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The distribution of today’s networks, driven initially by digital innovation and accelerated by the recent rapid transition to work from home, has had a significant impact on security. Universal access to any application or connected resource, from any location, on any device sounds like a great idea. In practice, however, it creates challenges that few organizations have been able to manage. Security teams that used to only manage the core network, with perhaps a few branch offices and “road warrior” remote sales teams sprinkled in, have had to transition to managing a sprawling network spanning multiple clouds and SaaS applications, growing numbers of branch offices with new SD-WAN connections, distributed IoT devices, IT/OT convergence, mobile workers and devices, and now, dozens or even hundreds of home offices.
