Securing your company's network requires holistic network management tools and strategies that provide a transparent picture of network operations. Effectively protecting and managing your network will allow you to actively address emerging threats as well as proactively deal with compliance, accounting, and user experience, which continue to pose challenges for security professionals.

Check out this on demand webcast and learn more about staying ahead of network security risks by taking a proactive approach to network management.

In this webcast, Richard Ptak discusses how enterprise log management and automated network management tools can help maintain high levels of reliability, performance and overall security on your network.

• Podcast: Getting Out in Front of Network Security Risks

Richard Ptak
Founder and Partner, Ptak, Noel & Associates
Richard Ptak has more than 30 years experience in systems product management, working closely with Fortune 50 companies in developing product direction and strategies at a global level. He is frequently quoted in major business and trade press such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, InformationWeek, and ComputerWorld and is author of "Manager's Guide to Distributed Environments" (John Wiley & Sons, 1998). In addition, Ptak was technical editor of "Cisco Internet Architecture Essentials Study Guide: Cisco Internet Solutions Specialist" by Mathew Recore, Jeremy Laurenson, and Scott Herrmann (Cisco Press, 2002).