BrandPost: Secure the Edge Without Compromising Productivity

Many organizations still use a traditional hub and spoke architecture to connect offices to the data center for application access. However, with users working remotely and applications distributed across multiple clouds and the need for cloud application access, older network architectures can reduce productivity.

Network edges are no longer a branch or a campus. The edge may be at home, in a car, a motel room, or a coffee shop. No matter where users are, they need fast, secure, reliable connections. To meet the needs of users, networking and security must converge. The pandemic caused more users to work from home, acting as "a branch of one," and led to more focus on security at the network edge. But for people to work productively, security has to work seamlessly with connectivity to ensure fast, secure access to applications across rapidly changing connections.

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