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In this News Desk interview, which was recorded live on-site at Cloud Wars Expo, Principal Analyst Aaron Back welcomes Aviatrix CEO Steve Mullaney to address the challenges of securing cloud environments.
Highlights
00:56 — Visibility is the first priority for any degree of security, then control. Aviatrix weaves security measures into its infrastructure to give its customers “eyes on everything.”
02:41 — Visibility must be paired with a platform providing control within the network. Steve adds, “Visibility without control is just another alert, likely to be ignored.”
03:22 — Most of today’s security takes action after a problem arises. The next evolution of security empowers customers to take preventative measures through analytics and anomaly detection.
05:00 — The movement to the cloud is a movement to sustainability and efficiency.
07:34 — Steve uses Aviatrix client Heineken as a prime example of real-world risk assessment prioritizing cybersecurity above all else. Heineken ranks cybersecurity as its top security priority — even more important than access to clean water for beer production.
08:40 — Steve discusses the ThreatGuard feature and its tendency to alarm customers when first applied to their data security as it highlights previously undetected malicious activity.
11:00 — Autonomous software based on a customer’s own software applications — and working in real-time — puts cloud customers in the driver’s seat for their products and the experience of their own customers.
13:35 — Business-led transformation to the cloud is the present and future. IT has repurposed itself as “developer enablement,” a title more directly tied to business value.
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