Firewall rules review is an essential part of any organization’s security posture. It is a process of analyzing and validating the security rules that are applied to a firewall. This process helps identify any potential weaknesses or misconfigured rules that may lead to a security breach.
The firewall rules review process involves the review of all existing rules and provides recommendations for any misconfigured rules.
Accessing the firewall and reviewing each rule created to understand the business need along with the security recommendations, research the firewall security benchmarks and best practices recommended by the vendors, security hardening guidelines, security research institutes, trustworthy security standards, and IT Security C&T experience in security practices.
Detailed report containing the misconfigured firewall rules and the recommended changes for each one, security weaknesses of the firewall system configuration, and the recommended remediation for each finding.