Specifications include, but are not limited to: The NSPM solution must be able to group firewalls in the network and enable each group to be delegated for management by different NSPM solution administrators. The NSPM solution must support major firewall and router brands to include the following. Fortinet Palo Alto Cisco ASA and Cisco routers access control list (M) NSPM General Requirements The NSPM must be available as hardware appliance or virtual machine. The NSPM must interact with firewalls and routers using secure protocols. The NSPM should secure data at rest, through encryption. The NSPM must be able to support layer two firewall configurations (M) Management Console The NSPM solution must support Active Directory (AD) services for authenticating NSPM administration console access.