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PP117: Automating Firewall Rule Changes – A Real-World Case Study

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The Fat Pipe - All Packet Pushers Pods

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Jul 14, 2026

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Summary

Drew talks with Joao Soares, Lead IT Security Consultant, about a project Joao undertook to automate firewall rule changes. Firewall changes can be fraught in any environment, but Joao also had to contend with working in the highly-regulated energy sector. They walk through how the project went from proof-of-concept to being widely used in production, ... Read more »