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How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty

CIO

Yesterday’s hub-and-spoke networks and castle-and-moat security models were adequate when users, applications, and data all resided onsite in the corporate office or data center. To achieve this, businesses are turning to a zero-trust architecture, specifically the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.

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Radically simplify and expand Zero Trust to cloud workload

CIO

Many organizations rely on legacy security architectures to secure their cloud workloads. They often use a combination of: Cloud native security solutions offered by cloud service providers Multiple security tools (firewall, VPN, TLS/SSL inspection, DLP, etc.) Zscaler Fig 1: Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud Connectivity.

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Your biggest barriers to digital transformation aren’t technical…they’re cultural

CIO

Overcoming growing pains Most organizations are built with hub-and-spoke networks connecting their locations to centralized data centers. We even copied that perimeter defense strategy to our cloud environments by building virtual firewalls to control access to those applications. And it worked.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. data, security, development, architecture) as well. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.”

Strategy 363
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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO

Cloud networking comprises three layers: first from on-premises data centers to the cloud, then within a cloud that has multiple accounts or virtual private clouds, and finally, between individual clouds in a multicloud environment. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says. There is a talent war going on,” Hoag says.

Network 243
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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

In the fast-evolving world of finance, data security is of paramount importance. Financial institutions must ensure the protection of sensitive personal information, most commonly payment card data, to maintain, trust and meet various regulatory requirements.

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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

CIO

The boulder is made from complex infrastructure, network connections, data stores, and devices. Moreover, new sources of ever expanding data produced by generative AI and the unfettered growth of unstructured data introduce even more challenges. Data at rest. Data in motion. The task is Sisyphean. But we can try.