“ There is no mythical nirvana of a single pane of glass ”
Wherever work happens , cyber threats are watching .
cost efficiencies , better visibility , and potentially better security around having one platform , Croker thinks there ’ s a misunderstanding in the industry for those outside cyber circles .
“ I think there ' s this naive image in a lot of people ' s minds , the layman ' s mind , that a business , for cybersecurity , has a handful of vendors , big household names , to handle their web gateway , email system , and so on , but the actual reality is that they ' ve got hundreds .”
With this way of thinking , consolidation means bringing a dozen or so vendors down to a couple , but in truth , Croker adds that “ many of the larger enterprise businesses have hundreds of solutions ”.
“ Everywhere from the manufacturing floor through to the office , the door entry
“ There is no mythical nirvana of a single pane of glass ”
SIMON CROCKER SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING , PALO ALTO NETWORKS , UK & I systems … it can number 150 and counting . A point product solution to fix these individual elements adds to the complexity , the management and the overheads .”
Are multiple point products contributing to the cyber talent crisis ? Croker explains that technology specialists can sometimes want to experience the ‘ greener grass ’ of working for a vendor like a cloud service provider , but it creates a problem for business as end-users as they struggle to recruit cybersecurity-aware professionals who can handle the sheer number of point solutions .
“ So that ' s where this consolidation comes in . Palo Alto may go in there
102 September 2022