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    By any other name, Segmented Network

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    • AndyRHA
      AndyRH
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      My boss would like a more "fun" term for segmented network. Something easy for the managers to remember and understand.

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        • Role-based networking
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        • AndyRHA
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          Role based networking has promise. We are trying to kill a term brought in by a finance guy.

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            @andyrh Who tf listens to money guys about tech???

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            • AndyRHA
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              I will not say who, but we were bought by them and later split off. One of the things that stuck was "ring-fence" when referring to a segmented network. The CIO was a CFO at a different company and out-sourced to the bone before leaving.
              My boss wants to remove that finance term, but she needs something that will stick.

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @AndyRH
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                Well ring fence is valid term in finance world - it means separation of assets or profits.. So I could see why a cfo would use such a term to describe a segmented network.

                We have used the term for people, when a employee is ours, but only allowed to work for a specific customer and not any other projects, etc.

                But if the networks were allowed to talk to each other at all - then the term would break down in validity. I wouldn't use the term to describe the segmentation of networks in a location that can talk to each other.

                But say you had a location for example in china that wasn't allowed to talk to the rest of global network - guess you could say they are ring fenced ;)

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