Management Software Hits Integration Snag

摘要

Security managers who are responsible for managing corporate firewalls, virtual private network (VPN) gateways, routers and other devices will understand the headaches I'm facing this week. Prior to my arrival a few months back, my company was primarily a Check Point FireWall-1 shop. However, the company recently decided to switch to PIX firewalls from Cisco Systems Inc. Personally, I'm a big advocate of the firewall products from Redwood City, Calif.-based Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. There's nothing wrong with Cisco's PIX products, but I've found myself having to climb a steep learning curve while coping with a rule base that's becoming increasingly unmanageable. And I'm trying to find a way to centralize management of security devices so that we don't need a different tool for every device.