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INTELLIGENTCIO
he growing popularity of mobile
devices and cloud-hosted enterprise
applications is prompting
organisations to reconsider how they deploy
enterprise networks. The myriad traffic flows
among private data centres, public clouds
and the mixture of personal and corporate -
owned devices have led to the need for more
advanced management, policy setting and
security capabilities for wired and wireless
networks. Many organisations are now
seeing IoT devices access the enterprise
network. These trends are leading to a
seamlessly mobile workforce that can create
value without regard to time and place.
However, with these tremendous benefits
come risks, especially with regard to security.
Network managers have a wide variety of
security threats to worry about in today’s
enterprise. The rise in mobility is due in large
part to the proliferation of bring your own
device (BYOD), introducing risks around data
exposure and threat vectors brought in from
the outside. However, BYOD is not the only
factor extending the borders of the enterprise.
The network access needs of third-party
business partners and their applications are
also adding complexity.
Public-facing organisations increasingly offer
guest Wi-Fi access, which leads to many of
the same risk factors as employee BYOD, but
with fewer protections from any number of
security technologies.
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