed.

Usability

Larry Fields

Systems Manager in Information Technology at Raque Food Systems, LLC (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It was purchased for monitoring our VPN. Once in place I discovered many more features that saved time and money!

Pros

Allowed upper management to track VPN usage when employees were not on site and working.
Gave me real time monitoring of internet usage
alerted me to potential problems
Allowed me to track web usage real time

Cons

I am very picky and haven't really found anything I dislike.
It has all the features I need and more!
for my needs I haven't seen anything else I require or even need.

Return on Investment

Provides the ability for real time monitoring net usage for inappropriate net usage.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

SonicWall Analytics

Matthew Goodhall View profile

infastructure consultant in Information Technology at Vetasi Limited (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Easy Firewall rule management
Help with compliance audits
network traffic and bandwidth monitor

Cons

VPN server monitoring
Employee internet usage monitoring could do with more information
DNS lookup lists

Return on Investment

Much quicker preparation for audit
quick to install and start checking systems
ease of use

Alternatives Considered

AlgoSec

Other Software Used

Untangle NG Firewall, pfSense, Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Works well for deeper examination of firewall. It can help improve your ability to locate weaknesses in your network security posture and allow you to find where your policies need to be changed. It also features a two-way firewall that monitors traffic coming into and going out of your network.

Pros

Analysis.
Analytics.
Audit.

Cons

Ease of use.
Faster deployment.
Comprehensive.

Return on Investment

Greater understanding of environment.
More metrics.
Reports.

Alternatives Considered

SonicWall Analytics

AlgoSec

Tufin Orchestration Suite

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer

What is ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer?

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Top Performing Features

Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation

Device Discovery

Policy planning and rule management

Areas for Improvement

Policy Compliance Auditing

Automated Policy Orchestration

Attack Path Simulation Testing

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