RE: [fw-wiz] Managed Firewall Service - Opinions

From: Paul Stewart (pauls@nexicom.net)
Date: 04/17/03

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    From: "Paul Stewart" <pauls@nexicom.net>
To: "'Fiamingo, Frank'" <FiamingF@strsoh.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:42:11 -0400

    We are doing that right now on a smaller scale for our customers. Offer
    the customer our own managed equipment (we won't assume ownership of a
    customer owned firewall - too messy sometimes). Equipment ranges from
    Cisco PIX, Netscreen and Linux generally.

    In regards to running your own firewall, if you have an experienced IT
    department that is security anal (sorry, best word I could think of)
    then you should be fine running your own. If you would rather have a
    team of people look after this equipment and give you peace of mind,
    then outsource in my opinion.

    Contact me offlist for more info specific to our services if you like.
    :)

    Thanks,

    Paul Stewart
    Network Solutions Specialist
    Nexicom Inc.
    http://www.nexicom.net

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    Fiamingo, Frank
    Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:45 AM
    To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
    Subject: [fw-wiz] Managed Firewall Service - Opinions

    My boss has asked me to investigate managed firewall solutions for our
    organization.
    We're a mid-sized organization: 700 employees, 200 servers (mostly
    Windows).

    Does anyone have any experience with companies that do this that they
    would
    like to share?
    What are a few pros and cons that come to mind versus managing the
    firewalls
    yourself?
    Do these companies manage the firewalls as we currently have them, or do
    they install/configure
    their own? - currently we use Gauntlet firewalls.
    Who are the major players in this market (those that are likely to be
    around
    for awhile)?

    I'm just looking for a basis to start my exploration.

            Thanks,
            Frank

    Frank Fiamingo
    STRS Ohio
    Network Support

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