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Products in the security management category can deliver business benefits in the following areas: They can provide the evidence to satisfy audit and compliance requirements, which in some business situations are mandatory obligations. In other situations, the information may be useful to reassure business partners and customers about the security of their intellectual property. They can improve the effectiveness of the organization's security efforts. They can enable better security alignment of resources to the risks the organization faces, and therefore a better return on investment. These benefits depend on the organization using the information that the tools provide. The task of converting the information provided by the tools into actions is not trivial. Management tools in general tend towards generating too much information and obscuring the key messages under a mountain of less important data. Therefore, tools should be judged by the extent to which they filter information and allow tailoring of alerts to business priorities. When interfacing with risk management activities, the main difficulty is in determining reliable quantitative information about risks. Business benefits depend on the relevance of the information obtained and the use that is made of it. In the field of patch management, management products have to integrate with the patch delivery services of several application and platform vendors. These vendor patches may adversely impact larger organizations with more customized IT deployments if the patch conflicts with a customization that the organization has applied to the application. Organizations therefore try to apply patches in a periodic rollout strategy and test each group of updates before they are deployed. The security management tools then have to be integrated with the organization's testing tools and processes. Each of the regulations that impact businesses require organizations to deploy multiple security "controls" over their systems and processes. Every organization is subject to many laws and regulations. Fortunately, the same controls feature in multiple laws and regulatory regimes. Some security management tools help users rationalize these activities and avoid duplicating reports or controls. Generally, the benefits of security management increase with the size of the organization. The need to use automated tools to collate, rationalize, and assimilate information from diverse sources increases with the size of the operation For more information or to purchase this report, go to: - http://www.fastmr.com/ Report Table of Contents: SUMMARY Impact Ovum view Key messages Definition BUSINESS IMPACT Putting security into a business context Integrating security management with compliance management Converging security management with systems management Converging information security and physical security management Converging security management and application development SELECTION CRITERIA Security management is a process that requires support How to group security management functionality Managing past, present, and future aspects RATIONALIZING PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIERS Overview Functionality Risk management Configuration and patch management Security information and event management Logging and reporting Architecture SOLUTION MATURITY Security management has taken a central role within IT security suites Security management deployment is low risk DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS Regulated industries have the most need for security management The business view of IT security Systems integrators have a role in deploying security management External security management services RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations for enterprises Recommendations for vendors APPENDIX Further reading Methodology List of Figures Figure 1: Security management interactions About Ovum Ovum fully understands convergence across telecoms, IT services and software. They invest heavily in researching what is happening in a market that is dynamic and full of risk and reward, analysing the changes and identify the threats and opportunities ahead for their clients. Ovum's team has extensive experience in the sector and is dedicated to 'getting closer' - to the industries they advise on, to the people they work for, and ultimately to the real issues determining how ICT markets behave. Ovum maintains a fluid, highly collaborative structure that brings the right range of expertise to each situation. View more research from Ovum at http://www.fastmr.com/ About Fast Market Research Fast Market Research is an online aggregator and distributor of market research and business information. We represent the world's top research publishers and analysts and provide quick and easy access to the best competitive intelligence available. 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