Firewall & Security Automation with Nautobot

September 22, 2022

Network Automation continues to gain momentum across the industry with so much focus on performing actual network changes. Before network automation is trusted, the data used to drive the automation must be trusted.

This webinar introduces the newly open sourced Nautobot Firewall & Security data models application and how it enables quality and good data hygiene that can be used to power firewall and general security automation. You’ll even get to see how agnostic data stored in Nautobot can be used to generate firewall configurations for a multi-vendor environment.

Agenda:

• Understanding the Network Security Automation Landscape
• Introduction to Nautobot Firewall & Security Data Models
• Nautobot Firewall & Security Data Models Use Cases 
• Getting Started with Nautobot Firewall & Security Data Models
• Generating Multi-Vendor Firewall Configurations with Capirca and Nautobot

Using Batfish for Network & Routing Verification

September 13, 2022

As NetDevOps continues to take shape, one of the areas that needs more attention is around pre-change analysis and verification. Everyone talks about CI/CD pipelines for systems and applications, but what does that look like for the network?  This session provides an introduction to how Batfish can be used to ensure safe changes for the network and used within a network automation pipeline. You’ll get to see how to perform routing verification checks, but also how you can start to create your own checks with Batfish.

Agenda:

• Understanding Network Change Management
• Introduction to Batfish
• Getting Started with Batfish
• Analyzing Routing Protocols with Batfish
• Creating Custom Queries with Batfish

Network Security Verification with Batfish

August 18, 2022

Managing firewall policies and ACLs is not an easy feat. Most organizations have dedicated individuals or teams that focus on managing firewall policies along with ACLs that span a fleet of routers and switches. While many organizations are focused on automating the configuration of policies, there is a great gap in cleaning up unused and old policies.

In this webinar, you will learn about an open source project called Batfish and how it can be used to automate the clean-up process of your firewall policies!

Agenda:

• Existing State of Security Operations
• Introduction to Batfish
• Getting Started with Batfish
• Using Batfish to Analyze Firewall Policies and ACLs