"New systems, processes, and technologies that depart from the old way of doing things are the 'shiny baubles' of the network security industry. It is tempting to jump on these new developments and implement them immediately. However, I have seen organizations spend a lot of time and money on new technologies only to realize that they are ineffective or even dangerous. My approach is to keep an open mind about new developments in network security systems and processes but to perform due diligence to verify their claims. If I decide to move forward, I run a pilot of the new system to ensure it works before deploying it across the entire network infrastructure."