Almost every one of our clients has at least one SonicWALL firewall deployed. Because these things are so reliable they tend to be forgotten. However, security updates come out at a constant rate and need to be applied.

Log files need to be reviewed, archived, and consolidated in order to comply with new compliance rules. In addition, all changes to firewall access rules need to be logged, by user name, in order to comply with regulations, like the Credit Card Industry’s PCI Compliance rules.

Up until now these requirements have been almost impossible for small and medium sizes businesses to manage. Automation Concepts has expanded our set of management services to include SonicWALL’s Global Management Service (GMS). Combined with our managed services, we have created ACT+GMS  in order to accomplish these tasks.

SC Magazine on the Global Management System: "Great dashboard and drill down report capabilities." (Read More)

Flexible & Powerful Global Management

Without centralized management, unified policy enforcement, and active monitoring and reporting, organizations are more likely to experience network attacks, outages and security vulnerabilities. The award-winning SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) helps to manage these risks by offering centralized management of security rules across a distributed environment, redundancy and load balancing, and policy and compliance reporting for deployments of all sizes.

Global Management System 

·         Centralized security, policy and network management
·         Active device monitoring and alerting
·         Intelligent reporting and activity visualization
·         Centralized logging
·         Offline management

Real-Time & Historical Reporting
Whether it's a single SonicWALL appliance on a LAN segment or a group of units spanning across a WAN network, businesses looking to get dynamic, real-time or historical network summaries can take advantage of the breadth of reports delivered through ACT+GMS and ViewPoint. With customizable compliance reports that can be delivered in a variety of exportable formats, our clients and our engineers can use the power of ViewPoint to maintain oversight of their network traffic patterns, drill down for granular detail, track thwarted security events, and report usage trends.

ViewPoint Reporting Tool »
ACT+GMS and SonicWALL ViewPoint delivers a breadth of summary and drill-down reports exhibiting detailed network activity inside your company's network. Within your network, your business has access to:

·         Tailored reports
·         Dashboard summaries
·         Multi-threat and UTM reports
·         Automated scheduling of reports
·         User-based activity
·         Exportable reports in a variety of formats
·         Aggregated real-time logging

GMS Pricing:

First Unit:
Initial Setup - $100.00 FREE!
Monthly Monitoring - $39.95

Additional Units:
Initial Setup - $25.00 FREE!
Monthly Monitoring - $19.95

Benefits include 24X7 automated monitoring with alerts, monthly firmware updates, as well as regulatory compliance.

* Six figure HIPPA fines for loss of data

   PCI fines up to $10,000 per month.