VMware recently released a few dates concerning its vSphere family of products. If your business makes use of any of those tools and the following dates aren’t marked on your calendar, you’ll likely want to add them ASAP. Date Why It’s Noteworthy March 31, 2016 All versions of vSphere Enter ... more
Securing today’s mobile workforce is a tough job and it keeps getting tougher. As more workers push for new BYOD policies, for more mobility and for more choices in terms of the technology they use to do their jobs, it falls on IT to deliver on all of those wants without exposing the company to a ... more
A Zero Trust security framework has now become the cyber security industry standard, and for good reason. Zero Trust Security continually authorizes access of both users and devices, no matter the device's location. As cyber threats continue to pose significant risk to every industry, this security ... more
Most things in business are governed by policies. There are detailed sets of rules surrounding everything from PTO usage to intra-office relationships and beyond. Historically, one area that has been tougher to lock down with policies has been the corporate network. Often this stems from poor ... more
Take note: Mobility spending is expected to total $1.57 trillion worldwide this year, with growth projected through at least 2020, according to research by IDC. That figure covers hardware, software, and associated services. Considering the value mobile workforces bring to businesses, this ... more
Cisco released its third version of Identity Services Engine (ISE) back in September. If you are not familiar with Cisco ISE, it is an industry leading Network Access Control (NAC) system that provides security policy management and access to your network infrastructure. Cisco ISE enables ... more
This is the fourth post in an ongoing, deep dive series into the subject of segmentation. Each post will be written by a member of Arraya's technical or tactical teams, focusing on a specific piece of this extremely broad, highly transformational, topic. In this week’s post on segmentation, we wi ... more
There are two sides to cyber security defenses: prevention and mitigation. While prevention is the first line of defense, a proactive mitigation plan is a realistic necessity in today’s cyber climate. It’s always best to be on the offense of your cyber security and conducting pro ... more
How’s this for a balancing act? A company’s network must be an impenetrable fortress to the wrong people (hackers and cyber crooks) while being easily accessible and user-friendly to the right ones (employees, guests and all of their devices). That’s the security tightrope today’s IT pros must walk. ... more
Enterprise networks make modern businesses more competitive, resilient, and better able to deliver an exceptional user, customer, and employee experience. In short, it’s the backbone of their entire IT infrastructure, the one component that everything else relies on. And ‘everything’ now encom ... more