When we gaze at the crowded eye-chart of technologies commonly associated with digital transformation, few of the markets we follow have been frothier over the last two years than SD-WAN and cybersecurity.
The rate of change is remarkable by any long-range indicator: revenue growth rates, investment, acquisition and consolidation activity, and innovation speed. Clearly the essential elements of an extended software-defined network deployment and its critical security posture are inexorably intertwined in the future fabric of a cloud-native, Hybrid IT application delivery world.
Unfortunately, many business technologists have a problem of mismatched optics when considering these two arenas. SD-WAN is still too often thought of as an extension of legacy router-based networks and Telco engineering stacks, and cybersecurity often lacks the needed segmentation to support a hybrid architecture beyond the network perimeter or app login.
Just like modern optometry, businesses now have a much greater array of innovative options for viewing security through SD-WAN lenses in today’s hybrid IT environments, where applications and their network definitions are in a state of constant flux.
How can we make the right choices here to see a clearer future state?
Read the whole article on the WAN Speak Blog here: https://blog.silver-peak.com/choose-your-optics-security-through-the-sd-wan-lens-in-a-hybrid-it-world
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