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Our primary use case for AlgoSec  is firewall policy management, security policy analysis, and compliance monitoring within the enterprise network environment. AlgoSec  helps us streamline security operations by simplifying firewall rule review, supporting compliance requirements, and assisting with risk assessment activities.

In day-to-day work, we use AlgoSec to review firewall rules and identify overall permissive and unused access policies across the network environment. Before implementing a new firewall rule request, we analyze the traffic flow in AlgoSec to verify whether the requested access is actually required and whether it introduces any security risk or compliance issues.

AlgoSec has positively impacted our organization by improving visibility into firewall policy, simplifying security operations, and reducing the time required for annual firewall review and compliance checks. It has also improved our compliance and audit process by providing structured reports and better tracking of policy changes.

One of the most noticeable improvements was the reduction in the time spent on manual firewall rule analysis and audit preparation. Tasks that previously required several hours of manual review could be completed much faster using AlgoSec's automated policy analysis and reporting features.

AlgoSec is a strong platform for firewall policy management, but some areas need to be improved. One important area would be enhancing the user interface and dashboard experience to make navigation more interactive, especially for new users working with complex network environments. Additionally, expanding integration capabilities with more third-party security tool platforms and cloud-native environments would make the platform even more efficient for organizations managing hybrid infrastructure.

I have been working with this solution for almost 1.5 years.

The platform optimization in very large-scale environments could be enhanced, as policy analysis and data loading can sometimes take longer depending on the network complexity.

It has saved almost 30 to 40% of time.

My advice to organizations considering AlgoSec would be to firstly clarify and understand their network architecture, firewall involvement, and security governance requirements before implementation. It is also important to plan integration properly with existing firewall security tools and compliance processes to fully utilize the platform's capabilities. I would rate this product as a very nice product. I rate this review a 10.

Our primary use case for AlgoSec  is firewall policy management, security policy analysis, and compliance monitoring with the enterprise network environment. AlgoSec  also helps us streamline security operations by simplifying firewall rule review, supporting compliance requirements, and assisting with risk assessment activities.

In day-to-day work, we use AlgoSec to review firewall rules and identify overall permissive and unused access policies across the network environment. For example, before implementing a new firewall rule request, we analyze the traffic flow in AlgoSec to verify whether the requested access is actually required and whether it introduces any security risk or compliance issue.

AlgoSec has positively impacted our organization by improving visibility into firewall policy, simplifying security operations, and reducing the time required for manual firewall review and compliance checks. It has also improved our compliance and audit process by providing structured reports and better tracking of policy changes. Before using AlgoSec, analyzing complex firewall rules and validating access requests required significant manual effort. With AlgoSec, we can quickly identify risk, unused, and misconfigured policies.

One of the most noticeable improvements was the reduction in the time spent on manual firewall rule analysis and audit preparation. Tasks that previously required several hours of manual review could be completed much faster using AlgoSec's automated policy analysis and reporting features.

The best feature AlgoSec offers is centralized firewall policy management, which makes it easy to analyze and manage complex firewall environments from a single platform. Another valuable feature is automated risk analysis and compliance monitoring. AlgoSec helps identify overly permissive, unused policies, shadowed rules, and compliance violations, which is very useful during security audits and governance activities.

The feature I rely on the most is firewall policy analysis and risk visibility. It helps me quickly identify overly permissive, duplicate, unused, or risky firewall rules across the environment. We save a significant amount of manual review time. One situation where this feature made a major difference was during an internal security review and firewall audit process. We needed to validate multiple firewall rule requests and check whether any existing rules were creating unnecessary exposure.

AlgoSec is a strong platform for firewall policy management, but some areas need to be improved. One important area would be enhancing the user interface and dashboard experience to make navigation more interactive, especially for new users working with complex network environments.

Additionally, expanding integration capability with more third-party security tools, SIEM  platforms, and cloud-native environments would make the platform even more efficient for organizations managing hybrid infrastructure. The platform optimization in very large-scale environments where policy analysis and data loading can sometimes take longer depending on the network complexity.

I have been working in this field for two years.

AlgoSec is stable.

AlgoSec's scalability has been good in our experience, especially for organizations managing multiple firewalls, complex network infrastructure, and growing security environments. The platform is capable of handling large-scale firewall policy management and can integrate with different security devices across enterprise networks. As the environment grows, AlgoSec helps maintain centralized visibility and consistent policy management without significantly increasing the manual workload.

Customer support is good.

I did not use any solution before using AlgoSec.

