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Preventing Security Misconfigurations: Change Management and Compliance

Firemon

Or worse, these changes you’re about to put in could allow a hacker to exploit a new vulnerability that just appeared this week. Or worse, these changes you’re about to put in could allow a hacker to exploit a new vulnerability that just appeared this week. There’s just too much to try to manage in your team’s head.

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How to Select a Change Management Solution

Firemon

Manual rule and policy management of complex ground-to-cloud networks introduces countless opportunities for error, and most breaches are attackers taking advantage of this low-hanging fruit. Time-consuming manual changes, fragmented ownership, and policy clutter all contribute to poor policy hygiene. Problem 2: Fragmented Ownership.

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Automating compliance in software delivery

CircleCI

One emerging challenge that developers and IT leaders face is the need to stay compliant with regulations and control frameworks that stipulate comprehensive data security, incident response, and monitoring and reporting requirements. Compliance requirements can add significant overhead to an organization. Regular compliance audits.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.” How will we balance security, agility, and usability?

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Top automation pitfalls and how to avoid them

CIO

And there were many things that could’ve derailed the project that had less to do with technology and more with business processes, change management, and controls. Data Center Automation, IT Leadership. Thankfully, we were able to avoid complete catastrophe,” he says.

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What is Your Security Automation Strategy? Mindful or Mindless?

Firemon

Enterprise networks have evolved into these dynamic, complex monsters that need to be governed across firewalls, applications, databases, data centers, cloud, and containers to manage risk, and ensure security and continuous compliance. Automation and Compliance – Will the Twain Meet? Automating Mindfully.

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Top 5 Network Security Challenges in 2020 and Beyond

Firemon

Organizations need to understand how and why firewall rules are configured, the consequences of any changes, and how the changes impact security and compliance postures. Visibility supports the business as a whole by enabling changes to be made faster and more securely without breaking compliance.

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