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Craig Box expands on his early work in the Kubernetes ecosystem, how it has impacted the cloud market, and what’s next for the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week’s episode of 7 Layers, SDxCentral reporter Tommy Clift sat down with Matt Price, Cisco Vice President of IoT Engineering and Operations to discuss the transforming connectivity demands of future transportations systems, and how 5G and multi-access technologies are playing a pivotal role in its progress. Because transportation ecosystems must chiefly prioritize safety, having ubiquitous and extremely reliable connectivity is mission-critical, Price explained. 5G provides improved security to aid car manufacturers and fleet managers to meet the connected vehicle application requirements, and control data transport costs. The discussion echoes Cisco’s bullish behavior with its 5G plans. The vendor discussed its pivot towards private 5G at the MWC Las Vegas event in September – which first gained significant momentum earlier in the year when it launched its private 5G platform at the MWC Barcelona event. Michael Beesley, CTO for service provider networking at Cisco, explained during an interview that the vendor has seen the market slowly evolve over the past several months, and Cisco’s embedded position in a lot of enterprises sets it up to take advantage of this evolution. “It’s an area that we think is a nice intersection of both our abilities and where we see the market need and customer need,” Beesley said. “Certainly, as we engage with enterprises, both the IT and the OT sides, the fact that Cisco’s already a significant partner, we already have significant technological portfolios in these accounts, both direct and through partners, the ability to offer and service a private 5G offering that is fully integrated with the enterprise systems, fully integrated with WiFi policy, visibility, security, we think that’s a key attribute that we bring to the table,” he explained. Stream now to hear the full 7 Layers interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Deloitte’s managing director of Risk & Financial Advisory Colin Soutar and Deloitte Specialist Leader Itan Barmes joined SDxCentral Editor Nancy Liu to dive into quantum security on this episode of the SDxCentral 7 Layers podcast. Soutar and Barmes answered some frequently asked questions about quantum security, such as what is it really going to take to break current cryptography with a quantum computer and why shouldn’t we fixate on the number of qubits to break the crypto or as a measure of progress? Barmes argues that the number of qubits doesn’t give the full picture. “The number of qubits you need in order to implement the [Shor’s] algorithm, even just on paper, is just one aspect. There are many others. And the danger that I see in focusing so much on the number of qubits is that people create predictions about the timeline when we don't have the hardware exactly running the algorithm,” he said. “So we can make a prediction, but it's most likely not going to go this way. There are many more aspects that are important here, not just the number of qubits.” Soutar urges organizations to focus on preparation instead. “It was fairly noticeable that a lot of people have been talking about particular dates when are quantum computers going to be mature enough and commercially viable enough that we can implement Shor's [algorithm] and render this attack?” Soutar said. “The over-fixation on a date, I think it's just the wrong message for industry in general … It's really not a matter of when, it's whether organizations are ready to deal with it when it comes along.” The discussions about Shor's algorithm and technological advances in quantum computing and even the standardization around post-quantum cryptography currently should be detached a little from organizations’ quantum-ready and crypto-agile efforts, they said. Lastly, “let's not have potential vulnerabilities overshadow all of the positive applications of quantum computing around simulation and optimization and so on,” Soutar said. “The technology at large can provide the benefits that it's certainly been promising as it continues to evolve.” Listen to the full interview now. Photo (L-R): Colin Soutar and Itan Barmes Source: Deloitte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andrea Caldini, VP of network engineering at Verizon, has seen a lot of wireless technology evolution during her 20 years at the telecom giant. This includes that carrier’s initial 3G launch based on CDMA technology, its radical move to 4G LTE more than a decade ago, and its more recent push into 5G. “I remember at some point thinking 64 kb/s was really fast,” Caldini joked during an interview with SDxCentral. Caldini cited Verizon’s early 5G work, including its early work toward 5G standards that were initially outside of the normal standards bodies. Verizon has also been able to inject a lot more spectrum into its 5G services based on that technology standards ability to support larger “chunks” of spectrum. Caldini cited the carrier’s extensive millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum holdings that support significant capacity and its ongoing deployment of its C-Band spectrum that is providing a broader reach. As part of that push, Verizon itself has been able to expand those network updates broadly across the organization, including into its Verizon Business Group. That group has been a driver of Verizon’s recent business operations. Verizon 5G and the Private, MEC Space That work has also begun to spread more into the private 5G space, which Caldini said is a “huge opportunity here,” and the is “a gateway into mobile edge compute.” Verizon’s MEC efforts include agreements with all three major hyperscalers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) – to provide optionality to enterprises. This allows the carrier to support two deployment models: private MEC and public MEC. The private MEC path involves an on-premises device deployment that allows an enterprise to maintain total control over its data. The carrier runs this on top of its agreement with AWS, Microsoft, and GCP. The public MEC work taps into nearly 20 locations where Verizon is collocated with the hyperscalers. This model is one Verizon executives have previously stated provide a connection point to within 150 miles of most enterprises. “As you’re creating these solutions, you’re looking to have your workloads closer, so you might have a low-latency need and need to have that workload closer,” Caldini said, adding that this private and public MEC integration then allows an enterprise to adjust where they want to run applications and still have it all under strict control. “They all come together as you create these new services to support a business need.