SmartWorkflow Change Management Software Blade
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SmartWorkflowChange Management Software Blade
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Agenda
Changing Business Needs Why Change Management? Introducing SmartWorkflow Summary
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Gateways
Risk to Security Risk to Compliance Risk to Performance Risk to Network Uptime
Changing Business Needs
IT Administrators
MultiplePolicy Changes
MultiplePolicy Changes
Business Needs
ConstantStream ofChange Requests
Multiple and frequent changes to security policies often lead to mis-configurations and security risks
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VISIBILITY AND CONTROL
Why Change Management?
COMPLIANCE
MITIGATE RISKS
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Introducing SmartWorkflow Software Blade
Automated Policy Change Management
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SmartWorkflow Life Cycle
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Introducing SmartWorkflow
Single Management Console
Improves security and efficiency while reducing costs
Visual change tracking Reduces risk of security policy configuration errors
Flexible authorization Conforms to established approval processes
Comprehensive audit and reporting
Enhances compliance by tracking evolution of policy changes
Automated Policy Change Management
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Edit Policies
Changes Highlighted in SmartDashboard Make and visualize changes in SmartDashboard
Policy changes are made directly in the console and highlighted for better tracking
NewObject
ChangeHighlighted
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Easy review of changes with side by side difference report
Review Changes
Policy BEFORE change Policy AFTER Change
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Approve Changes
Review and Approve ChangesChanges Highlighted in SmartDashboardHighlighted changes promote easy approval
process and reduce errors
APPROVED!
AddedObject
ChangedPolicy
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Flexible Authorization
Configuration Options:
Role-based approval
Self Approval
Emergency Bypass
Conforms to an organization’s existing approval process
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Audit Trails
Who?
Audit Trail
What? When? How? Why?
Review and Approve ChangesChanges Highlighted in SmartDashboardTracks evolution of policy changes and all necessary details for regulatory compliance
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SmartWorkflow Summary
Single Console Integration
Visual change tracking
Flexible authorization
Audit trails
Automated Policy Change Management