WatchGuard announces policy mapping capability for UTM and NGFW appliances

WatchGuard Technologies has announced an interactive, integrated policy mapping capability for Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances. Available in the latest version of the WatchGuard Dimension, Policy Map provides a comprehensive view of traffic flow and policy impact across the entire network, with the ability to quickly filter or drill down for additional detail and analysis.

Dimension Policy Map aggregates disparate information about policies, interfaces, applications and related traffic flows, and presents it in a simple and interactive visualisation dashboard. It can be used for policy audits, to find active and misconfigured policies, to identify unusual/abnormal traffic patterns, to visually check if firewall policies or configuration changes have the intended impact on traffic patterns and much more.

“Given the tremendous customer uptake for Dimension on a global basis, we recognised an opportunity to improve their security management and help eliminate errors by giving network administrators a powerful tool for visualising policy analysis. They can now see policies like never before and instantly evaluate the impact on the network or user,” Dave R Taylor, Vice President of corporate and product strategy at WatchGuard Technologies said.

Beyond Policy Map, the newest update to Dimension brings additional insightful reporting and new dashboard features that include information on zero-day malware, details about website visits and traffic disposition, enhanced navigation and consolidated CA certificate management.

And, it comes free on any WatchGuard UTM or NGFW platform.