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CIOs are expecting their IT budgets to increase an average of 5.1% due to a “triple squeeze” of economic pressure, the talent shortage and supply chain challenges, according to a new survey from Gartner released in time for the Gartner IT Symposium 2023 in Orlando, Florida. The 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey gathered data from 2,203 CIO respondents in 81 countries and all major industries, and representing approximately $15 trillion in revenue/public-sector budgets and $322 billion in IT spending. The respondents ranked their company’s objectives objectives for digital technology investment over the last two years. The top two objectives were to improve operational excellence (53%) and improve customer or citizen experience (45%). In comparison, only 27% cited growing revenue as a primary objective and 22% cited improving cost efficiency. During this episode of 7 Layers, Daniel Sanchez-Reina, VP analyst at Gartner, talked about the survey results, and how CEOs and boards are anticipating digital initiatives, working to bridge silos in their organizations, reducing the talent gap through unconventional methods, and empowering employees outside of the IT team to contribute to building digital capabilities. Sanchez-Reina is a VP Analyst in CIO Leadership, Culture and People. Sanchez-Reina covers the complex challenges of culture change in organizations, high-performing teams, leadership, CIO influence and CIO role evolution. He provides research on a worldwide basis, advising clients on their specific needs to achieve sustainable growth. Listen to the podcast to hear what Sanchez-Reina had to say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AT&T’s Assistant Vice President of Security Dan Solero sat down with SDxCentral Editor Nancy Liu at AT&T’s Global Headquarters in Dallas, Texas for this episode of 7 Layers. Solero noted the security industry is facing a lot of pressure due to emerging technologies and modalities, new initiatives in the legislative and regulatory environment, and ongoing talent shortages. To address some of those challenges, a few years ago, AT&T announced it will be a public-cloud first company, meaning the first step of its IT strategy is to determine how to get to the cloud, he said. In hybrid and multi-cloud environments, “we have to have a centralized point of view to monitor what's happening from a security perspective. So we've built our own set of systems leveraging some proprietary technology that we have and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, mainly from the market segment called cloud security posture management. And what that gives us is an ability to have a broad view of our AT&T assets out in multiple clouds and apply consistent standards and detection mechanisms across all of them.” The tier-one operator also has quantum ready on its roadmap by 2025. “It's so important to be taking action now,” Solero said. “We've declared almost like a call to action within the company, that we need to be ready for quantum risk by a certain time period, [and] we've chosen 2025. And what that means is by the end of 2025, we'll have a good plan and a good awareness of what needs to be done and in what priority order we need to address these issues and have a good understanding of how to take action.” “We're a couple of years into trying to establish practices and raise awareness within the company that we need a better inventory,” he added. “We need a more complete inventory and information about our encryption usage, where it's used, and what it is protecting. I would say that we're probably within a few months of having a plan established, and then it's all about execution.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sumo Logic Chief Security Officer George Gerchow joined SDxCentral Editor Nancy Liu to dive into social media security on this episode of 7 Layers. The heat has turned up recently for popular social media platforms’ security problems. SDxCentral reported in August that a former Twitter security chief filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the company has major security issues, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly accused Twitter of concealing serious data security flaws. Meanwhile, Tik Tok and Facebook’s data security and privacy concerns also made headlines. Despite almost all age groups being on those platforms, “they really don't establish any kind of real security when it comes down to it for their users,” Gerchow argues. “It just leaves their platform wide open for folks to impersonate accounts, create fake accounts, to fish out of different organizations. So they're not doing the basic foundations when it comes to security and it's a shame.” He added that we need a third-party validation or regulatory requirement that can be audited for those platforms. “They've really got to be regulated.” During the podcast, Gerchow listed measures that users can do to protect themselves, including password tips and mutli-factor authentication. All organizations have employees on social media or take advantage of it for marketing and other business purposes. “Start putting your own security measures around it,” Gerchow suggested. He noted that zero-trust principles apply directly here. “Most of it in my mind starts with identity. So when you can prove your identity and then have someone else