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CLOUD AND CYBER ride . That might include the introduction autonomy - networks that can detect cyberattacks in real time and change the firewall in response . “ These networks are similar and comparable to how selfdriving cars will work ,” says Connors . “ If there is traffic , the car will automatically reroute . If there is a person in the road , the vehicle will break to avoid collision .” But it will also simply involve treating every user the same . “ We are likely to see businesses adopt a ‘ zero trust ’ approach to security – where employees face similar access , credentials , and authentication measures regardless of location ,” says Kiehn . “ No matter where a worker is based , the experience of connecting to corporate systems will feel the same .”
Networking is truly at a point of unprecedented change on multiple fronts . Perhaps the best established by now is the cloud revolution , and the
The market is responding to the proliferation of things a network manager has to consider with products that err more towards being jacks of all trades . “ The philosophy won ’ t be about having lots of different technologies to cover the whole of the network stack ,”
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