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Anatomy of a secure, remote workplace part 1: Firewall Monitoring - a thread 
#security #remotework #firewall
#security #remotework #firewall
Our company needed to adapt our #security measures for remote work in response to the lockdown that led to everyone working from home.
Our requirement was a Firewall Monitor that will act as a single point of access for all incoming/outgoing network activities.
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Our requirement was a Firewall Monitor that will act as a single point of access for all incoming/outgoing network activities.
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We required a single point of access to monitor the following incoming and outgoing activities reported on our #firewall -
- Monitoring for connectivity issues
- Time-based analysis
- Security threats
- Network consumption
- Overall network health
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- Monitoring for connectivity issues
- Time-based analysis
- Security threats
- Network consumption
- Overall network health
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Our source of information was a #firewall log that contained unstructured data in the form of text files.
These text files (or logs) contain all our network activities, with nearly 6 million entries recorded each day!
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These text files (or logs) contain all our network activities, with nearly 6 million entries recorded each day!
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The solution:
After exploring ETL + #dataviz tools, we implemented custom extract & load (ETL) pipelines to process unstructured firewall logs, and deployed it to an #AWS ecosystem with @Metabase as a data viz tool for the front-end.
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After exploring ETL + #dataviz tools, we implemented custom extract & load (ETL) pipelines to process unstructured firewall logs, and deployed it to an #AWS ecosystem with @Metabase as a data viz tool for the front-end.
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Solution architecture of our Firewall Monitor:
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We used tools and services like @ThePSF @awscloud @MongoDB @metabase to build a Firewall Monitor and help us create a more secure and resourceful workplace.
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Results and highlights of our process
Infrastructure cost as low as $25/month
Role-based access control
#Report sharing
Data points for business decisions
Near real-time #monitoring
Read full blog here:
https://www.netsolutions.com/insights/firewall-monitoring-using-metabase-secure-remote-workplace-series/
We will keep updating this thread.
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Infrastructure cost as low as $25/monthRole-based access control #Report sharingData points for business decisionsNear real-time #monitoringRead full blog here:
https://www.netsolutions.com/insights/firewall-monitoring-using-metabase-secure-remote-workplace-series/
We will keep updating this thread.
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