2021 will be a transformational year for the CIO. One of the main themes has been how to facilitate easier and more efficient access to applications, while increasing security throughout the WAN. In this discussion, we cover the model for “anywhere operations,” best practices, cloud and cybersecurity mesh.

1. March 26th, 2021
The CIO Council
Hybrid Work Models,
Anywhere Operations
and Security

2. Nick Enger, CTO at ATC
Voice Network
Cloud Security
D(x)

3. D(x)
Digital Transformation: Tug of War for the Digital Age

4. 75% 80%
Executives who say the
pandemic has upped the need
for Digital Transformation.
Companies that say
Digital Transformation
is a strategic necessity.
29%
Managers who say their
organizations are leaders in
Digital Transformation.
70%
Transformations that
fail to meet their goals.
Source: Boston Consulting Group.
“To unleash the promise of digital transformation, businesses need to embrace
automation and software-defined networking as well as improve security.”
* Network World, January 2020

5. Discussion
I. Hybrid Work Models, Anywhere Operations
II. Communications & CallabToo
III. Cloud
IV. Everything XaaS
V. Legacy Networks
VI. SD-WAN
VII. Cybersecurity
VIII. MDR
IX. SASE

6. Hybrid Work Models
• Hybrid Work is the new remote work!
• The hybrid working model is a work
environment that enables employees to blend
working from different locations: home, on the
go, or the office.
“Hybrid work models, done right, allow organizations
to better recruit talent, achieve innovation, and
create value for all stakeholders.”
*Boston Consulting Group

7. Anywhere Operations
• Allows for business applications and
technology stacks to be accessed, delivered
and enabled anywhere.
• Anywhere operations is “digital first, remote
first.”
• To ensure in-office levels of collaboration and
productivity among teams, organizations are
turning to unified communications.

8. Communications &
CollabToo
• UCaaS and CCaaS are instrumental to
hybrid workplace technology and non-
centralized workforces.
• Cloud communications facilitates in-office
collaboration and productivity levels for
hybrid workforces.
• Omnichannel communications and
optimized customer experience (CX).
• Application integration and CPaaS.
• Direct routing for MS Teams.
“UCaaS has rapidly emerged as a foundational
technology for ensuring hybrid work success.”
-Tech Target, Feb. 2021

9. Distributed Cloud
• Enabling organizations to have these services
physically closer helps with low-latency
scenarios, reduces data costs and helps
accommodate laws.
• Organizations still benefit from public cloud
and aren’t managing their own private cloud,
which can be costly and complex.
• Distributed cloud is the future of cloud.

10. Everything XaaS
• SaaS spend is up 50% YoY.
• AI is one of the most dominant tools influencing
SaaS… software developers are increasingly
integrating it.
• Unique apps usage per company is up 30% YoY.
• SaaS waste is REAL - doubling YoY.

11. Why are D(x) and legacy network
architectures at odds?
• Businesses are becoming cloud-first, fast and
agile.
• MPLS is expensive and rigid built to support
WAN access, not cloud access.
• Direct, secure Internet access at the edge.
• The legacy WAN doesn't extend beyond
physical locations.
• Managing all these moving parts is tough.
Traditional Hub & Spoke

12. Layer 7 is Everything
• Often IT leaders today – rightly or wrongly so – are
being evaluated by the performance of the app layer.
“Digital maturity will determine whether
businesses sink or swim.”
*CIO Dive Article

13. SD-WAN
• Virtual WAN architecture that allows
enterprises to leverage any combination of
transport services – including MPLS, LTE and
broadband internet services – to securely
connect users to applications.
• A centralized control function securely and
intelligently directs traffic across the WAN,
improving application performance and a high-
quality user experience.
• Ice Cream = Different Flavors

14. Cybersecurity
• Security approach of a “walled city” is outdated.
• Many assets now exist outside the traditional
security perimeter.
• Cybersecurity mesh is a distributed
architectural approach to scalable, flexible and
reliable cybersecurity control.
• Cybersecurity mesh essentially allows the
security perimeter to be defined around the
identity of a person or thing.
• It enables a more modular, responsive security
approach by centralizing policy orchestration.

15. Managed Detection &
Response (MDR)
• D(x) done incorrectly often leads to lack of
visibility.
• MDR services offer turnkey threat detection
and response via modern, remotely delivered,
24/7 security operations center capabilities
and technology.
• MDR evolved from MSSP.
• Layered into our existing security landscape.
• Eyes on glass.

16. What if we could take SD-
WAN & Cybersecurity and
blend them together?
• WAN – Optimization across network.
• Full-layered visibility from the network all the
way to the end point.
• Full menu of cloud-based security products.
• 24/7/365 Eyes on Glass/SOCaaS.

17. What forces are dictating the
emergence of SASE?
• Emerging adoption of cloud-based services and edge
computing. In addition, most business are in some
form of a digital transformation.
• Networks of the past, built with MPLS and security
appliances, can’t adapt to the technical requirements
of the emerging business and the evolving threat
landscape.
• As a result, the gaps must be filled with even more
point solutions. It is difficult and resource intensive to
run this complex network yourself.

18. SASE Convergence

19. Why SASE is the future of
networking and security?
• Gartner expects SASE to redefine the enterprise
network and network security space.
• SASE is the convergence of networking and network
security markets into a unified cloud platform.
• SASE is expected to render legacy appliance-based
solutions obsolete and poses an existential threat to
product bundles offered by telcos.
• SASE will transform multiple product categories.
• IT leaders should understand this critical trend and
consider its impact on their network and security
architecture.

20. Optimize for Anywhere
Operations – Make it Secure
• The secure access service edge (SASE) combines WAN
capabilities with network security functions - such as:
o Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
o Secure web gateway
o CASB and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).
• Creates a single network that secures and connects all
of your endpoints.
• Remote-access VPNs, which have been separate from
the WAN (and SD-WAN), go away and mobile access
becomes just another way of accessing the SASE
network.

21. Core Attributes of SASE
• Global SD-WAN Footprint
• Distributed Inspection and Policy Enforcement
• Cloud-Native Architecture
• Identity-Driven

22. Midwest Manufacturer
• Cut MPLS Cost, Improve WAN Performance
Data Center
MPLS
Firewall
Firewall
Firewall
HQ
Firewall
Drivers
• Complexity created by multiple point solutions
• High costs (spent $27,000 per month just on MPLS)
SASE at 1/3 of the Price
• Single network with built-in security
• Eliminated all point solutions
• Increased WAN capacity
$324,000 MPLS
Other
$233,000
Connectivity
$84,000
WAN Optimization
$7,000
$115,000
Cato + Internet
$30,000 SASE Cloud
$85,000 Last mile

23. Benefits
• Agility - Supported by the SASE architecture, IT can
deliver optimized networking and strong security to all
locations, applications, and users regardless of where
they are.
• Collaboration - IT teams can leverage the convergence
of network and security to manage all features and
policies in a single interface.
• Efficiency - With SASE, IT teams are relieved of the
grunt work to maintain on premises infrastructure.
• Cost Reduction - The simplification of the network and
security stack, and the consolidation of multiple point
products reduces overall costs.

24. Questions?
Nick Enger
nenger@4atc.com
513-323-1127
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