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Benefits of Automation: Make the Most of Your People

Firemon

FireMon’s 2019 State of the Firewall report revealed that 30.9% of survey respondents had an ad hoc or manual change management process. Through 2023, 99% of firewall breaches will be caused by misconfigurations , not firewall flaws, according to Gartner—something automation helps prevent. Only 13.8%

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What is Your Security Automation Strategy? Mindful or Mindless?

Firemon

For example, automation of firewall configuration updates is very straightforward but not so much the access control rules that govern who and what should have access to which network resources. FireMon delivers intelligent and automated workflow that helps security administrators implement the right changes with absolute precision.

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Embrace Automation to Pull Security Teams Together

Firemon

FireMon’s 2019 State of the Firewall report shows there’s much fragmentation when it comes to managing security. These silos of security responsibility make it harder to automate, and yet, embracing automation can help reduce firewall bloat and unify security controls to get the ship back on course. Meanwhile, 33.9

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How the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Really Breaks Down

Firemon

While it’s true companies struggle with a lack of resources per the over 400 respondents to FireMon’s 2019 State of Hybrid Cloud Security survey, there’s evidence the staffing shortage is self inflicted. Neither outsourcing nor automation negate the need to have the right people with right skills to manage security.

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Integrate Anywhere: API-First Agile Approach | The 5 Critical Success Factors to Agile NSPM

Firemon

And when a new security tool is added, fitting it into the security stack often requires wholesale changes across the entire environment. Less than 1 out of 4 network operators surveyed by FireMon report that their organizations are using integrated network security. Support network changes. Accelerate change management.

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A new era of Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

CTOvision

Faced with the demands for process management, enterprise search, access beyond the firewall, mobile device support, social interaction, and cloud deployment, enterprises have been sold add-on modules and product integrations to enable wall-to-wall content management across the enterprise and outside its walls. ECM Hurdles.

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Security integration must be simple, flexible and customizable

Firemon

FireMon’s annual State of Hybrid Cloud Security survey cements the need for better integration. Just like firewall change s , security professionals would want most integrations to be automatic , but also have the option for partial or full customization for specific use cases. .

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