Three years ago I bought a house in the south of Italy and since then I have
been trying to immerse myself in the local culture. It recently occurred to
me that there was a great deal of similarity between the nuances and national
characteristics of Italy and the challenges faced by security professionals
today.
A Love of Spaghetti
A rule base that has evolved over several years with several vendors'
products and many different security administrators will certainly resemble
the characteristics of spaghetti. When you start pulling on one end you never
know what the consequences are.
Even in the south of Italy companies nowadays need to improve the efficiency
of their firewall operation and make what they have go faster and further as
budgets for hardware or software upgrades are under close scrutiny. The
ability to understand which rules are most frequently used ena... (more)