security strategies to accommodate what work looks like today, and have moved beyond yesterday’s
VPNs and direct link approaches, as well as their associated security risks.
Next Up – Software Defined Perimeters
A new approach and associated technology is now available, designed specifically from the ground-up
to address the aforementioned issues, and to enable enterprises to optimize today’s data opportunities.
It is commonly known as software defined perimeter (SDP), and it can enable companies to overcome
security challenges such as hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, reducing attack surface. How does SDP
circumvent VPN’s security issues? In a nutshell, it does so by:
Decreasing lateral attacks – by creating an environment that can be described as “secure by
default,” which is achieved by providing remote users access only to specific services.
Providing users access at the application level, moving beyond network-level access.
Creating greater security by granting connectivity across multiple clouds, sites, and domains to
distributed apps and clients.An SDP allows its users to move workloads as needed from cloud to cloud, leading to the ability to avoid
the threat of cloud vendor lock-in. An SDP also eliminates chaos by allowing for installation on any host,
without network reconfiguration or appliance hassles.
So, what’s holding you back? As a traditional perimeter security, VPNs likely worked for you in the old
world of physical servers and virtual machines. But, its likely that even if you have not already
experienced a breach, you know they don’t have what it takes to protect your data in today’s
heterogeneous, multi-cloud, advanced application environment. It’s time to embrace today’s new realities
with a progressive security solution that’s specifically designed to answer to your requirements, and let
go of yesterday’s VPN security myth.
About the Author
Don Boxley Jr is a DH2i co-founder and CEO. Prior to DH2i, Don held senior
marketing roles at Hewlett-Packard where he was instrumental in sales and
marketing strategies that resulted in significant revenue growth in the scale-out
NAS business. Boxley spent more than 20 years in management positions for
leading technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, CoCreate Software,
Iomega, TapeWorks Data Storage Systems and Colorado Memory
Systems. Boxley earned his MBA from the Johnson School of Management,
Cornell University. Don can be reached online at [email protected].
DH2i’s website is: http://www.dh2i.com. Follow DH2i on Twitter: @DH2i.