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Security On-Demand Partners with AlgoSec to Deliver Cloud-Based Security and Firewall Management Service
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Security On-Demand Partners with AlgoSec to Deliver Cloud-Based Security and Firewall Management Service

June 20, 2011

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By Calvin Azuri,
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Security On-Demand Inc., a provider of hybrid cloud security and compliance, along with AlgoSec Corporation, provider of network security policy management, announced a partnership to provide a cloud-based security and firewall management service.

The new offering will include the Policy Compliance Analysis On-Demand, which provides a managed firewall and security policy configuration analysis service which helps enterprises receive constant risk analysis monitoring on their network systems and data resulting in easy detection of potential security risks or breach. Once detected, enterprises can take necessary steps to address the issue.

 The ChangeFlow On-Demand designed as a SaaS (News - Alert) solution provides change management workflow for security devices by incorporating information picked up from the Policy Compliance Analysis (PCA) On-Demand service.  

In a release, Yuval Baron, CEO of AlgoSec said, "We are excited about this offering from Security On-Demand to leverage our leading technology to bring a cloud-based solution for network security policy management."

Peter Bybee, President and CEO of Security On-Demand, commented, "This new managed service addresses an overlooked area of security that exists within the enterprise, which is the human element. Among other things, it's easy to leave temporary access in place and forget about it, which is an area that frequently leads to a security breach."

“The sheer volume and complexity of firewall rules that exists today within most organizations today is overwhelming, it's nearly impossible for IT staff to track, document, and maintain visibility to how each security policy protects the organization."

The new security designs have been architected on AlgoSec's Security Management Suite, which includes the AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer and Fireflow. Enterprises utilizing the Security Management Suite benefit from the automation of labor-intensive tasks of firewall operations, change management, auditing and compliance and risk analysis in addition to being able to meet operational efficiency compliance standards. The comprehensive managed service optimizes and automates compliance and reporting requirements for enterprises required to adhere to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard v.2.0, North American Electrical Reliability Corporation (NERC (News - Alert)) Standards, ISO 27001, among others.

Security On-Demand's Customer, Donna Porter, IT Director for Evans Hotels and user of the new service said, "We've struggled in the past with providing visibility and accountability with regard to firewall policy changes, this solution helps us maintain PCI (News - Alert) compliance and ensures that management is involved in the security process."

Security On-Demand has developed the managed security strategy offering on its Hybrid Security model by incorporating both premises based and cloud-based security models.

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Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by John Lahtinen
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