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The evolving landscape of network security in 2025

CIO

New advances like SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) are helping network professionals keep pace. Continuous authentication and authorization will be enforced for every user and device, regardless of location, minimizing the impact of compromised credentials. SD-WAN layered with AI has a role to play here.

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The importance of integrating security in planning and implementing SD-WAN

CIO

One area that merits attention is software-defined WAN or SD-WAN. Along with the rise of SD-WAN is the growing use of edge devices, which are now targeted by threat actors. This means the need to adopt a new paradigm in securing IT infrastructures. SD-WAN is neither inherently secure nor naturally prone to attacks.

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Secure Your 5G Business Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

However, the real breakthrough is in the convergence of technologies that are coming together to supercharge 5G business transformation across our most critical infrastructure, industrial businesses and governments. This includes 5G coming of age at the same time as AI, bringing together lightning fast connectivity with intelligence.

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Today’s Enterprise WAN Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kentik

For most enterprise NetOps teams, a discussion about the WAN is a discussion about the cloud. The WAN was how we got access to some websites and sent emails. Why do we need to create site-to-site VPNs or some sort of modern SD-WAN topology connecting all our branches when almost all traffic goes to the public internet and the cloud?

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comdivision – Cloud expertise from design to deployment and management

CIO

comdivision and VMware show how leading-edge cloud solutions help customers gain a competitive lead in their industries For more than 25 years, comdivision has drawn from its deep well of infrastructure knowledge to help organizations gain business value from leading-edge technologies. comdivision was ready to deliver.

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Securing the Digital-First Model for Retail

CIO

To meet the customer demands of a digital-first business model, retailers need to address their critical digital infrastructure and rethink network design and cybersecurity. WiFi and SD-WAN for flexible and enhanced connectivity. SD-WAN also provides the agility to add more bandwidth to help improve application and system performance.

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Modernizing Critical Infrastructure Requires Security Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

Critical Infrastructure Blog Series. It's only mid-year and already 2021 has proven to be a watershed year of attacks on critical infrastructure (CI). Leaders in these organizations need to pay attention to the security risk associated with the next wave of infrastructure that is being planned, or which may already be online.