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FireMon

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What is FireMon?

FireMon is a real-time security policy management solution built for today’s complex multi-vendor, enterprise environments. Supporting the latest firewall and policy enforcement technologies spanning on-premises networks to the cloud, FireMon delivers visibility and control across the entire IT landscape to…

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Recent Reviews

FireMon Firewall Analyzer Review

9 out of 10
March 01, 2022
We used FireMon as a firewall analyzer of internal and external perimeters. We were able to gather relevant tcpdumps instead of looking …
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Solid and reliable

9 out of 10
December 07, 2021
Incentivized
FireMon is a great product that compiles information for security and networking issues and is easy to use. Support is some of the best in …
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Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 1001-5000 employees
Carter Spear | TrustRadius Reviewer
Carter Spear
Cybersecurity Engineer
Nelnet (Banking, 5001-10,000 employees)
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What is FireMon?

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Product Details

What is FireMon?

FireMon is a real-time security policy management solution built for today’s complex multi-vendor, enterprise environments.

Supporting the latest firewall and policy enforcement technologies spanning on-premises networks to the cloud, FireMon delivers visibility and control across the entire IT landscape to automate policy changes, meet compliance standards, to minimize policy-related risk.

Since creating their policy management solution in 2004, FireMon states they've helped more than 1,700 enterprises in nearly 70 countries secure their networks.

FireMon provides solutions that extend and integrate policy management with today’s latest technologies including SD-WAN, SASE, XDR, and SOAR.

The vendor states FireMon customers experience up to 90% improvements in network security policy efficiency while eliminating common misconfigurations which lead to breaches and compliance violations.

FireMon Features

  • Supported: KPI Dashboards: See the network at a glance with analysis, trending and key performance indicator widgets on a customizable dashboard.
  • Supported: Traffic Flow Analysis: Monitor network traffic behavior – down to the application level – to isolate overly permissive configurations.
  • Supported: Access Path Analysis: Trace every available access path across the network and visualize relationships between network devices to identify risk access points.
  • Supported: Network Mapping: Visualize and interact with highly complex network security environments or segmentations.
  • Supported: Change Detection & Reporting: Isolate, document and alert on every ongoing change implemented throughout an existing firewall policies.
  • Supported: Assessments & Controls: Define and employ unique security controls for customized, repeatable analysis and reporting on firewall policies.

FireMon Videos

Improve Security Operations. Improve Security Outcomes.
FireMon: Enforce Compliance
FireMon: Manage Change

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FireMon Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWeb based browser UI
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesAll countries except North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba
Supported LanguagesEnglish

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tufin Orchestration Suite, AlgoSec, and RedSeal are common alternatives for FireMon.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 7.7.

The most common users of FireMon are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

FireMon Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)8%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)15%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)77%
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Reviews and Ratings

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December 03, 2020

Firewall change reports help with audits and compliance.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
When working correctly, it is great for audit purposes when you need to show when changes were made, what was made, who made them, and with what change. When the reports aren't working, you have to dig up all this information manually. Back in version 7, you were able to drill down in the reports that provided a very granular detailed information, now the newer version doesn't allow for this.
October 15, 2020

The honest FireMon review

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is a nice monitor tool, don't expect anything more. Organisation processes are needed around its integration to enhance its use. Everything related to firewall optimization and cleanup is nicely done by FireMon, the solutions are also well presented and easy to implement. The reports are great, but it still require human interaction to fix things, don't expect the process to be automated.
July 28, 2020

A Review of FireMon

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I would strongly recommend FireMon for any IT/Security department that must maintain and support multiple firewall platforms. FireMon's ability to create a unified interface to view, audit, and even implement rules in a vendor-agnostic manner is excellent.

If PCI audits are an issue, and providing firewall reports for PCI is difficult, FireMon solves this immediately out of the box.

If a business is entirely using a single firewall platform, FireMon still provides benefits, but the recommendation would not be quite as strong depending on the capabilities of the native management platform.
July 27, 2020

FireMon, but without bugs

BW
Blake Wofford
Network Engineer
Enterprise Holdings (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Firewall rule analysis, removing shadow rules, finding gaps in policies are all great areas for FireMon use. We have limited use of FireMon in our organization because we don't have a good understanding of the product and its capabilities (outside of one or two individuals). It would be good for FireMon to look at our setup and advise us on what we can use it for.
July 24, 2020

One more step in protecting firewalls

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I put 6 because I like the product when it is working well, and the majority of the department likes the product. I will rate higher when they resolve the issues that I mentioned.


