CIO OPINION
The best kept secret of multi-cloud is that it is hybrid .
Greater unification of those access controls will be vital to organisations amid their transformation journeys . Unifying security management starts with unifying identity access and having an analytics platform that centralises security logs . This includes identity-based segmentation , by identity and user role , which provides much-needed visibility and granular policies on user access to sensitive data . All this intelligence flows into defining and managing one set of security policies from one console and through one endpoint agent . The unified management should apply to all business data accessed through any website , cloud app and private ( corporate ) app . It should control how employees , contractors and partners use managed and unmanaged devices so that no one can bypass security enforcement , even if they ’ re using BYOD .
Moving towards security simplicity and consolidation will be table stakes to becoming a digital-native enterprise . How you use or create data will dictate a future for security where less becomes more . Unification and simplicity is the new calculus for security . And the easy path to convergence will be what enterprises and governments will ask for from their security partners . p
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