How To Manage Firewalls And SIEM AS A Service

Background:

Firewalls play a crucial role in any enterprise network systems by making things difficult for the intruders to access. It can be classified as the front line defense of any organization that is operating online or connected to some sort of network.

Those who are responsible:

People who are responsible to look after and manage this protection approaches and strategies have to focus closely on both the inbound and outbound traffic and it is their job to ensure that only the right and relevant traffic is allowed to access.

How it works?

For any entrepreneur it is very significant to understand how such safety and security approaches and technologies are managed. I have tried to jot down some of the core areas and associated phases that will enable them to achieve best results with the help of their firewall management needs:

To start with, concerned bodies like the security policy and compliance managers shall be involved in each and every associated phase.
Rules that are not applicable shall be omitted
Rules that are conflicting shall be eliminated
Consistency in workflow is the core essence of managing a firewall rightly and to the fullest.
Any sort of changes must be documented and introduced using the right flow
To taste success, dev ops, application developers and the firewall administrators must be on the same page at the time of planning, initiating and implementing a strategy.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM):

Businesses that are keen to get a shield from all sorts of cyber threats, it is necessary to come under the umbrella of SIEM. The question that may bother many entrepreneurs is either they shall manage it using the in-house approach or should they be outsourcing it.

I put it in black and white for you by discussing the pros and cons of both so that you are enabled to make up your mind as in which one best fits your security needs.

Risks associated with outsourcing it (Managed Security):

Little or no familiarity with the business and environment
Visibility and control is lost
Amplified risks
Communication lapse gets bigger

Perils associated with the In-house security approach:

Elevated costs
Experience and expertise lapse
Little or no support or backup
Alarm Fatigue

7 out of 10 enterprises usually opt for outsourcing this huge and critical task, despite the fact that there are some associated risks involved when outsourcing SIEM as a service to third parties. But those perils seem too little when they compare the added advantages in the form of lower costs and 24/7 back-up, something that cannot be found while using the in-house approach.