Why is change in the network environment an important consideration in managing policies?
Policies are typically static in nature. Applying and measuring compliance with stated policy is a simple exercise in a non-changing environment. Practically speaking, however, modern networks have an alarmingly high monthly turnover rate (systems being retired, re-tasked, and/or new machines and applications coming on the network). Managing and accurately measuring host configuration and network access in this dynamic environment is nearly impossible without automation. Back to Top What automation is enabled by ESP. The Dynamic Grouping of hosts enabled by the ESP system automates the targeting, provisioning, and updating of policies. As group memberships change, policies are automatically updated. Both host configuration and Network Access Control policies benefit from this automation.
