In the face of increasing economic uncertainty, organizations are doing whatever they can to prepare themselves for a recession. Budgets are shrinking, headcounts are decreasing, and employees are being challenged to do more with fewer resources. While one may hope that teams like security would be insulated from these pressures, that is sadly not the case. They also are being asked to cut costs and do more with less.<\/p>\n

This blog series discusses how companies can save money in security and networking with a zero trust architecture. Each installment in the series includes a video that details one of the financial benefits of zero trust. Part one looked at how organizations can optimize their technology costs and spend less money on infrastructure, hardware, and bandwidth.<\/p>\n

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The operational inefficiency of perimeter-based architectures<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s hub-and-spoke networks and castle-and-moat security models breed complexity that keeps admins focused on menial tasks and prevents them from performing their job duties efficiently. In other words, time and money are wasted. This occurs for multiple reasons. As an example, for every piece of hardware that is purchased, the burden of integration and ongoing maintenance increases. Similarly, for every point product security appliance that is deployed to address a specific threat or vulnerability, it means more disjointed dashboards, alert fatigue, and difficulty in manually duplicating policies across separate interfaces. Beyond these brief examples, there are many challenges that demand a great deal of oversight from high-skill, expensive labor. <\/p>\n

Zero trust architecture<\/p>\n

Zero trust is a fundamentally different architecture that successfully decreases operational complexity. This simplification leads to greater operational efficiency, reduced admin time requirements, and minimized management overhead. Watch the video below to learn how zero trust can accomplish this for your organization. <\/p>\n