In today’s complex regulatory landscape, compliance is a strategic necessity. Network teams across industries must navigate a range of evolving regulations, including PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and FFIEC, while also considering network security, operational efficiency, and audit readiness. The scale and complexity of modern IT environments make balancing compliance and change a challenging act, especially in hybrid, multi-vendor networks.

Staying compliant in today’s dynamic environment requires a smarter approach that cuts through complexity and reduces exposure to risk. ENCOMPASS by Empowered Networks helps by automating visibility, enforcing policy intents, and providing the insights teams need to stay on top of evolving regulatory demands.

Real-Time Visibility and Automated Compliance Audits

Achieving and maintaining compliance requires continuous awareness of your network’s configuration and security posture. ENCOMPASS supports this with:

• Automated Device Discovery: Detect and document network devices across multi-site environments to establish a reliable compliance baseline. 

• Built-In Policy Validation: Leverage a robust policy engine to automatically validate configurations against industry frameworks such as DISA STIG, PCI DSS, and NSA Hardening Guidelines.

• Configuration Drift Detection: Identify and flag unauthorized or unexpected changes to maintain continuous compliance.

Policy Enforcement and Risk Reduction

Manual compliance enforcement is inefficient and error prone. ENCOMPASS eliminates these risks with:

• Automated Configuration Management: Automate and schedule policy-aligned configuration changes across the network, ensuring consistency and reducing compliance drift.

• Smart Change Automation: Standardize repeatable configuration updates to ensure best practices are applied across environments with minimal manual effort.

• Role-Based Access Controls: Enforce governance policies by limiting who can make changes, reducing the risk of unauthorized modifications.

• Integrated Vulnerability Awareness: ENCOMPASS includes CVE and PSIRT data correlation, allowing teams to proactively address known security vulnerabilities before they escalate.

Multi-Tenant Compliance for Large and Distributed Networks

For enterprises with multiple business units or service providers managing client environments, the compliance picture is even more complex. ENCOMPASS simplifies this by supporting:

• Segmented Policy Management: Apply and manage distinct policies by business unit or region while maintaining centralized visibility.

• Compliance Oversight Across Tenants: Ensure operational groups are aligned with their specific regulatory and internal standards.

• Automated Event Response: Create workflows to detect and respond to compliance violations in real time.

Compliance Visibility Without the Reporting Burden

While traditional compliance tools rely on static reporting, ENCOMPASS keeps critical configuration and policy data continuously accessible - eliminating the need for last-minute scrambles before audits.

• Framework-Aligned Templates: ENCOMPASS provides out-of-the-box compliance checks aligned with major frameworks to simplify compliance posture reviews.

• Streamlined Data Access: Auditors and stakeholders can view policy and device data directly, with minimal intervention from IT teams.

• Ongoing Audit Readiness: Maintain access to current compliance data at all times, without the need for labor-intensive report generation.

Compliance as a Core Pillar of Network Intelligence

Empowered Networks helps organizations close critical gaps in compliance as part of a broader strategy to simplify and secure complex hybrid environments. ENCOMPASS supports this by aligning compliance with configuration management workflows, enabling policy enforcement, detecting drift, and reducing risk without adding operational strain.

By making compliance part of everyday operations, ENCOMPASS strengthens the foundation for a more intelligent, resilient network.

Adaptive Compliance with ENCOMPASS

Compliance is an ongoing process, not a one-time milestone. ENCOMPASS equips your organization with the automation, policy controls, and intelligence needed to stay aligned with regulatory demands, without draining resources. Whether your focus is policy enforcement, security posture, or audit readiness, ENCOMPASS helps you move forward with confidence.

Looking to simplify compliance processes and strengthen your network security? Contact our team at info@empowerednetworks.com to learn how ENCOMPASS can support your compliance journey.

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