Network visibility can reverse the security asymmetry challenge
Securing a business network has never been easy, but the task is becoming increasingly more difficult.
Years ago, there was a single ingress/egress point to get into the network. The delineation between what was public and what was private was obvious.
Today, that’s all changed. The rise of mobile devices, Wi-Fi access points, cloud applications and software-defined everything has increased the number of entry points into a company from one to tens, hundreds or even thousands for large organizations. For example, it’s common for a worker to connect to some kind of “free” Wi-Fi network when travelling without having any idea who might own that network, browse the web and infect their mobile device.
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