Our experience with AlgoSec's pricing and licensing was generally positive. The initial setup and licensing cost can be relatively higher for smaller organizations, particularly when managing multiple firewalls and large-scale network infrastructure. However, for enterprise environments, the platform delivers good value by reducing manual effort, improving compliance management, and streamlining firewall operations. The setup process was manageable, although proper planning and integration with existing security infrastructure were important for smooth deployment.

I have seen a positive return on investment from using AlgoSec, mainly through time saving and improved operational efficiency. One clear example was during firewall audits and policy review processes. Before using AlgoSec, reviewing firewall rules and validating access requests required significant manual analysis and coordination, which could take several hours depending on the complexity of the environment. With AlgoSec's automated policy analysis and reporting capabilities, the same task could be completed much faster and with better accuracy.

My advice to organizations considering AlgoSec would be to firstly clarify and understand their network architecture, firewall involvement, and security governance requirements before implementation. It is also important to plan integration properly with existing firewalls, security tools, and compliance processes to fully utilize the platform's capabilities. Organizations should invest time in understanding the policy analysis, risk visibility, and reporting features because these areas provide significant operational benefit. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

I use AlgoSec for policy optimization, basic rule review, and network automation through FireFlow, as we implement policies on the firewall using AlgoSec and utilize risk profile and baseline compliance to meet the standards required for compliance in our market.

After onboarding the firewalls, we analyze the devices, monitoring, log collection, and analysis to ensure everything is working correctly. Once verified, we receive analysis reports that display multiple insights including unused rules from the last 90 or 180 days. Any rule not receiving traffic is considered an unused rule. The reports also identify redundant and special case rules, and show which rules have logging disabled. AlgoSec includes a special feature called Intelligent Policy Tuner (IPT), which provides suggestions for wider subnets to break down rules. The policy automation report displays risky rules where risk has been triggered.

We have implemented multiple automations in AlgoSec. We integrated AlgoSec FireFlow module with ServiceNow, where a user raises a request that triggers an API call between ServiceNow and AlgoSec. Once a manager approves the request, AlgoSec raises a ticket and checks the source and destination services to implement the policy on the relevant firewall.

The best feature in AlgoSec is in Firewall Analyzer, specifically IPT, which provides suggestions to break down rules, along with the baseline compliance feature that advises on modifications per market standards.

In IPT, on firewalls, there are multiple rules with wider subnets open, like 192.168.0.0/24. AlgoSec analyzes the traffic based on firewall logs to provide suggestions, such as dividing that subnet and suggesting traffic use cases from specific addresses.

The policy optimization reports from AlgoSec give a detailed overview of firewall rules, allowing us to monitor them effectively. AlgoSec provides change and audit reports on firewall rules, which we check whenever required. By using FireFlow, it significantly reduces the time needed to implement firewall policies and eliminates human errors during automation.

Multiple features in AlgoSec assist with automation, saving time in implementing firewall policies and reducing human errors through the API call between ServiceNow and AlgoSec.

For baseline compliance, modifying any standard profile according to our organization's needs requires adding customization. It would be beneficial to have training sessions on how to add custom risk profiles and baseline compliance profiles.

With 10 to 20 firewalls from Check Point, we need a single dashboard to verify firewall versions or vulnerabilities, functioning as a CISO dashboard for tracking purposes and allowing direct access to check current firewall versions and vulnerabilities.

TAC support takes too much time. When raising any request for technical support, the response is slow despite their efforts to help according to their standards.

I have been using AlgoSec for 2.5 years.

AlgoSec is stable.

AlgoSec is scalable for our organization.

TAC support takes too much time. When raising any request for technical support, the response is slow despite their efforts to help according to their standards.

I have used multiple solutions, including AlgoSec and competitors FireMon and Tufin, but AlgoSec stands out as really user-friendly and easy for any security engineer to handle.

AlgoSec is really helpful. The tool is user-friendly and can be handled by anyone, as the GUI interface is very good.

We are a partner of AlgoSec.

I do not know about the return on investment because we have used AlgoSec for more than four to five years and found it very helpful from a user-friendly perspective as network security operations, but I am not privy to the financial aspects.

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing are managed by higher management, so we are not involved in that part.

We chose AlgoSec for the first time; however, some colleagues shared their experiences with competitors Tufin and FireMon, but we did not have a good experience with them during the POC. We have not evaluated too many options before choosing AlgoSec.

TAC support takes too much time. When raising any request for technical support, the response is slow despite their efforts to help according to their standards.

AlgoSec is really helpful. The tool is user-friendly and can be handled by anyone, as the GUI interface is very good. I would rate this review 9 out of 10.