Perimeter and Infrastructure Security

Although the protection of software and systems extends far beyond the firewall, layered perimeter security remains an essential part of a protection portfolio. In ever-expanding enterprises, solutions must incorporate distributed security architectures and zones that span multiple domains. In addition to preventive controls, organizations will employ a variety of monitoring solutions to continually assess security health. These protections must be deployed both in traditional network environments and evolving virtual environments.

• Centralized policy management systems
• Distributed policy enforcement points
• Layered protections, including network zones and other separation approaches
• Firewalls
• “Unified Threat Management” (UTM)
• Intrusion detection and response systems (IDRS), such as intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
• Behavioral analysis
• Network and wireless security
• Virtualization security

This topic relates to the Security and Risk Management coverage area - Planning and creation of security architecture, infrastructure, and programs for complex global enterprise networks. Technology focused reports on vendor product offerings.

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