2017 TechNet Augusta

As organizations search for better ways to protect against cyber threats and data exfiltration, traditional techniques such as securing the perimeter and endpoints are known to be insufficient.  Once inside, outsider threat actors are free to roam.  Conversely, bad actors are already inside the enterprise with access to the network landscape. Ever-present and current security threats beg the question: What is the best way to protect the enterprise while maintaining throughput? 

The emergence of Software Defined Networking and the power it offers through automation and orchestration, provides a new method of securing the network: Software Defined Secure Network (SD-SN). SD-SN allows organizations to operate the entire network as a single enforcement domain that makes every element a policy enforcement point. SD-SN is built upon these attributes:

Simplified Policy:  Centrally managed across all network elements.

Distributed Detection: Sharing multi-source threat intelligence through a common cloud-based feed.

Immediate Enforcement: Adapting policy in real-time to all network elements.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this seminar, attendees will understand how SD-SN:

• Leverages the entire network to deliver a secure network and is comprised of three main components, using a bottoms-up and tops-down approach:
• Utilizes entire network infrastructure and the ecosystem itself, which includes all network elements such as switches, routers and firewalls, and that each element can provide threat intelligence and detect threats.
• Employs cloud-based threat defenses, which includes security intelligence feeds from all sources. It also includes cloud-based, scalable malware detection.
• Contains elements of a centralized, dynamic policy engine and controller that addresses all network components.