Integrating Security Into Networking From The Ground Up…

This industry insight article from GCN discusses how moving forward, the convergence of security and networking will be needed to work together from an integrated perspective.

As more of the workforce continues remote-work, the potential for attacks/threats/malicious actors increases and heightened security will continue to be of critical importance.

Secure access service edge (SASE) and software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) technologies are designed to merge security and networking into a single, integrated solution that can rapidly and easily scale and adapt to expanding environments and requirements. These forward-leaning capabilities help agencies better plan for the future while ensuring security remains a top priority even amid ongoing changes.

Traditional security solutions no longer provide the level of protection, performance and access control that today’s government agencies and missions demand. To address this challenge, infrastructure and security must not only evolve simultaneously but become increasingly integrated. This is the only reliable approach to ensure data protection and secure access to resources whenever and wherever applications are launched. It requires integrating dynamic security solutions into the government’s core network elements with a security-driven networking approach. 

via Security-driven networking: The foundation of digital transformation from GCN