Today, Cato Networks announced the findings of its 2023 SASE Adoption Survey. The survey of 1,694 IT leaders worldwide finds that management expects networking and security teams to work closer together, if not outright converge. Further survey observations shed light on SASE adoption, distribution of applications in the cloud and on-premises, the persistence of hybrid work, and how IT is evolving to address modern infrastructure challenges.
“The convergence of networking and security teams in organisations is no longer an afterthought. It is an action that IT leaders are embracing and adopting,” said Eyal Webber-Zvik, Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Cato Networks. “As organisations strive to combat today’s cyber threats, enriching security operations with network visibility and intelligence is essential. Respondents in our 2023 Cato Networks SASE Adoption Survey confirmed that and more.”
Security and Networking Teams Converge for Improved Operations
A vast majority, 82% of respondents, indicated that security and networking teams are consolidating or have a management directive to improve collaboration. When we asked respondents how their organisations divide network and security management responsibilities, nearly 24% indicated that security and networking responsibilities were handled by one team.
A case in point is Carlsberg, the world-renowned brewer, which has consolidated network operations and security under the responsibility of Tal Arad, the CISO and Head of Technology at Carlsberg. “For Carlsberg, networking and security operations are ultimately about the same thing: ensuring the beer keeps flowing. Blurring the lines between networking and security people, I think, is the right way to achieve that goal,” says Arad.
“Converging networking and security teams lets us eliminate the turf wars that have so long plagued IT. We can identify and act on potential back doors created by network changes ..
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