Avoid Business Outages from Misconfigured Network Devices

A single change to a network device can have far-reaching effects on your business. It can create security holes for cybercriminals, impact your regulatory audit, and even cause costly outages that can bring your business to a standstill – as we have recently seen in the news!

This technical webinar will walk you through a variety of scenarios that can cause device misconfigurations, including a basic device change, business application connectivity changes, and data center migrations. It will provide both best practices and demonstrate specific techniques to help you understand and avoid misconfigurations and ultimately prevent damage to your business, including how to:

Understand and map your enterprise infrastructure topology before you make a change
Proactively assess the impact of a change to ensure it does not break connectivity, affect compliance or create a security hole
Common mistakes to avoid when making changes to your network security devices
How to better understand business requirements from the network security perspective

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