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Goodbye legacy networks, hello “cafe-like” branch

CIO Business Intelligence

The Cafe-like Branch architecture enables you to classify and isolate devices automatically, securing environments without requiring costly hardware upgrades or downtime. By eliminating VPNs and simplifying architecture, the Cafe-like Branch model addresses the connectivity needs of today while securing the future.

Network 252
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How to maximize hard-dollar ROI on security technology investments

CIO Business Intelligence

But modernization projects are pushing ahead: In the same PWC survey, 81% of CIOs said they prioritized cloud-based architecture as a positive and tangible step forward to improve readiness to handle future challenges. The question that remains is, can this be done with the funding available in 2025?

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IT infrastructure complexity hindering cyber resilience

CIO Business Intelligence

Expectation of disruption Limited investment in cyber resilience remains a challenge, despite rising security budgets overall: nearly 49% of U.S.-based based IT leaders globally believe their budget for cyber resilience is inadequate. A lack of budget cannot be put down to a lack of evidence of need.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s not as simple as just extending traditional firewall capabilities to the cloud. In many cases, organizations adopt legacy network security solutions and architectures to secure these cloud workloads that often fail to provide complete security coverage. In fact, a few of the most common challenges include: Risk. Operational costs.

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How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty

CIO Business Intelligence

Today, security, networking, and IT teams are faced with reduced headcount, shrinking budgets, and the very real need to do more with less. To achieve this, businesses are turning to a zero-trust architecture, specifically the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

Solutions architect Solutions architects are responsible for building, developing, and implementing systems architecture within an organization, ensuring that they meet business or customer needs. They’re also charged with assessing a business’ current system architecture, and identifying solutions to improve, change, and modernize it.

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Benchmarks without context are meaningless: The pitfalls of data without insight

CIO Business Intelligence

Knowing this was coming, I responded, “On average, most organizations spend around 3-6% of their IT budget on security.” Security spend as a percentage of IT budget is meaningless without understanding your overall IT investment.” It’s easy to say that 3-6% of an IT budget should be allocated to security. But I wasn’t finished.

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