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Get a technical firewall audit from Crossconnect Engineering!

Palo Alto, Cisco, & Fortinet Firewalls

Stop Just Checking the ‘Compliance Checkbox’!

Most compliance auditors are not engineers and do not evaluate for firewall security or least-privilege. They focus on process and change management, which are important, but will not prevent an attacker from bypassing an improperly configured firewall. Programmatic firewall audits give generic reports focused on compliance and are padded with filler content.

Programmatic firewall audits give generic reports focused on compliance and are padded with filler content.

Security Policy is Not Set-and-Forget

Often, firewalls are configured, presumed secure, then left alone. What was considered safe several years ago is now insecure. Regular review of your firewall policies are needed to keep up with the threats.

  • Easy-to-interpret action items.
  • Tailored to your firewall vendor, model, and version.
  • Every firewall rule is evaluated and recommendations made.
  • Major security features are evaluated: traffic decryption, antivirus, IPS, malware/file scanning, URL filtering.

Get Actionable Steps

Crossconnect Firewall Audit

  • Our audit will provide action items to improve your configuration, identify where your configuration is lacking, and what you need to do to make it more secure
  • Breakdown of “Top 10” issues by impact & by ease-of-remediation
  • An overall score, for measuring improvement over time

Evaluation of the firewall against best practices from NIST, SANS institute, and real security incidents.

Provide strategies on tightening current & adopting new security controls to match your organization’s threats

Software upgrade/version recommendation

Security is a Journey Not a Destination

Cyber security practices must rapidly change to keep up with the shifting threat landscape.

Regular firewall audits from Crossconnect Engineering help continually identify vulnerabilities and improve your security posture can lead to a costly data breach.