Much has been made about bringing application visibility and control into network security. The reason is obvious: applications can easily slip by traditional port-based firewalls. But it's not about blocking applications, but safely enabling them. As the security landscape changes, it's time for a firewall refresh.

But, as the market becomes increasingly saturated with different vendors all claiming their solution is the best, how can you be sure which one is right for your business?

IT Central Station put together a new, independent report based on real users' feedback. The selected two leading solutions in the firewall security management market and compiled a detailed and a direct comparison of both the offerings.

Rating the top firewall security management solutions

IT Central Station outlined an initial six solution providers in their vendor directory and selected two standout firewall security management solutions, AlgoSec and Tufin, to compare in this buyer's guide.

The criteria used to evaluate the solutions consists of product reviews, ratings and comparisons to other solution providers. Each offering included in the report is accompanied by a sample of its customers, its top comparisons and some also have a breakdown of the industries and company size the majority of their reviewers originate from listed.

All the reviews included in the report have been posted in the 24 months prior to publication and are from real, authenticated users. These reviews are comprised from a selection of four key topic areas to ensure readers get an unbiased overview of each offering. These topic areas consist of the most valuable features of the solution, the improvements it made to the users' organization, how the solution could be improved upon to and where relevant, its pricing, set up cost and licensing fee.

Based on tens of thousands of comparisons and dozens of bespoke reviews offers unbiased feedback on the most widely used firewall security management solutions in the marketplace today.