Using enterprise management to provide infrastructure assurance

Managing and securing information and assets are key elements to operations and business in the next decade. Infrastructure assurance (IA) and enterprise management (EM) have become a big part of the information technology (IT) industry focus. This article explains how enterprise management processes and systems can be leveraged to enforce and act upon IA policies. We describe the intersection of these two technologies and how enterprise management can be used to improve information assurance of the enterprise. We provide lists of EM capabilities and how they match up to government requirements for IA. We discuss the benefits of using EM to support IA as well as the importance of planning the definition and deployment of these two capabilities in a coherent manner. Finally, the paper presents ideas on developing a strategy to integrate these two areas and the steps involved within an organization