Azure Networking and Security Appliance Workshop

The workshop will consist of an evaluation of your current network security firewalls with the intention to plan to migrate to Azure VM firewalls.  Organizations have many types of firewalls in their environment and the s4nets team will develop a cost-effective plan to BYOL or subscribe to the appropriate appliances while maintaining a similar management plane across your datacenter and cloud environments.  The deliverables include a comprehensive plan to deploy and integrate next gen firewalls in the Azure environment while providing cost analysis documentation.

Steps:

Discovery Phase:

-Inventory existing network security firewalls and subscriptions, as well as management tools

-Gather information on use case scenarios, rules and policies, and third-party connectors

-Understand strategic goals, business objectives, and relevant security requirements

-Discuss user experience and access policies

Design and Documentation Phase:

-Understand the Azure Infrastructure-Architecture, Assets, RPO/RTO, etc.

-Design appropriate NGFW environment based on sizing and performance objectives

-Develop policies and rules migration strategy, where applicable

-Estimate the spend for Azure and the NGFW platform

Deployment Phase:

-Configure and roll-out the VM NGFW in Azure (with or without HA)

-Deploy all rules and policies agreed upon in the Design and Documentation Phase

-Deploy existing or new Azure IaaS or Paas for the VM NGFW

-Monitor the performance of the VM NGFW in Azure tenant, with consideration for replication if HA

-Conduct DR test prior to hand-off to the client