Firewall Security Management Software supports monitoring and configuration of firewalls from a central dashboard. The software may monitor firewalls, physical and virtual, as well as routers, load balancers, and switches. Through real-time event tracking the software can correlate network behavior to potential threats. Firewall security management software can send notifications if it detects changes to security policy or potential vulnerabilities created by policy change. Firewall security management software leverages best practice knowledge to minimize these security issues.