Executive Summary
Presents the ISGroup intervention, added protection and activated services to management.
Managed firewalls for your perimeter
Continuous firewall design, configuration and management
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
FWaaS entrusts ISGroup with the design, configuration and continuous management of firewalls that protect networks, data and application endpoints.
Rules and controls are defined according to the company's traffic flows, access requirements and operating needs.
The service controls incoming and outgoing traffic and keeps configurations and policies aligned with changes in the infrastructure.
Integration with the SOC connects the firewall to event monitoring and the blocking of detected threats.
Description
ISGroup analyses the perimeter, designs the firewall architecture and configures the agreed policies, segmentation, access rules and protection functions.
Continuous management includes maintaining configurations and providing visibility into the perimeter controls applied.
Requirements definition identifies the solution suited to the company's infrastructure, traffic flows and operating methods.
The scope may include threat detection and blocking, network segmentation, access control and management of reachable content.
Specifications
Activities are defined according to the agreed scope and requirements.
Technologies and functions are selected according to requirements and may include traditional firewalls and next-generation firewalls for more advanced controls.
Implementation increases control over incoming and outgoing traffic and makes the rules applied to the perimeter explicit.
Firewall service documentation
Describes the work performed, the added protection and network monitoring.
Technical Summary
Describes network changes and the monitoring of traffic and events for technical staff.
Firewall as a Service
and compliance
NIS2
Protects corporate traffic, applications and endpoints and supports the network security measures required by NIS2 Article 21(2).
DORA
Applies controls to financial system traffic and supports ICT protection and prevention under DORA Article 9.
GDPR
Controls traffic and access to systems processing personal data, contributing to the technical measures required by GDPR Article 32.
PCI DSS
Filters and segments traffic for systems protecting payment data, supporting network security controls under PCI DSS Requirement 1.
ISO/IEC 27001
Implements network traffic controls and protections, contributing to network security under ISO/IEC 27001:2022 control A.8.20.
CIS Control 13
Monitors and protects network traffic with managed firewall functions, contributing to the defences described by CIS Control 13.
Frequently asked questions about
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
What is ISGroup Firewall as a Service?
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is a managed service in which ISGroup designs, configures and maintains the firewall solutions agreed with the company. Scope and requirements are defined before selecting the appropriate configuration; SOC integration connects firewalls, event monitoring and the blocking of detected threats. For volumetric attacks, the dedicated service is Anti-DDoS.
Which systems can the FWaaS service protect?
Firewall as a Service covers the protection of data, corporate application endpoints and network traffic.
Does Firewall as a Service include next-generation firewalls?
Firewall as a Service can use next-generation firewalls for more complex activities in addition to traditional firewall functions.
Can FWaaS control browsing and network traffic?
Yes. FWaaS controls incoming and outgoing traffic and may include threat detection and blocking, access control and management of content reachable on the network.
What determines the FWaaS subscription fee?
Cost depends on the infrastructure to protect, required functions, selected technology and the agreed design, configuration and continuous management activities.
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