Even as network and IT infrastructure technologies have evolved rapidly over the past several years, network management has not changed at the same pace. Networks are often built, operated, and maintained using mostly manual processes. Network operators (NetOps) often log in to network components — including routers, switches, load balancers, and network firewalls, and web application firewalls (WAF) — change configurations by hand, then log out. These procedures are typically directed at implementing and maintaining the network policies defined by business processes and security operations (SecOps) teams.

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