Shortly after an automobile is purchased, laws dictate that insurance measures be taken to secure it. Driving a new car without automobile insurance or regular safety inspections is not only illegal, but poses serious risks to the vehicle and its occupants. While not illegal, when PCs or servers are purchased and deployed across an organization without any type of insurance, serious risks are posed to both users and the organization. The best kind of insurance an organization can provide for its network is in the form of security policies and technology. Both should be an intrinsic part of the organization's infrastructure from "cradle to grave." Few would argue against the necessity and value of security for a network. Yet for organizations purchasing PCs or servers regularly and deploying them across geographically disparate locations, the implementation of security measures can be a long, tedious task requiring extensive man-hours. And the more locations an organization has, the more likely there are inconsistencies between those locations.
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