Managed Firewall

Keep your perimeter hardened, 24/7

Managed firewall services — 24/7 monitoring, rule management, change control, and traffic analysis to keep your perimeter effective against evolving threats.

Managed firewall from Passeca monitors, configures and maintains your firewalls 24/7. Logs stream into PassIRP for continuous monitoring and correlation; rule changes run through controlled review and approval; and the configuration is continuously hardened so the perimeter gets stricter over time rather than drifting open.

Definition

What is a managed firewall?

A firewall enforces policy at the boundary between networks — what traffic may pass, and what must be blocked. But a firewall is only as good as its rule set and the vigilance behind it. Rules drift open over time as exceptions accumulate, and without monitoring, attacks that probe the perimeter go unnoticed.

A managed firewall service keeps the perimeter effective: events monitored around the clock, changes controlled, and the configuration continuously reviewed and tightened.

Who needs it

Who needs a managed firewall?

  • You have a perimeter or segmentation that needs constant vigilance.
  • Your rule base has drifted — years of exceptions no one has reviewed.
  • You lack 24/7 staff to watch firewall alerts and traffic.
  • You need change-controlled operations for compliance or audit.
What's included

What the service covers

24/7 firewall event monitoring in PassIRP
Rule management under change control
Traffic analysis and anomaly detection
Threat-intel-driven policy updates
Periodic rule-base audits and cleanup
Documentation and justification per rule
Incident escalation into response
Operational and compliance reporting
How it works

From baseline to continuous hardening

  1. 01

    Baseline & tune

    We review your firewall estate, baseline configurations, and tune rules to remove legacy access and tighten the perimeter — a clean rule set is a secure one.

  2. 02

    24/7 monitoring

    Firewall logs and events stream into PassIRP, where Passeca analysts monitor traffic around the clock for policy violations, anomalies and indicators of compromise.

  3. 03

    Change control

    Every rule change goes through controlled review and approval — no ad-hoc openings that widen the attack surface. We maintain documentation and justification for each rule.

  4. 04

    Continuous hardening

    We apply threat-intel-driven updates, review rule effectiveness, and decommission obsolete rules so the perimeter gets stricter over time, not looser.

The technology

PassIRP + your firewall estate

Firewall events are a first-class data source in PassIRP, correlated alongside endpoint, cloud and identity telemetry.

Passeca ingests firewall logs and events into PassIRP, the SIEM that powers SOC-as-a-Service, so network telemetry is correlated with the rest of your detection picture. A connection attempt blocked at the firewall is linked to the same indicator seen at the endpoint — giving analysts context, not isolated events.

Time & cost

How long and how much?

Onboarding begins with a rule-base review and baseline. The service runs continuously thereafter. Pricing reflects the number and type of firewalls.

Compliance

Which compliance requirements this supports

  • ISO 27001 — network security and access-control controls, with monitored and documented rules.
  • PCI DSS — firewall configuration and segmentation for cardholder-data environments.
  • NIS2 / DORA — network security as a baseline risk-management measure.
FAQ

Managed firewall, answered

The questions organisations ask before outsourcing firewall operations.

What is a managed firewall service?
A managed firewall service is one in which a provider monitors, configures and maintains your firewalls on your behalf, 24/7. Passeca monitors firewall events in PassIRP, manages rule changes under change control, and continuously hardens the configuration so the perimeter stays effective as threats evolve.
Do we still need a firewall in a cloud-first world?
Yes. Even in cloud-first estates, firewalls and segmentation control east-west and north-south traffic, protect critical segments, and enforce policy at trust boundaries. Cloud security tools and firewalls are complementary, not interchangeable.
Which firewalls do you support?
Passeca operates common enterprise firewall platforms and ingests their logs into PassIRP for monitoring.
How does managed firewall fit with SOC-as-a-Service?
Firewall logs are one of the data sources SOC-as-a-Service monitors. Managed firewall can be a standalone service or part of a broader SOC engagement, where network telemetry is correlated with endpoint, cloud and identity signals.
How is rule drift prevented?
Through change control: every rule addition or modification is reviewed, approved and documented before implementation, and we periodically audit the rule base to identify and remove rules that are redundant, overly broad, or no longer justified.
How much does a managed firewall cost?
Pricing is based on the number and type of firewalls and the service scope.
Always-on defence

Stop your perimeter drifting open.

Book a free consultation. We will review your firewall estate, run a rule-base audit, and scope a managed service that keeps the perimeter hardened around the clock.