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AN APPLICATION-CENTRIC APPROACH TO FIREWALL RULE RECERTIFICATION: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS

October 9, 2017

AN APPLICATION-CENTRIC APPROACH TO FIREWALL RULE RECERTIFICATION: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS Firewall rules support applications or processes that require network connectivity to and from specific servers, users and networks. Every year these rules need to be reviewed and recertified as part of ongoing security best practices. The rationale for rule recertification is: 1) Security: Retaining unused/unnecessary rules on your firewall exposes your network to attacks 2) Compliance: PCI-DSS regulation best practices recommend periodic reviews of firewall rules 3) Optimization: The more rules you have, the greater the burden on firewall performance. Firewall bloat also makes firewall rulesets harder to manage.

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AN APPLICATION-CENTRIC APPROACH TO FIREWALL RULE RECERTIFICATION: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS