We’re Building FIRESums – Join Us as a Design Partner

Collaborate with Ricardo and his team to co-design the tool that turns tickets into ready-to-review rules

Direct collaboration: on-premises deployment and a direct feedback loop to shape every key feature

Why We Started Building FIRESums

After years of handling firewall change requests manually, the same problems kept repeating

❓ Tickets requiring interpretation

Requests arrive with vague descriptions and missing details, forcing you to guess what's needed.

✍️ Manual rule creation

Every ticket must be manually translated from free text into rules, zones, and firewall objects.

🔍 Limited change visibility

Large rulebases with legacy and temporary rules make it hard to see what is still needed.

🔁 Time-consuming reviews

You repeatedly create similar rules and objects, clicking through the same steps for every request.

⚠️ Error-prone changes

A small mistake can break production traffic or quietly introduce serious security gaps.

⏱️ Time pressure

Changes are urgent, mistakes are visible, and good work often goes unnoticed when nothing breaks.

Most of the time, the work isn’t difficult – it’s repetitive. Yet it still requires constant attention to detail, where mistakes are unforgiving.

How FIRESums works

From request to safe and documented firewall change – with a human in control

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FIRESums learns your environment

FIRESums runs a discovery script to collect zones, objects, and existing rules, learning naming conventions and patterns from your firewall configuration.

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🎫

A ticket arrives

A firewall change request is created in your ticketing system, just like today.

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FIRESums analyzes the request

Using a local LLM, FIRESums analyzes the ticket text and correlates the request with your existing firewall configuration.

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A firewall rule is suggested

Based on the analysis, FIRESums proposes a firewall rule tailored to your environment and standards.

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👀

You review the proposed change

The suggested rule is added to the ticket, ready for review, adjustment, or discussion.

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You decide what happens next

You can accept the suggestion, modify it, or ignore it entirely. Nothing is applied automatically.

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Why FIRESums?

FIRESums helps you move from ambiguous requests to safe, explainable firewall changes — with a human in control, faster and with less risk

🎯 Context-Aware

FIRESums learns your zones, objects, and naming conventions before suggesting any change.

🔒 Local & Secure

Everything runs inside your network. No cloud. No external access. Your configs never leave your environment.

⚡ Fast & Consistent

Reduce 30-45 minute processes to under 5 minutes. Eliminate naming inconsistencies and rule conflicts.

🌍 Multi-Language

Tickets in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, etc., are automatically understood.

📝 Full Traceability

Bidirectional links between tickets and rules. Clean, automatic change documentation.

👥 Identity Mapping

Rule approvals tracked per user, ensuring proper authorization and accountability.

If this reflects your daily work, consider joining as a design partner.

Become a FIRESums Design Partner

Help shape the future of firewall change automation and get privileged access along the way.

🧪 Early access

Get hands-on access to FIRESums while it’s still evolving and influence what gets built first.

🧭 Direct influence

Your real-world workflows and pain points directly shape features and priorities.

🤝 Close collaboration

Work closely with Ricardo and the NETSums team through regular feedback sessions and discussions.

🔒 Early partner terms

Lock in favorable pricing or benefits before FIRESums becomes publicly available.

🚀 Limited spots

To keep collaboration meaningful, we’re working with a limited number of design partners.

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We’re accepting a limited number of teams

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We're looking for strategic partners to help shape the next generation of firewall automation

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Limited Design Partner slots to ensure close collaboration

Built by a firewall engineer working daily with real-world Palo Alto environments

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