Centralized vs. Decentralized Security
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whether security management is consolidated into one location (centralized) or spread across many locations/systems (decentralized)
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most organizations are physically decentralized (many locations, cloud providers, operating systems), making diverse systems difficult to manage and protect consistently
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centralized approach
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enables correlated alerts, consolidated log analysis, and comprehensive system status/maintenance — but isn't perfect, since it introduces a single point of failure and potential performance bottlenecks
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