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Five major areas for EMEA network security investments Automation - 21 percent of organizations are investing in automating policy management to safeguard against inefficient and risky functions.

Security-development misalignment - 73 percent of IT leaders admit their application development and network security operations teams are not well aligned.

Only 21 percent of respondents have indicated that they have already automated their network security policies.

It was found that 88% of IT security leaders believe investing in network security platforms is a strategic investment.

Such platforms boost their network security agility and ensure centralised visibility and control of security policies across hybrid networks, risk analysis, and real-time compliance.

"Network security is experiencing a fundamental shift. The past year has accelerated so many aspects of this shift that we've been enduring for some time. Now we see new technologies and approaches rapidly becoming the norm, forcing security teams to rethink how they manage access policies and ensure compliance in a changing and highly heterogeneous world," concludes Mirchandani.

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