Network security was much easier when we were dealing with standalone servers hosting a single application and connecting to a dedicated port. As we all know, that’s no longer the case.
Applications and infrastructure have become highly dynamic and distributed. They’re increasingly virtualized and spread among on-premises, cloud, colocation and branch office environments. And the applications are being broken into smaller and smaller pieces using microservices and containers.
While this gives IT professionals, DevOps specialists and business teams tremendous flexibility and agility, it also expands an organization’s attack surface and makes it harder than ever to protect IT resources, users and the business itself.
