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Securing Configurations in the Enterprise - Save Money and Reduce the Number of Exposures

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Overview Take a proactive risk-based approach to managing and securing systems and configurations. Server Admins, Backup Admins, Security Admins, and IT Ops Managers are responsible for implementing effective controls for all of the Endpoints, Backup, and Archiving processes and the overall Security processes of the IT infrastructure. To cost effectively manage this environment there is a need to automate the management of these controls, fill gaps, and eliminate any redundant controls. They also have the task of reporting on how the IT controls stack up against corporate policy, regulations, and frameworks.

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Publisher	Symantec
Live Date	22nd January 2008 00:00 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Security Management

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