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237 security objective is helping our customers enhance their foundational cybersecurity ,” he says .
Traditional reactive approaches to cybersecurity are no longer sufficient as cyber attacks become more sophisticated , targeted and persistent . Instead of just protecting the network perimeter , Gagnon says that modern threats necessitate proactive internal protections . “ Businesses recognize that they must evolve their approach and assume the perimeter has been breached . It ’ s a matter of being able to proactively detect the attacker , trip the response
and kick them out . It ’ s how fast you can achieve this , not just how well you can prevent them from getting in .”
As businesses are adopting more cloud-based applications and hosting more workloads in the cloud , it is critical to ensure that layers of protection are built in . “ We are helping decentralize our customers ’ approach to security , by facilitating secure , cloud-based environments across the country ,” says Gagnon .
Businesses are also connected like never before thanks to the convergence of the Internet of Things ( IoT ), Operational
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