{"id":3573,"date":"2020-09-29T20:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:31:31","slug":"why-security-professionals-need-to-use-a-network-monitoring-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/why-security-professionals-need-to-use-a-network-monitoring-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Security Professionals Need to Use a Network Monitoring Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We listed the reasons why network security professionals should consider using network monitoring solutions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Network monitoring solutions typically track network performance, but they can also be an invaluable tool for network security professionals. If you’re a network security engineer or IT professional in charge of keeping your company’s network running safely, you need to consider adopting a network monitoring solution if you haven’t already. Below, we’ve listed the reasons why a network monitoring tool is perfect for network security professionals.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for resources to help evaluate network security and monitoring solutions to optimize your network security, our free Network Monitoring Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u00a0has you covered. It contains profiles on the top network monitoring providers in the market today, including descriptions of the tools they offer and noteworthy features of each. The guide also features 10 questions you should ask prospective vendors and yourself before buying a network monitoring solution. You can check out that guide\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0We also offer a buyer\u2019s guide for free and open-source network monitoring tools if you\u2019re a small business or have a tighter budget but still want enterprise-grade monitoring for business networks. Download this guide\u00a0here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Real-time network security alerts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your company needs to be able to discover security problems in real-time to fix issues quicker. Modern network monitoring tools feature real-time network alerting capabilities, informing your IT team about every issue that it encounters as soon as it\u2019s discovered. This applies to both network performance denigration and potential holes for security breaches. With this, your company can counterattack security threats before they blossom into something problematic.<\/p>\n

Testing network configurations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Network misconfigurations are a common source of headaches among network engineers \u2014 and they can spell big trouble if they aren’t addressed. You need to configure network devices and hosts so that they can communicate with each other securely, as well as be able to report data to your network management solution as needed. Otherwise, that hardware might allow for unauthorized access to your network and the data stored within it. Network monitoring solutions can automatically test any device that is recently onboarding or reconfigured to ensure that any updates don’t break your hardware.<\/p>\n

You need to ensure your network is performing well at all times. <\/em>Our\u00a0Network Monitoring Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/span> contains profiles on the top network performance monitoring vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying. We also offer a Free and Open Source Network Monitoring Buyer’s Guide<\/a> if you’re a small business or have a tighter budget but still want enterprise-grade monitoring for business networks.<\/em><\/div><\/p>\n

Intelligent network security alerts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A network monitoring software will often detect way more alerts than one person can handle, and your security team needs the right tools in hand to deal with all of them. Quality monitoring systems will interpret all network issues, determine how serious they are, and assign them to a specific person on your network team based on what alerts they’ve already received. For even more intelligent alerting, look for a solution that will delay sending alerts until employees are in the office to avoid them being lost during off-hours.<\/p>\n

Automated performance and security remediation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To give your company more time to focus on critical network security tasks that require manual input, your enginers need to apply automated remediation solutions to fix less crucial issues automatically. An increasing number of network monitoring solutions are implementing automated remediation for security threats that invade a network. They can automatically apply potential fixes to solve the issue without human intervention. This can save time for your business, since your enterprise won\u2019t have to respond to every single problem that props up, letting them focus on more pressing security problems.<\/p>\n

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Are you looking for a solution to help you improve your network performance? Our Network Monitoring Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u00a0contains profiles on the top network performance monitor vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying.<\/em><\/p>\n

Check us out on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest in Network Monitoring news and developments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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