Increases in Complexity and Rates of Change Driving Costs, Risk for Enterprise Network Security Infrastructure, Aberdeen Group Research Reveals
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Our analysis shows that the growing complexity of these environments is directly correlated with higher operational cost and increased security-related risk,” states report author Derek E. Brink, vice president and research fellow, Aberdeen Group. By way of a Monte Carlo Model, the report estimates the total business impact of managing network security policies manually can cost an organization up to a staggering $7.2 million per year. In contrast, organizations leveraging a security policy management solution can see a reduction in total business impact of about 400 percent, representing an annual ROI of about 7.5 times at the median. The research highlights a reduction in the day-to-day burden on operational staff, improved accuracy by way of automation, increased flexibility and agility of hybrid on-premises/ cloud-based IT infrastructure as well as the strategic reward of reduced security-related risks. “Our typical enterprise customer has to manage policy across hundreds of enforcement points from different vendors, spread over global networks in the cloud and on-premise.
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