Overreliance on Manual Processes Compromises IT Security

When it comes to managing IT security in general and firewalls specifically, many IT organizations are relying on manual processes that simply can’t keep pace with a rapidly changing threat landscape.

In a survey of 100 network security professionals conducted by Tufin Technologies, a provider of IT security management software, it’s clear that the majority of IT organizations are relying on manual IT labor to change firewall rules. That may have been a viable approach once upon a time, but as the volume and complexity of IT security threats continue to increase, it’s pretty clear that manual processes will no longer scale to meet the threat.

Click through for results from a security survey conducted by Tufin Technologies on firewall management.

It’s about an even split between less than five and over.

Each vendor used generally adds a console.

A fast rate of adoption.

Manual processes still dominate.

The number of changes is climbing as the number of threats increases.

Not as instant as it should be in most cases.

Lots of trial and error.

Most rules never get decommissioned.

A laborious process.

These get more stringent with each update.

Memory can be faulty.

More trial and error.

A failure to plan.

Time is money.

The crux of the problem for many.

Ad hoc rules the security day.