{"id":9214,"date":"2024-03-06T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zayo.zayowebservers.com\/?post_type=resources&p=9214"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T23:03:18","slug":"data-security-is-now-in-your-boardroom","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/zayoustrans.burbledev.com\/es\/resources\/data-security-is-now-in-your-boardroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Security is Now in Your Boardroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When CEOs everywhere are discussing how best to secure company data, the CSO needs a new focus \u2013 not only on reducing risk, but on improving user experience.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gartner predicts that 40% of boardrooms<\/a> will have dedicated cybersecurity teams by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It used to be that CSOs secured the company, and that\u2019s all they did. If securing data meant the burden of two or three levels of authentication across multiple devices, so be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was bad enough when we all worked in offices, accessing data from an on-site bank of servers. Now that we\u2019re all home, working on our own devices accessing our apps stored out there in the cloud (over public Internet circuits!), security can easily reach eye-rolling levels of complexity. Well, the CSO wasn\u2019t rolling her eyes – she was just doing her job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT! It seemed that in our new hybrid environment, no matter the measures put into place, security was still compromised. You can\u2019t treat every employee as implicitly \u201ctrusted\u201d over a VPN without introducing delays into the workday experience of your users.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Stretching a New Muscle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Superior security should also come with superior performance<\/h4>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Suddenly, the CSO is not only thinking about security. She\u2019s stretching a new muscle \u2013 considering how the security measures she puts into place affect employee performance, and the ease with which they perform. Because if it isn\u2019t easy, employees will bypass her measures altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She knows that her hybrid and mobile workers need security that isn’t tied to a single location fed by a single VPN. Somehow, security needed to follow the user \u2013 who is now working from home, from the airport, from the coffee shop, at the poolside \u2013 but without creating an added security risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paradigm Shift of SASE: Network + Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disparate networking and security models are no longer sufficient to address the evolving threat landscape, especially when modern business operations involve cloud-based apps, hybrid and remote workers, personal devices, and public access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Networking and security need to work together <\/strong>for the best user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)<\/a> comes into play, offering a holistic approach that prioritizes user experience while actually improving security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SASE represents a paradigm shift in how organizations approach networking and security \u2013 by the two functions into a unified, cloud-native platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe one-size-fits-all security approach that used to work for the branch office now needs to include the user. The need for flexibility is rising, the demands are rising, and the threats are rising. We can no longer separate the user from the security model<\/strong>.\u201d
– Ed Loveless, Director, Product Management, Zayo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This convergence allows SASE to streamline an organization\u2019s infrastructure, reduce its complexity, and enhance its agility. This is achieved through a combination of technologies such as SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network)<\/a>, Zero Trust security principles, secure web gateways, and cloud-native security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Key Benefits of SASE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n