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Security
IT Security vs. Network Managers:
Let’s come together, right now!
A recent survey amongst 250 network and security mangers from
UK revealed that 72% of security managers claimed to be
working together on a daily basis with their network counterparts.
Blue Coat EMEA marketing VP Nigel Hawthorn looks at the
how both parties should enhance this relationship to help
organisations through uncertain times.
A decade ago, the IT department Today, most organisations are seeking
would probably have a voice manager a holistic view of the enterprise and
and a data manager, working together are under pressure to lower total cost
but with different concerns, of ownership while making the most
technologies and targets - today, of limited staff and budgets.
those two disciplines have merged. Companies should exploit the security
From our research, we believe that and networking management
today’s Network Manager and convergence.
Security Manager roles are converging
as organisation demands evolve and There are several areas where the
we are looking at a future where these convergence of network and security
two teams are increasingly aiming at management can make a big
the same goal – high performance and difference in improving efficiency and
security implemented together. effectiveness across the enterprise.
Besides consolidation, compound
Until recently, networking and security policy correlation would enable IT staff
management have usually been seen to manage the flood of events from
as separate disciplines. While many monitoring tools more effectively by
vendors paid lip service in helping to identify problems that affect
marketechture visions of deeply infrastructure and operations. In some both the network and security. A
integrated security with the rest of cases, security was considered common rule-set across both would
systems and application management, secondary to maintaining performance allow administrators to replicate and
this vision never materialised and availability as companies pursued scale management across a complex
Instead, the security and network growth at all costs. However, the enterprise, helping to bring unity to
disciplines evolved into distinct areas combination of new laws, regulations monitoring and management
with their own best of breed solutions and highly visible data loss and virus activities.
that involved separate expertise for attacks, has transformed security from
management. a back room to a boardroom issue. In The convergence can also create a
the past, integration between security more consistent approach across the
Security focused on risk mitigation and the network was often an organisation. One of the biggest
and analysis while network afterthought that began to gain more challenges facing IT operations is to
management gained prominence in attention as systems and security securely build, deploy, monitor and
performance, speed, network become more complex. patch multiple systems. There are
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