Heavy Networking 577: A Customer View On Cloud-Delivered Security For Streamlining Distributed Workforces (Sponsored)

Today’s Heavy Networking gets into cloud-delivered security for user access. We’re sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, and we’ll talk about its Prisma Access service with a customer: Josh Dye, SVP at Jefferies Group. With Prisma Access, user traffic is forwarded to the nearest cloud instance, where a variety of security controls are applied including user authentication, next-gen firewalls, IPS, secure Web gateway, content filtering, and more—all delivered as a service. Jefferies Group is using Prisma Access to support distributed work during the pandemic while also meeting the stringent security and regulatory requirements of a financial institution. In particular, policy enforcement, decryption, and inspection are critical. We’re also joined by Kumar Ramachandran, SVP of Product at Palo Alto Networks. We discuss: * Protecting bankers, traders, and other employees coming in from remote locations * Responding to the pandemic during the early days * Applying uniform policy across cloud-delivered and on-prem security systems * The acceleration of distributed work and the complications of user access and security * How distributed work affects your network architecture * Collapsing hardware appliances into a cloud service * Integrating SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security * The role of zero trust * More Show Links: To learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help you transform the way you connect and secure your remote workforce, visit: paloaltonetworks.com/remote-security Prisma Access At A Glance – Palo Alto Networks Jefferies Relies on Prisma Access – a SASE Solution – for their Network Transformation – Palo Alto Networks via YouTube Forrester TEI Spotlight Study: Prisma Access