FAQ's

Yes — and Opinnate makes it possible. Opinnate integrates security policies, compliance standards, and business intent into workflows, enabling controlled automation of firewall operations. Every change is traceable, auditable, and compliant by design — giving teams full visibility and minimizing human error without sacrificing agility.

Security policy orchestration refers to the automated coordination of firewall rules and network access policies across diverse environments. With Opinnate, orchestration ensures policies are applied consistently, compliance is maintained, and changes are executed with precision — even in hybrid, multi-vendor infrastructures.

Opinnate automates several tasks including:

• Firewall rule lifecycle management (creation, modification, cleanup)
• Policy compliance checks and enforcement
• Change request approvals and tracking
• Periodic rule recertification and documentation
• Shadow rule detection and remediation

These capabilities reduce manual workloads while ensuring policies remain clean, secure, and compliant.

• Easy installation, integration, and management
• Low system resource usage
• No need for firewall manager
• Reduced operational overhead through automation
• Faster policy changes
• Smaller and safer rule bases
• Improved coordination between firewall admins, security teams, and network engineers

Opinnate ensures that all firewall changes are governed by defined policies and approval workflows. It maintains a full audit trail for every change and validates rules against internal standards (e.g. zero-trust) and external frameworks (e.g. PCI-DSS, ISO27001). This keeps the organizationaligned with security goals and ready for audits at any time.

Opinnate is designed for heterogeneous environments. It supports integration with a wide range of firewall platforms, ticketing systems, and other infrastructure tools. This allows consistent rule governance and unified policy orchestration across distributed infrastructures.

By continuously analyzing firewall policies, Opinnate identifies:

• Unused or obsolete rules
• Overly permissive access
• Rule conflicts and redundancy
• Misconfigurations that increase exposure

These insights help reduce attack surfaces, simplify the rule base, and enforce least privilege.

Shadow rules are firewall rules that are effectively hidden or overridden by preceding ones — making them non-functional yet still present in the rule base. They clutter policy sets and may allow unintentional access in certain scenarios. Opinnate detects and resolves such issues to improve clarity and control.

Firewall rules tend to accumulate and remain unchanged long after their original purpose ends. Without scheduled reviews, outdated or risky rules may remain active. Opinnate automates rule recertification — notifying stakeholders and making periodic cleanup possible.

Yes. Opinnate can be tailored to match your organization’s workflow:

• Custom approval chains with service desk integration
• Corporate security policy creation
• Rule tagging and ownership structures
• Integration with ticketing systems
• Role-based access and multi-tier governance

It doesn’t require you to change your process — it enhances it.

All policy changes, rule evaluations, and approvals are automatically logged with timestamps and user actions. Reports can be generated instantly to demonstrate policy intent, compliance actions, and historical decisions. This reduces audit fatigue and strengthens accountability.

No — it augments it. Automation removes repetitive tasks, but critical decisions and exception handling still involve human review where necessary. Opinnate empowers teams to focus on strategic oversight instead of manual drudgery.

Industry best practices recommend reviewing firewall rules at least quarterly. Opinnate allows you to define your own review cycles — monthly, quarterly, or annually — and automates the scheduling, notification, and approval steps, ensuring no review is missed.

Absolutely. Opinnate is built with auditability, traceability, and policy integrity in mind — all of which are critical for regulated sectors. Its rule validation and compliance automation features are particularly valuable for organizations subject to frequent external audits or strict internal governance.