Accelerate Compliance and Operational Success

Compliance regulations often require that IT organizations securely automate and control network changes and configurations. The Cisco Proactive Automation of Change Execution (PACE) solution combines products and services designed to accelerate operational success by helping meet compliance standards and regulations. The solution is designed to help enterprises:

• Meet compliance requirements
• Accelerate growth
• Ensure business continuity
• Increase user productivity

The Cisco PACE solution is optimized to help medium-sized to large enterprises address challenges relating to compliance, in-house expertise, network complexity, and growth.

Enterprises today are required by law to observe industry regulations and adhere to corporate policies that control access to customer and corporate financial data. These enterprise networks must adapt to market changes quickly while simultaneously remaining in compliance, in control, and prepared for audit. Challenges include:

Compliance: Adapt quickly to changing regulations such as:

• Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)
• Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLBA)
• Visa Card Holder Information Security Program (Visa CISP)
• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission
• Custom regulations

Growth: Meet increased demand for new services, applications, and network bandwidth.

Complexity: Avoid human error while configuring complex global networks managed by multiple administrators.

Expertise: Minimize the need for specialized skills to validate network consistencies between devices.

Security of Changes: Authenticate, authorize, and audit valid administrators while preventing conflicting changes.

Overview of the PACE Solution

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