topic Re: FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option in Network Security

FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option

Nadeem Jan — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:17:14 GMT

we need to delete FTD rules which have no hit counts. is there any option available since there are more then 15k rules

Re: FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option

Marvin Rhoads — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:45:41 GMT

I would start with Security Cloud Control integration and avail yourself of the free Policy Optimizer and Analyzer tool there. It will highlight things such as duplicate and shadowed rules which is a frequent cause of zero hit counts.

Re: FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option

Nadeem Jan — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:13:43 GMT

Hi Marvin/.

Thanks for reply. is there any guide that we could follow ?

Re: FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:23:08 GMT

The tool itself is pretty self-explanatory.

There is also online help available. See the following:
https://docs.manage.security.cisco.com/index.html#!c-analysis-remediation-and-reporting.html?highlight=policy%20analysis

Re: FTD rules optimization using scriprs or any other option

Nadeem Jan — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:39:18 GMT

Hi Mervin,

thanks for sharing the solution.