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Think about the ability to harness and share real-time data about network devices, policies,
status, behavior and relationships between various systems. As an example, it’s common for
enterprises to have hundreds or thousands of applications being accessed by employees or
contractors. If the status of any particular person changes and they are no longer authorized to
access applications, delays in de-provisioning unauthorized users expose businesses to risk
and liability. Imagine having the ability for applications to subscribe to changes in user status.
The ability to grant and revoke user access quickly and easily is critical in today’s environment.
Another example is theft prevention. Most organizations have high value assets that are at risk
of being stolen. What if a company’s building security system could quickly access information
from facilities management and asset tracking systems; triggering an alarm if a high value asset
is being moved off premise. The scenarios are endless with an identity-based orchestration
engine that can coordinate network configuration and security policy metadata in real-time.

Playing it safe means making a change

Security is, by definition, a field that is risk-averse, which often translates into change-averse.
But the state of security today is one in which we see bolted-on solutions that fail every day; at
great cost to the organizations that implement them. We may still have a long way to go before
we achieve a secure Internet, but we know what hasn’t worked by looking behind us. As we look
forward, we need to adopt a new approach in which security and automation are baked in from
the start.

About the Author

Jeff Hussey has been the President and CEO of Tempered Networks
since August 2014. Hussey, the founder of F5 Networks, is an
accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record in the
networking and security markets. He maintains several board
positions across a variety of technology, non-profit and philanthropic
organizations and currently is the chairman of the board for Carena
and chairman and co-owner of Ecofiltro and PuraVidaCreateGood.
Hussey also serves on the board for Webaroo and the Seattle
Symphony. He was the chairman of the board for Lockdown
Networks, which was sold to McAfee in 2008. Hussey received a BA in Finance from SPU and
an MBA from the University of Washington.

Email: [email protected];

Company website: www.temperednetworks.com

Jeff’s LinkedIn Profile: LinkedIn

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