Today’s data center has very little in common with that of a few years ago.
The old model of on-prem servers surrounded by a tough, secure perimeter is out. Today, data centers are not just on-prem but in the cloud and on the edge and everywhere in between.
Today’s data center has very little in common with that of a few years ago.
The old model of on-prem servers surrounded by a tough, secure perimeter is out. Today, data centers are not just on-prem but in the cloud and on the edge and everywhere in between.
“Then there’s the added complexity of mobile, SaaS applications, bring-your-own-device programs and the Internet of Things,” said Gorka Sadowski, chief strategy officer at cybersecurity vendor Exabeam and former Gartner analyst. “Not to mention COVID-19, a human virus that has forced everyone to work at home on who knows what.”
All these trends have burst the perimeter wide open, he told Data Center Knowledge.
“It’s all the Wild West,” Sadowski said. “In fact, it is widely accepted that identity is the new perimeter.”
As a result, traditional on-prem identity solutions, such as locally managed Active Directory, and associated systems and processes are being replaced by cloud identity alternatives. The result is an identity authentication system that is more scalable, secure, user-friendly, manageable and plays well with all of a company’s cloud providers.
