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Another benefit for Presidio ' s vSOC is its portability . Clients can stay with platforms they have in place – automation enables the solution to run without the end user noticing any change . “ Customers tell us they had no idea that level of automation was even possible and are really enjoying the insights and outputs they are getting through being able to leverage the automation we have baked in through APIs .”
Covid opportunities and challenges In March 2020 Presidio saw a freeze on travel and has since worked mainly from home . “ Generally , about 70 % of people now work entirely from home ,” says Trader . “ That brings with it a lot of security concerns , for example shadow IT . We saw VPN licensing go through the roof . The home network may be insecure , and once it is connected to the office network , others using a shared device may be downloading malware through games or social media . Cybercriminals look for their chance , well aware of the wormholes that can open up this way .”
The secure access service edge ( SASE ) is made front and center of his conversations
with clients . “ Latency became a problem . We had engineering companies and architects that were spending six or seven hours downloading blueprints they were working on at home , rather than the secure networks they had in the office . That placed a focus on identity access management and real-time assessment of the end user at the end-point . That is why identity is so important : the perimeter has shifted !”
Addressing the end-point required user and entity behavior analytics ( UEBA ), a process of gathering insight into the network events that users generate every day . It can pick up
“ I have seen companies where up to 50 % of their network is scorched earth , irrecoverable ”
DAVE TRADER VICE PRESIDENT AND FIELD CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER ( CISO ), PRESIDIO technologymagazine . com 137