It has been a year since I reviewed this product. I feel like I can bump the review up to a 8 because a lot of features are being added to the product that make things such as search queries easier to perform. I still feel like the system administration piece of Firemon needs improvement.
July 22, 2020

Innovative approach to firewall operations and compliance

Verified User
Supervisor in Information Technology
Banking Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
For a scenario with multiple firewall/security vendors with lots of devices in the company, FireMon is the perfect solution. However, in the case of having only a few devices, it’s somewhat pricey for an initial investment and in the ongoing operational costs. In the case of regulatory and compliance requirements, FireMon is very effective. If you have time to dig into software for firewall management, this product is perfect. But if you don’t have time or work with limited resources, I advise you to check the other convenient products.
July 03, 2020

FireMon provides a nice view

KS
Ken Sharp
Cybersecurity/Firewall Analyst
DuPont (Chemicals, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
FireMon is very well suited for an enterprise with any number of firewalls and types. It is scalable, and can be installed as a single appliance, or distributed infrastructure, with as many data collectors as needed. It provides a view in to all firewalls at once, and enables efficient troubleshooting, policy testing, compliance analysis, and detection/validation of changes. For merge and acquisition, or spinoff, of network infrastructure, FireMon is an extremely valuable tool for quickly documenting routes, policies, and zones to execute firewall migrations.
July 01, 2020

Secure through a glass of FireMon

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited in firewalls with legacy configurations, for companies that are PCI compliant and need specific reports for internal/external audits, or for companies with co-administration.
Less appropriate for new network and security implementations.
June 26, 2020

FireMon – Bringing the heat!!

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Daniel James
Security Engineer - Full Time Employee
Southwest Airlines (Airlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend

Very well suited for reporting, and identifying control failures. I can single-handedly do the analysis work of an entire remediation team - validate my findings, export the information in a format that is friendly to pass along to my admins, track remediation efforts, and update documentation - in one interface.

There are some areas in the reporting that could be tweaked a bit to provide more nimble output. FireMon has a wide variety of pre-generated reports that have a lot of value over the query based reporting. Many of those reports you can run against your entire enterprise, but some you can't....meaning you might have to duplicate the report for a handful of devices depending on your need.

June 01, 2020

Firemon Security Manager v7/v8

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I have found FireMon very useful for auditing, reporting, and compliance purposes. It has become a quick resource for firewall policy information across the organizational footprint. Some of the reports, particularly those with recommendations, ought to be taken with a grain of salt as the recommendations do not account for rule/object utilization or business requirements.
January 25, 2019

All in one firewall compliance and reporting that really works!

Howard Wall | TrustRadius Reviewer
Howard Wall
Senior Security Engineer
Alkami Technology (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
You might be able to get away without using a solution like this in a smaller environment, but as you grow you will find it far more difficult to go back and remediate as we did. FireMon is best suited for an environment that has strict requirements for reporting and auditing, such as the financial sector, but really wouldn't be suitable for a small office or an industry that does not have these requirements.
January 22, 2019

FireMon, great tools for managing cyber security devices!

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Friendly user interfaces, supports API. Plus, FireMon provided best technical support for any issue we had. We also benefitted from training by FireMon which helped us fully using the feature it provided to better manage our clients.
January 16, 2019

FireMon - Great Enterprise Tool

RB
Robert Bollinger
Lead Cyber Security Architect
MGM Resorts International (Hospitality, 10,001+ employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I think the product is well suited for an environment with multiple, complex firewall deployments. Environments that are highly regulated and a have need for automation and reporting, would gain value. However, if you are a small company, or the deployment/environment is cookie cutter, then I don't think you would be able to justify the cost.... it's not cheap!
January 08, 2018

FireMon - Worth it.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend

Our primary use case for FireMon was to aid audits of firewall changes and finding weak rules. The base product meets this need 100%. Implementation is easy. Compatibility for all major vendors is present. Support is great. No regrets.

Regular audits are simple. Changing report criteria is possible, but the built-in reports were effective enough.

October 19, 2017

Streamlined Change Management procedures

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend

PP is a great tool to keep Change Management procedures 'under control' in large network infrastructures and/or in scenarios where modifications to infrastructure are deemed critical. It is also very useful as an auditing tool.

On the other hand, it might not be that necessary for SMB type of infrastructures.

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