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Make SASE your cybersecurity armor – but don’t go it alone

CIO Business Intelligence

In short, SASE brings together software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) and network security services such as cloud access security broker, firewall as a service, and zero trust network access. Increasingly, organizations are turning to secure access service edge (SASE) as their armor of choice against cyberattacks. The solution?

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO Business Intelligence

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. For example, a typical NGFW now may be equipped with firewalling, SD-WAN, a Wi-Fi controller for SD-Branch, an Ethernet controller, and zero-trust functionality.

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Designing the campus of the future starts with high-quality 10Gbps connectivity

CIO Business Intelligence

The solution provides fast, secure terminal access and a flatter network architecture that enhances usability for users and administrators, as well as enterprise-quality branches that maintain superior experience levels even in locations where internet or WAN connections are poor quality. Network Architect, Networking, Networking Devices

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