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IPScan provides organizations with a compelling Return on Investment (ROI) business case by addressing four important areas of risk mitigation and cost savings:
 Increased Security and Risk Mitigation Against Internal Breaches
According to CSI/FBI, 68% of surveyed organizations have suffered at least one internal security breach, the average cost of which runs into the millions of dollars. IPScan mitigates against the risks of internal security breaches by establishing strong internal controls over fundamental Ethernet and IP network access and address resource allocation. Particularly in today's mobile, decentralized, roving and outsourced work environments, IPScan is a critical tool for ensuring that IT can secure basic network access, delivering risk mitigation worth anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per year.
Increased Protection from Costly Application Downtime
According to Forrester Research, 15% of all application-affecting network problems are caused by address management issues, such as address conflicts. Network downtime can be extremely costly. IPScan virtually eliminates this 15% of network and application downtime, ensuring the organization productivity. While Infonetics reports that the minimum industry average cost per hour of downtime is $96,000.00, for many industries the cost is in fact much higher--running to multiple millions of dollars per hour for financial services companies and other organizations that depend on their networks for real-time financial transactions. IPScan can save organizations an average of 1.5 hours of downtime per year, for a compelling annual return on investment.
Enhanced Compliance Readiness
Many organizations must submit to a variety of regulatory requirements for ensuring the security, privacy and integrity of sensitive data. Without proper internal controls over fundamental Ethernet and IP network access, organizations face serious security risks that can expose them to regulatory non-compliance if a security breach occurs or as regulators further scrutinize the thoroughness of internal IT controls. IPScan closes a significant hole in IT security control processes by ensuring that all access to the network is authorized at the Ethernet and IP device level, with always accurate network and access history documentation, and completely automated enforcement of central policies. With steep fines and even criminal charges levied against non-compliant organizations, IPScan's significant contribution to solid IT controls delivers a powerful ROI.
Streamlined IT Operations
Today's largely manual processes for tracking and enforcing IP address allocation are time-consuming, unresponsive and inaccurate. Since most organizations utilize a mix of DHCP and static addressing, DHCP-based address management systems only cover a portion of the network, leaving network administrators with significant manual process labor to cover static addresses. IPScan is the only solution that automates all IP and Ethernet address management functions by detecting, recording and enforcing policy for all devices attempting to connect to the network, whether they use static or dynamic IP. IPScan reduces the personnel time spent on address management and access control by 80%, freeing up valuable IT resources to focus on more strategic initiatives.
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