AlgoSec vs. BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

As far as policy management goes, AlgoSec is the best one available in the market and no competing vendors like tufin and FireMon are any close.

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Lets you run more effective CABs with accurate configuration and dependency data. Understand the impact of change on other assets applications and services. Detecting potential underlying issues [when multiple] changes are made. Provides very adaptable and highly reliable data quality and integrity engines configured through rules [to] ensure normalization, data source prioritization, and deduplication.

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• Complete network policy visibility.
• Firewalls rule optimization.
• Automatically generate the reports for all leading industry regulations.

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• Incredible with cloud migration of servers.
• Efficient with getting audit reports on systems.
• Terrific with compliance management.
• Fabulous with optimization of business operations.

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• Enhanced integration via API (typically, this is only known by few Algosec users)

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• The best IT services management that helps to increase overall service management does deliver business value.
• Great change manager.
• Service desk agent.

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Once you have an understanding of the many use cases that this software can meet, you will be able to tightly integrate this into a ticketing system which increases the ROI of the product tremendously.

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Algosec has multi vendor support including cisco aci, nsx, aws and azure security groups. While most other vendors are lacking in the spectrum of the vendors. The ROI is best on this product.

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I didn't even know there was competion with BMC Atrium CMDB. I have been in the tech industry for sixteen plus years and I have never seen another product accomplish the task that BMC Atrium CMDB performs on a daily basis. Also BMC Atrium CMDB has been around longer than anyother product which means it has been tested over time.

• By generating automatic reports based upon regulatory industries, AlgoSec reduces the audit preparation efforts and costs.
• Simulate the traffic query to see where traffic is blocked and automate the policy creation.
• Firewall rules optimization and cleanup.
• Identify and Mitigate risks and associate them to business applications.

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• Moving towards a fully chargeback model would help non-IT departments help curb their spend. However, a company needs to be fully mature in order to do this. Without an iron tight process, the CMDB will be quickly filled with garbage. It'll require experienced asset admins to continuously monitor the system.

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