The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, with remote work, cloud adoption, and IoT devices becoming the norm. This shift has dramatically transformed the traditional network perimeter, making it increasingly challenging to protect sensitive data. Enter Unified SASE.

SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge, is a groundbreaking approach to network security that combines traditional network functions with cloud-based security services. By converging these elements into a single, cloud-delivered platform, SASE offers unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and protection.

Managed Wi-Fi solutions can provide several benefits to businessess of all sizes. According to  Market Growth Reports, the global Managed Wi-fi solution market is projected to reach up to a staggering $10,343.48 Million by 2028.

The retail industry, in particular, can find immense benefit to the outsourcing of Wi-Fi networks leading to considerable cost savings, improved security, and an overall better customer experience.

Here are some of the key benefits of managed Wi-Fi solutions for the retail industry:

As we look ahead to 2024, the focus on digital security will continue to intentisfy. Out with the old, and in with the new, will be the new philiosophy to maintain a competitive edge and to ensure that organizations are prepared for the evolving threat landscape.

Zero Trust has been creating siginificant buzz within the industry in the recent past and its importance as a modenized approach to secutity is only going to continue to gain momemtum into next year.

Zero Trust is an overarching security concept exercising the 'never trust, always verify' philosophy. It is an approach that assumes that threats can come from both outside and inside the network, and it requires verification from anyone trying to access resources, regardless of their location or network connection.

In this post, we look at the different subsets of Zero Trust:  Zero Trust Access (ZTA), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and Zero Trust Application Access (ZTAA) and the key benefits each offer.

You've heard the term by now: ZTNA, or Zero Trust Network Architecture. If you're not entirely familiar with the concetpt, ZTNA is a security concept that centers around the principle of "never trust, always verify." In a Zero Trust model, implicit trust is not practiced, as is the case with traditional security methods. All users, devices, and applications are treated as potential threats, and access to resources is granted on a need-to-know basis.

The past decade has seen a major transformation in the realm of enterprise network and security.  The traditional data center approach no longer fits the changing landscape that we are in today. With cloud-based security solutions and with the pandemic elevating the need to work and access devices and applications virtually, the need for enterprise network security to become more agile and adapt accordingly has become more important than ever. 

According to Flexera’s 2021 State of the Cloud report, for the 5th year in a row, optimizing cloud is the top initiative for the year ahead, with migrating more workloads to the cloud a close second.

The world is slowly beginning to reopen, and organizations are making decisions on what the post-pandemic workplace looks like. As many organizations look to bring their staff back into the office, others will opt for hybrid models or stick with full-time remote teams. Currently, millions of employees in Canada work from home full time with no end in sight, and many employees wish to continue working remotely once the pandemic ends

Peculiarly, the language used by senior management in quarterly earnings calls with investors and analysts placed the remote work discussion central in the public companies' earnings calls in 2021. This discussion was perceptibly limited in the years before 2020, and it is not a stretch to say that modern history will reference the year as a turning point. Many CEOs now view remote work in a favorable light, a sign that it is here to stay. Some companies that have announced they will allow, encourage, or require employees to work from home permanently include Shopify, Twitter, Facebook, Square, Coinbase, Upwork, AWeber, Otis, and Amazon.

“If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too. Criminals are using every technology tool at their disposal to hack into people’s accounts. If they know there’s a key hidden somewhere, they won’t stop until they find it.” Tim Cook

In the game of cat and mouse between data security and bad actors, extended detection and response (XDR) is the latest weapon that organizations can utilize to strengthen their security posture.

XDR is a new approach to threat detection and response, a key element in defending an organization’s infrastructure and data from damage or unauthorized access and misuse. 

Among the many priorities businesses are positioning themselves for in 2021, network and data security remain at the top of the list as 'anywhere operations' becomes more rampant in an era of rapid digital transformation. With the current state of times, external attacks have become more sophisticated with the pandemic being a channel to lure unsuspecting users in. Organizations must make every effort to start the year off right and ensure their networks are protected from modern hacking practices. 

With the drastic changes that our society has felt on a global scale since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's no secret that a 'new normal' is materializing in real time. Organizations have had to rapidly adapt to remote working models on a moment's notice. This change has also inadvertently created a haven for hackers to take full advantage of potentially vulnerabe systems and unsuspecting workers with a significant rise in phishing and ransomware attacks with rhetoric related to COVID-19 as the primary hook to lure people in. We published a post a few years on what to look out for in the event of a ransomware attack and the precautions are no different today.  

Traditional wide area network (WAN) design – with its myriad of devices, disparate WAN links and siloed management – is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. The reality is, traditional WAN is too costly and cumbersome to meet the needs of today’s digitally-driven businesses.