As companies undergo mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, businesses place an enormous amount of pressure on IT to accurately deliver the large volume of required network changes on time and within budget.

Whether identifying which network assets to uncouple as part of a divestiture or attempting to integrate disparate systems while maintaining regulatory compliance, without the right tools, teams face an uphill battle. Fortunately, FireMon’s scalable, flexible, and customizable solutions help address these issues.

During M&A activities, it’s critical to have complete, accurate, and up-to-date asset information. Manually gathering an inventory of every network and device across both organizations is a near impossible task and greatly increases the future risk of intrusion and service outages.

FireMon uses advanced asset discovery techniques to automatically scan and profile both networks, saving time, effort, and cost.

• Automatic discovery of all network devices and applications
• Real-time asset tracking and monitoring
• Enriched CMDB, asset management, and vulnerability scanner data
• Customizable asset groupings and classifications for easier management

Without complete visibility, continuous monitoring, and real-time vulnerability and compliance issue detection, your organization could be at risk post-merge due to misconfigured, conflicting, or shadow policies and rules.

FireMon helps keep your network safe through:

• Centralized management of network security policies and rules
• Automated policy change tracking and impact analysis
• Out-of-the-box and custom compliance assessments against industry regulations and best practices
• Integration with popular firewall vendors for seamless policy management

Cloud services play a crucial role in facilitating seamless integration and consolidation of IT infrastructures and data, but M&A activities add new management issues to already complex networks.

FireMon offers:

• Automated discovery and assessment of new cloud services
• Continuous compliance monitoring and reporting
• Integration with popular cloud service providers for seamless management and security control