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Hi everyone,<br>
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After my last question about configuration management best
practices, i hope i'm on more well-trodden ground asking this one...<br>
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What do you use for centralised firewall management in a "typical"
medium-large enterprise with numerous branch offices, a head office,
and separate data centre & DR premises?<br>
<br>
Here are a few extra questions around the topic to get the
discussion rolling:<br>
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<li>Do you manage firewall settings centrally for a network of 50+
firewalls (most of which are small branch office units)?</li>
<li>Do you use the same vendor's solution for both physical and
virtual firewalls?</li>
<li>Do you use any policy "console" or similar software package to
manage multiple firewalls?</li>
<li>Are data centre/head office environments different enough to
branch offices that you wouldn't use the same type of firewall?
(Scale concerns aside.)</li>
<li>Are there any vendors out there who have a different take on
centralised firewall management to what might be considered
"industry standard"?</li>
<li>If affordability is a concern, does it change your answers to
the above?<br>
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<p>Thanks in advance,<br>
Paul<br>
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<p>P.S. Please start a new thread if you feel the need for a
discussion on "deperimeterization". <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>
:-) </span></span><br>
<br>
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