Traditional policy enforcement will be insufficient for the future of clouds and things. We will need identity and attribute based macro segmentation to reduce the attack surface. Key constructs of the next generation infrastructures will be to: Define in Policy Enforce in Infrastructure Automate implementation and audit Segmentation is the construct of taking portions… Continue reading Macro Segmentation for System Level Hardening
Month: February 2016
IT as the efficiency Engine for the Enterprise
In my past 20 years in the technology industry, I have often seen the back and forth viewpoints on whether IT is a cost center, or a profit center, for the enterprise. There is good reason for this, as it shapes the ongoing investment for the IT environment. The cost center viewpoint views the underlying… Continue reading IT as the efficiency Engine for the Enterprise
Building Blocks of a Software Defined Infrastructure
As software defined networking and SD-Wan technologies begin to reach a state of maturity, the ongoing marketing in the industry is setting the agility and new new capabilities as primary agenda items. And this is for good reason, with a proliferation of services and net new IT requirements, optimizing cost structures and efficiency are key… Continue reading Building Blocks of a Software Defined Infrastructure
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