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Modernization isn’t just about upgrading servers, storage networks or applications. It’s about adopting modern ways of approaching IT.
all components of IT, including platforms, application development and operations.
Extending zero trust
out to the edge
With more employees working remotely, agencies are starting to think about the processing that increasingly happens at
the edge of their networks. They must craft a security approach that encompasses endpoints the government might not control — for example, remote employees’ personal
devices. However, in addition to protecting assets, agencies need to ensure that security measures don’t interfere with employees’ ability to be productive and engaged in their work.
In the past, agencies would buy thousands of laptops, configure and secure them, and distribute them to employees. Now agencies need a flexible and agile model to adapt to endpoints of all kinds, including not only traditional endpoints such as mobile phones, laptops and desktop PCs, but also sensors,
5G and other types of edge workloads.
A zero trust foundation for security has
the agility to secure all those different environments, and it doesn’t depend on deploying a particular technology. Instead, it depends on adopting a holistic strategy that gives agencies the flexibility to respond to current and future threats.
Henry Fleischmann is director of Government, Education and Healthcare Solutions Architecture at VMware.
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