The Firewall Hardening Guide — Vendor-Agnostic Best Practices

# Product: The Firewall Hardening Guide — Vendor-Agnostic Edition

## Gumroad Listing Info

- Title: The Firewall Hardening Guide — Vendor-Agnostic Best Practices

- Price: $39

- URL slug: firewall-hardening-guide

- Tags: firewall, hardening, security, network, best practices, configuration

## Gumroad Description (copy-paste ready)

Your firewall is only as strong as its configuration.

Most SMBs have a firewall. Most of those firewalls are misconfigured. This guide fixes that — with actionable, vendor-agnostic hardening steps that work whether you're running Fortinet, Palo Alto, pfSense, Sophos, Cisco, or anything else.

What's inside:

📖 Comprehensive Hardening Guide (PDF)

• 80+ hardening steps organized by category

• Before/after configuration examples

• Risk explanation for each recommendation

• Priority-ranked: what to fix first

📊 Implementation Tracker (Excel)

• Track progress across all hardening steps

• Assign owners and target dates

• Status tracking with completion percentage

• Executive dashboard tab

Categories covered:

1. Initial Setup & Baseline Configuration

2. Access Control & Management Security

3. Network Rules & Policy Design

4. NAT & Routing Hardening

5. VPN Configuration Security

6. Logging, Monitoring & Alerts

7. High Availability & Failover

8. Advanced Threat Protection

9. Ongoing Maintenance & Review

Who it's for:

• Network admins who inherited a "it works, don't touch it" firewall

• Security engineers hardening client environments

• MSPs standardizing firewall deployments

• IT managers preparing for compliance audits

What makes this different:

Written by a network security engineer who configures firewalls daily — not a marketing team. Every recommendation comes from real-world experience, not just vendor documentation.

Format: PDF guide + Excel tracker

Updates: Future versions included free