Major features of 8.5 release are: Cloud Control Reports
and Rule Reorder and Recommendation
Cloud Control Reports
The Cloud Control feature presents a consolidated view of all the Firewall device based cloud services usage reports. Firewall Analyzer offers an exhaustive set of Cloud Control reports: Dashboard, Cloud Usage Reports, and Repository
Rule Reorder and Recommendation
The Policy Reorder feature suggests reorder of rules for better firewall performance. Rule hit count (rule usage) and individual rule complexity is used to reorder rules of a firewall device. If the rules are reorder as per Firewall Analyzer's suggestion, it will improve the performance of the firewall device
2. Cloud Control Reports
The Cloud Control feature presents a consolidated view of
all the Firewall device based cloud services usage
reports.
Firewall Analyzer offers an exhaustive set of Cloud Control
reports:
• Dashboard
• Cloud Usage Reports
• Repository
3. Dashboard
The Dashboard displays the following cloud service reports:
• Top 10 Cloud Services
• Top 10 Cloud Applications
• Top 10 Cloud Users
• Top 10 Business Services
• Top 10 Social Media Services
• Top 10 File Sharing Services
5. Cloud Usage Reports
• This report displays the map view of cloud usage
data in bubble chart for each device.
• List view of data is also available.
• This report can be exported to PDF and CSV
formats.
• You can also get the screenshot of the report
8. Repository
• The repository contains the data to categorize cloud
apps, services.
• This contains the categorizing data of the industry's
major 500 cloud apps and services.
• You can also add more categories specific to your
requirement
• Under each new category you can add specific
cloud apps and services.
10. Rules Reorder &
Recommendation
• The Policy Reorder feature in Firewall Analyzer
suggests reorder of rules for better firewall
performance
• Rule hit count (rule usage) and individual rule
complexity is used to reorder rules of a firewall
device
• If the rules are reorder as per Firewall Analyzer's
suggestion, it will improve the performance of the
firewall device
13. Other Major New Features
• Change management, security audit and unused
rules reports for WatchGuard firewall
• Industry standard compliance reports and policy
optimization for PaloAlto firewall
• AD User vs IP address mapping for reports