For enterprise networks to be compliant they must encompass two things: standards that define how networks are configured and ensuring those standards are enforced rigidly and uniformly across the network, whether it is physical, virtual, or cloud. However, today’s modern and exploded network infrastructure includes a multitude of edge devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and with the addition of cloud-based services it’s only getting more complex. Effective management of the network in a holistic manner is crucial for operational consistency. Regardless of your network size or type, constant configuration changes to infrastructure components based on business and technical requirements are inevitable and organizations need a modern approach to ensure configuration compliance across all network devices and services. In this webinar we will discuss: • Modern network compliance and why a modernized approach and process is required for today’s enterprise networks. • Sources and categories of network compliance. • How to extend compliance into cloud networks and show how to maintain compliance by implementing a Configuration Validation method into any configuration change process. • The necessity of moving beyond the break-check-fix cycle with Configuration Validation.

1. Modern Network Compliance
What It Is &
How to Achieve It
WEBINAR SERIES: PART I
Tuesday. September 7, 2021 | 9 am PST / 12 pm EST

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Today’s Presenters
Glenn Gray
Director,
Product Marketing
Rich Martin
Senior Technical
Marketing Engineer

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Agenda
Network Compliance
• What is it
• What drives it?
Cloud Services & Network Compliance
Itential’s Approach to Modern Network Compliance
• Automated Remediation and Validation
The Journey to Modern Network Compliance
Q&A

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Network Compliance
(ˈnetˌwərk kəmˈplīəns)
noun
Adherence to the network standards set by your organization.
Standards are usually defined by 1 or more of the following 3
categories:
Security Reliability Performance

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Drivers of Compliance
Business Strategy
(Time to Market/Self-Service)
Examples Drivers of Compliance
Internal and external factors that inform your network standards.
Security Reliability Performance
External Regulations
(HIPAA , PCI-DSS, etc.)
Run the Business Needs
(Network Uptime)

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Internet Data Center
Today’s Networks are Complex

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CloudServices AddComplexity
to Network Compliance
Siloed
Organizations
73% of enterprises have experienced
Security & Compliance Issues
as a result of poor collaboration between the two groups
+ =
Low levels of collaboration
between Network and
CloudOps teams
Cloud networking components
often configured by CloudOps,
not Network teams

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3 Key Componentsto
ModernNetwork Compliance
The ability to create and enforce a Golden Configuration across CLI
network devices, cloud network elements and controller/application APIs.
The ability to validate changes to devices before they are
made.
The ability to automate the remediation of
compliance issues found.
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Federated Device
Management
Automated Software Upgrades
Automated Software Upgrades
Automated Approval or Rejection of
Proposed Network Changes
Automated Backups
(CLI and virtual devices)
Diff Comparisons & Rollbacks
Integration with ITSM & Automated Task
Management
Create and Enforce Golden Config(s) Across CLI
& virtual Devices.
Automated Remediation
Inventory
Management
Manage
Devices
Auditing & ComplianceReporting
Validation
Manage
Configs
Change Management
Create& Enforce
Network Standards
Journey To Modern Network Compliance

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Federated Device
Management
Automated Software Upgrades
Day 0/Day 1 Configuration
Historic Reporting & Scoring
Trend Analysis & Logging
Automated Approval or Rejection of
Proposed Network Changes
Automated Backups
(CLI and virtual devices)
Diff Comparisons & Rollbacks
Integration with ITSM & Automated Task
Management
Create and Enforce Golden Config(s) Across CLI
& virtual Devices.
Automated Remediation
TheItential Advantage
Inventory
Management
Manage
Devices
Auditing & ComplianceReporting
Validation
Manage
Configs
Change Management
Create& Enforce
Network Standards

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JoinUs for the Full Webinar Series
PART I
Modern Network Compliance
Tuesday. September 7, 2021
@ 9 am PST / 12 pm EST
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PART II
Go Beyond CLIs, Adopt APIs
Tuesday September 7th,
2021 @ 9:00am PST /
12:00pm EST
UPCOMING
PART III
Achieving Compliance in a
Hybrid, Multi-Cloud World
Tuesday October 5th, 2021 @
9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST
UPCOMING
PART IV
How to Get Proactive with
Compliance Validation
Tuesday October 26th, 2021 @
9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST
UPCOMING
PART VII
The Journey of a Customer
Tuesday December 14th,
2021 @ 9:00am PST /
12:00pm EST
UPCOMING
PART V
How Network Compliance
Accelerates Automation
Tuesday November 9th, 2021
@ 9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST
UPCOMING
PART VI
Introduction to Itential’s
Configuration Manager
Tuesday November 30th,
2021 @ 9:00am PST /
12:00pm EST
To register for upcoming webinars or to view previous parts, visit
itential.com/live-webinar/modern-network-compliance-series/

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