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AWS Firewall Manager

Score8.1 out of 10

14 Reviews and Ratings

What is AWS Firewall Manager?

AWS Firewall Manager is a security management service which allows users to centrally configure and manage firewall rules across accounts and applications in AWS Organization. As new applications are created, Firewall Manager brings new applications and resources into compliance by enforcing a common set of security rules. Users gain a single service to build firewall rules, create security policies, and enforce them in a consistent, hierarchical manner across the entire infrastructure.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Policy planning and rule management

    Monitor the effectiveness of network security infrastructure

    Category average: 8.2

  • Firewall Rule Cleanup

    Ability to detect and cleanup rules that are either partially or completely unused, expired or shadowed

    Category average: 8.8

  • Automated Policy Orchestration

    Automatically brings together all security controls in one place, automates changes and collapses risks

    Category average: 7.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Attack Path Simulation Testing

    Simulation of potential attack paths to expose network exposure

    Category average: 7.4

  • Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation

    Ability to pinpoint unusual events or trends

    Category average: 7.7

  • Vulnerability Scans

    Network scans to pinpoint vulnerable locations for remediation

    Category average: 7.8

Worth the money security software

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Since the AWS Firewall Manager monthly fees are high in comparison to other goods,

only one user should not use it. There should be a bigger emphasis on cost

structure. The ability to send the logs exactly where we want them would be

fantastic. It might offer more data and tutorials. With

the help of AWS Firewall Manager, users can centrally setup and administer

firewall rules for all accounts and applications within an AWS Organization.

Pros

  • Users now have access to a single service that allows them to develop firewall rules, design security policies, and apply them uniformly and hierarchically throughout the whole infrastructure.
  • Additionally, it offers built-in defence against different DDoS attack types.
  • It has assisted us in streamlining the management of firewall settings for both onshore and remote employees.

Cons

  • We can simply administer firewall rules throughout all systems, including both old and new applications, with the aid of the AWS Firewall Manager, and our system will be protected by the most recent security standards.
  • It assisted us in safeguarding our assets across numerous accounts and even secured the private information of our employees.
  • It is feasible to keep track of many resource accounts. As a result, we can complete our task faster. It is quite simple to use and aids in addressing the issue of network dangers such as viruses.

Return on Investment

  • Error frames might be quite high at times. Since the monthly fees are high in comparison to other goods, only one user should not use it. There should be a bigger emphasis on cost structure.
  • Even though it meets the majority of requirements, some custom rules can be a pain when an ad-hoc rule needs to be implemented in a restricted manner.
  • I suddenly encountered some latency while attempting to access the software. The booting up and deploying of the AWS firewall management takes a very little time.

AWS Firewall Manager is a game changer!

Pros

  • Cost
  • Ease of use
  • Integration

Cons

  • User Interface
  • Reliability

Return on Investment

  • Client retention
  • Less need for tedious tasks (cost savings)

Other Software Used

Calendly, LastPass for Business, Duo / Cisco Secure Access, by Duo

Easily enable Multi-account and Cross-account policies with AWS Firewall Manager

Pros

  • Centralize administration
  • Automatic protection
  • Cross-account protection

Cons

  • It could provide more tutorials
  • More training documents

Return on Investment

  • It has provided enhanced protection for our organizations resources
  • It has allowed for faster setup of new users

Alternatives Considered

CenturyLink Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Other Software Used

Workplace by Facebook, Google Sheets, AWS Cloud9

A multi-featured that ensures the security of Web-Applications.

Pros

  • AWS Firewall Manager is very easy to operate it in the first place unlike other software of this type.
  • I highly adore the ease it provides in configuration management by API
  • It provides protection to the applications from diverse forms of attacks.

Cons

  • Its Support team charges are extremely high depending on the case.
  • It has a limit to set up rules.

Return on Investment

  • It has a system to filter out web traffic.
  • It gives complete security to keep our system clean from tricky files.
  • its documentation is highly perplexing and should be made unambiguous.

Alternatives Considered

Azure Firewall

Other Software Used

Zoho CRM, Bullhorn ATS & CRM, Slack