I participate in the Focus network and tried to answer the following question from “Caty” on their discussion board:

“How can compliance automation help secure my organization’s IT infrastructure?” Please describe the benefits of compliance automation and discuss how it can be used to secure an organization’s IT infrastructure.

However, after trying to submit my response in around half a dozen ways, I was told my answer was too long.  Instead of shaving off some of my content, I decided to post here to my blog, and then point to here from there.  Perhaps my other blog readers will be interested in my thoughts on this topic as well.

So, here is my answer… (more…)