An effective firewall solution requires much more than the latest tools and security technology. You need professionals on your side who possess the acumen in managing firewalls and keeping them up to date. Most important, you require experts who will perpetually monitor the firewall for suspicious activity that could signal a potential security breach.
Faced with the relentless probing of prospective intruders, nothing less can maintain an effective defense. With a centrally managed firewall solution from Clone Systems®, you will find it considerably easier to deploy new applications, which help you increase security and save money in other areas of your business.
Managed Firewall Service – Clone Guard® CG-MFS
Clone Systems® has been providing managed network solutions for more than 10 years. Our staff of expert network security engineers can ensure that your enterprise and its infrastructure remain free of the new threats and intrusions being introduced daily on the internet. In short, we guarantee flawless oversight of your network security.
Some of the tangible benefits of outsourcing your firewall services and management to Clone Systems include:
Improved security – Our in-house managed firewall experts assure all firewall rules are configured correctly and that firmware is always kept up-to-date.
Allow focus on your business – All managed firewall logs are remotely accessible through our Security Information Portal. Our engineering team performs all routine maintenance and allows you to focus on your immediate business needs.
Scalability & flexibility – Clone Systems® currently manages firewalls for all types and sizes of enterprises. The CG-MFS architecture enables firewall security and compliance to scale alongside enterprises as they grow and change to meet evolving business challenges.
Proactive managed firewall defense – We continually monitor the firewall to ensure your network is intrusion- and virus-free.
Continuous compliance – Automated PCI DSS assessments, customized audits, and rule history documentation reports can be used to evaluate a firewall's compliance status at any given time.
Reduced cost – Automated work-flow documentation and reports reduce the number of resources required to perform firewall audits. All reports can be quickly generated using Clone Systems’ Security Information Portal (SIP)
Customer visibility – On-demand audit reports provide comprehensive visibility and snapshots into firewall management activities, operations, and compliance postures.
Optimization – Detailed traffic analysis reports enable identification and deletion of obsolete and redundant rules, which improves firewall performance and efficiency.
CG-MFS Solution Features
- Dedicated firewall equipment
- Industry best practices for IT security
- Fully managed or co-managed solutions
- Customized and resilient service options
- Reduced burden on in-house IT team
- Remote access to performance reports
- 24-hour monitoring and maintenance by security specialists
- Pre-configured for quick and easy installation
- Secure VPN connectivity
- Rigorous service level agreements
- Real-time access using the Security Information Portal (SIP), through which online support tickets and availability reports are easily created and generated
- Support for all industry leading firewall manufacturers including Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper, Watchguard, Fortinet, and Astaro
- Rule set changes and validation
- Unlimited configuration change requests
- Firewall upgrades
- Patch management
- Backup and recovery
- 24x7 security event monitoring
- Performance and availability management
- Strategic network planning
- Fault analysis
- On-demand reports
Ultimately, our strategy for managed firewalls fuses all best-of-breed technology solutions with the able administration of our veteran security team.
Contact a customer representative at Clone Systems about our managed firewall or any other of our many offsite managed security solutions.