By Distributed Branches, I mean deployment scenarios where you see firewalls deployed in hundreds to thousands of branches. Examples of this deployment scenario are Retails and International Chains, which have stores or branches all over the globe. Retail/Department Stores Pharmaceutical Chains Financial Institutions I will bring out specific examples with the number of firewalls they deploy […]
Any organization above $1 billion in revenues and more than 5000 employees can be considered as a large enterprise. Most Large Enterprises have different type of firewall deployment needs such as Internet-Edge Firewalls Data Center Firewalls Branch Office Firewalls This segment also becomes more interesting because they generally have both Network & Security Operations teams, which access those firewalls. Users […]
In my last post Firewall management for companies of all shapes and sizes I talked about my plan to write about firewall management needs for all types of businesses i.e. SMBs, Distributed Branch Offices, Global Enterprises, MSP/MSSPs. Today, I will focus on MUST HAVE features for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). I will address remaining segments in future […]
In the last 5 years, I have worked on building Network Security (mostly Firewalls and NGIPS) and related Management products. The exposure has been phenomenal and because I worked for a company like Cisco (Thank you Cisco!), which offers network security solutions to all types of customers I have learned a lot in that short […]
If you are reading this blog then you most likely understand that APIs allow interworking among products. In the context of Firepower Management Center, the REST APIs allow programming of the Firepower devices to allow one to automatically provision devices, deploy policies and controls, and monitor device health. In this blog I will try to […]
When I first introduced Firepower Device Manager, someone in the audience asked, “Hey! When are you bringing all the features of the central manager (i.e. Firepower Management Center) into the Device Manager?” I answered, “Never!” Initially, he was shocked. But when I explained why I said that, he nodded his head. Firepower Device Manager (FDM) […]
Long Live Product Roadmap! Welcome Priorities. In a world where development of most technology products is moving to agile methodology, does it make sense to have a product roadmap? I don’t think so. Today, I am writing this piece to explain why I think so. Albeit some of you may disagree so I would love […]
You may be thinking, why am I even writing a blog post on this topic? Isn’t there more than enough information available on User Experience and Product Usability for most people to figure this out. Yes! It’s true that there is lot of information available on the topic and its also possible that you will figure […]
