High availability network environments are vital in today's corporate world and the gateway security component that polices traffic flow on the network is the ever trusted, firewall. The primary function of a firewall is local area network (LAN) protection from threats outside of the trusted network. Firewalls are updated continuously to support ever changing environments and business requirements like:

• VPN users
• New partners
• Employee changes
• New applications

Firewall management is extremely resource intensive and requires a high skill level to manage and maintain. Due to the effort and complexity involved, a majority of firewall breaches are caused by mis-configured devices or old policies or rules that have not been updated properly.

Axia's 24x7x365 managed firewall service provides proactive administration and security appliance patches to keep your firewall and network secure. Our certified security compliance staff can perform all necessary functions to keep the most important aspect of your network functioning at optimum performance around the clock. Our staff will perform all of the following with the managed firewall service:

• Updated software and appliance patches
• Complete log monitoring
• 24x7x365 proactive network appliance monitoring
• Emergency response and intrusion detection
• Firewall configuration, installation, and design management