Firewall health check & rule-base audit
An independent review of your firewall’s configuration and rule base, with a prioritised list of what to fix.
The problem
Your firewall works, but the rule base has grown for years and nobody can say which rules still matter.
An auditor or manager has asked whether it is configured well, and you would like an independent answer.
What’s included
- Best-practice configuration review
- Unused, shadowed and overly broad rule analysis
- Administrator access review
- Logging and alerting review
- Firmware and content update status
- Prioritised report and readout session
Deliverables
- Findings report ranked by risk
- List of rules to remove or tighten
- Remediation plan
- Readout session with your team
How it works
Assess & understand
We agree scope and collect a read-only configuration and usage data.
Design & plan
We compare the configuration with vendor best practice and your requirements.
Implement & configure
We analyse rules, access and logging. No changes are made to your firewall.
Test & handover
We present the findings and agree which fixes to make first.
Frequently asked questions
Will the review change anything on the firewall?
No. We work from read-only access or an exported configuration. Fixes are a separate step that you approve.
Can you fix what you find?
Yes, if you want us to. Many teams make the simple fixes themselves and ask us to help with the rest.
How often should we do this?
Once a year is a sensible baseline, and again after any major migration or change of ownership.
Ready to talk about firewall health check & rule-base audit?
Tell us what you are planning and get a written list of next steps.