FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
visibility and comprehensive controls for secure application delivery across onpremises data centres , public , private and hybrid clouds .
How can CIOs / CISOs best transition to this approach ?
The three key best practice approaches for implementing multi-cloud involve internal application discovery , performing security assessments and compliance planning .
Internal application discovery : The challenges with hybrid and multi-cloud networks include issues such as latency as well as the volume of data transmitted through the network . This can have a harmful effect on the infrastructure if you do not have a thorough understanding of the mapping and data volume between
Modern apps are increasingly housed in public , private and hybrid clouds , forcing application delivery controllers to evolve to provide better user experience , application availability and security . application dependencies . This is where organisations need to perform internal audits on the types of applications and their requirements .
Performing security and governance gap assessment is vital to looking at the organisation ’ s security and regulatory objectives . Documenting the gaps in the business ’ controls against accepted best practices enables organisations to identify issues for ongoing maintenance and tweaks .
With legacy change controls proving to be slow and inadequate , continuous compliance means constantly looking at the environment and controlling the consumption and usage of cloud services . With the right software controls , businesses can form consistent and repeatable outcomes with fewer errors . •
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