Why Firewall Tech Refesh Project?

Alright people, here it goes. This is me explaining the process to you as if I am sitting right beside you and having a open discussion about the project.

Every organization is different and have different business requirements that needs to be upgraded to keep up with the evolving trends and threats.

What I will be providing is a standardized process of what are the mandatory/compulsory/needed/required details to execute the Firewall Tech Refresh Project. If there’s any additional add-on that needs to be included, that will require specific attention to it and to carry out smoothly.

Usually, when such project talks starts to take place, regardless of how small or large the scale is, keep your head cool. They usually will play with the finance and numbers.

The numbers they talk about all the time always create panic and chaos in one’s mind and in one’s ability for no reason. But if you really listen to them, they are just listing the numbers in the following manner:

1. Finance, Budget, Expense, Cost - $$$$$$

2. People

3. Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years - Timeline

4. Number of Firewalls (Hardware / Virtual (VM / Hyper-V) / Cloud)

5. Number of Sites

6. Number of additional componets required for a New Firewall Management Setup - Managment system (HA), Log Collector (HA), SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intelligence - again, $$$$$$$, licenses, applicances (Hardware/Virtual)

7. Delivery - Shipment cost, delivery to site cost by company’s delivery team

8. Salary for employees involved in the project

9. Professional Services Cost - Vendor Management (Principal / Disti / SI / 3rd Party Vendor)

10. Renewal / Ongoing Management & Maintenance Cost

It doesn’t matter in which side you are in (as listed in the previous post),

Your first step is to FIND THE ANSWER to this question: ‘What’s the real need and the real purpose for this Firewall Tech Refresh Project’?