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A digital twin helps IT administrators find answers to difficult questions about individual devices or look at the whole system to find mathematically proven answers in seconds.
that traditional tools do not allow. To deliver on the intent of zero trust, security engineers must be able to identify network- based vulnerabilities due to traffic being virtually routed around enforcement points.
What is a digital twin?
A digital twin is a behaviorally accurate software copy of an entire network and all the devices on it — including all possible traffic paths. It helps IT administrators
find answers to difficult questions about individual devices or look at the whole system to find mathematically proven answers in seconds. In the past, it could take hours to do that, or agencies might not have been able to answer those questions at all.
Likewise, a digital twin can verify segmentation in cases where multiple networks are riding on the same infrastructure to prove that mission- critical information and internet data are
isolated from each other when they cross the same physical links.
A digital twin is an always-on tool
that helps engineers visualize, verify, search and predict network behavior. By acting as a single source of truth for the entire network, it helps engineering teams move from a reactive to a proactive posture.
Kevin Kuhls is technical solutions architect at Forward Networks.
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