Challenges Security Teams are Facing Deployment of advanced security technologies can create the illusion of comprehensive protection, but all too Complex networks often, subsequent changes to the infrastructure can increase risk. are harder to secure In a LinkedIn study by NetBrain this year, because of: respondents indicated their biggest network • Lack of control and security problem is regulatory compliance. visibility But, all facets of network security received • More devices and traffic significant votes, suggesting security is a problem on the network across the board. • More tools to manage the network • The same number of Current Strategies to Confront These Challenges Come Up Short operations personnel There has been a lot of focus on device health monitoring, maintenance, and operations. This is because IT deploys very expensive machines to implement security designs, and they must protect the health of their investments. But, if the configuration and performance of those devices drift from their designed security intents, the effectiveness is lost even if device health appears optimal. This configuration drift, or sub- optimal settings, leads to the network being out of compliance and users experiencing degraded application performance. Often these huge vulnerabilities go undetected until the threat has already penetrated the network. We must not think of device health as the same as network health. Security Across the Hybrid Network | 2