prove who they are, that starts establishing that trust and tooling like single sign-on, multi-factor authentication are a big part of that.” “Logging is a big piece of it as well … if you're able to log what's actually going on in the enterprise. You can then even have further validation,” Gerchow said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SDxCentral Reporter Emma Chervek is joined by John Deere's Director of Emerging Technology Julian Sanchez for a conversation at the agricultural giant's test farm outside of Des Moines, Iowa. The two discuss John Deere's request for proposal for the satellite industry to connect and automate the operations of 1.5 million agricultural machines by 2026. The agricultural giant is searching for a vendor or set of vendors to develop a SATCOM solution to provide connectivity in areas not covered by terrestrial cellular networks. "It's critical to be able to monitor what's going on with the machine at any given point from anywhere," Sanchez said. Satellite connectivity requires a lot of different players. "There are folks that are focused more on how they offer the ground solutions – the ground technology to receive the satellite signals. There [are] folks that are interested in optimizing the way in which data gets moved between ground technology and the satellite technology. There's folks that are worried about the design of the satellites and how they architect constellations. And so we we've got them all here," Sanchez explained, referring to the industry day focused on this RFP happening in a building across the farm. Sanchez also discussed the role of data and analytics in Deere's autonomous ag ambitions. "One of the things that you have to have to continue to deploy reliable autonomous solutions is ... more and more data about what the machines actually see out there in the field so that the algorithms get more intelligent over time," he said. From an autonomy standpoint, connectivity is crucial because it "unlocks the ability for farmers to have confidence" in the machine's competency compared to the confidence farmers have in their own abilities. And "in the continued evolution of autonomous solutions, [connectivity] gives us the ability to collect more data, bring that data back, and use that data to train the algorithms," he added. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of 7 Layers, SDxCentral Executive Editor Dan Meyer and fellow reporter Tommy Clift discussed last week's MWC Las Vegas event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Network slicing is key to helping critical industries modernize their operations networks. Watch this video interview to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Operators continue to face challenges around monetizing 5G services and delivering ROI. Find out how AMD is addressing these challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Demand for broadband connectivity continues to surge as the workforce and broader population in general adapt to a post-pandemic world. High-speed connection needs are no longer confined to large office buildings but are now needed across urban and rural areas. This has led to a push for more robust wired and wireless connectivity options that require even more robust backhaul capabilities. A recent report from Dell’Oro Group found the global broadband access equipment market surged 12% year-over-year during the second quarter, hitting $4.5 billion in revenues. SDxCentral recently spoke with Brendan Gibbs, SVP of automated WAN solutions at Juniper Networks, to get his insight into how the metro Ethernet market is evolving and where he sees market opportunities. The vendor itself expects metro Ethernet traffic will increase by more than 500% over the next several years as telecom operators boost their 5G network deployments and cloud providers continue to expand the reach of their data centers. Juniper recently fleshed out its Cloud Metro strategy, combining automation and artificial intelligence (AI) into a managed offering targeted at service providers battling increased data consumption from their 5G and edge deployments. The updates include Juniper moving its Paragon Automation software suite into a cloud-based, as-a-service product. Juniper launched Paragon Automation early last year, tapping into its Netrounds acquisition to provide vendor-agnostic software that monitors network services, automation, and resiliency testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andrew De La Torre, group VP of technology at Oracle, discusses how the vendor and industry can better support 5G telecom operators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Linthicum, chief cloud strategy officer at Deloitte US, digs into how enterprises can have a more purposeful cloud investment strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SDxCentral's Emma Chervek and Dan Meyer break down the recent VMware Explore 2022 event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Arthur D. Little partner Sean McDevitt discusses his report on the five tech pillars that will make or break telecom operators in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's SDxCentral 7 Layers Podcast we are joined by Ian Fogg, VP of Analysis at Opensignal, to discuss his firm’s latest mobile network experience report and insight it provides on how U.S. operators are rolling out their 5G networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AJ Grotto and Steve Weber talk about the culture, supply and demand, economics, and market structure around the public clouds and security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Debika Bhattacharya, Chief Product Officer at Verizon Business Group, provides her perspective on NaaS and MEF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noname Security CISO Karl Mattson talks about API sprawl, API security, and the market trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Extreme Networks CTO Nabil Bukhari discusses the use of digital twin technology to advance the networking space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's 7-Layers talks with SolarWinds CPO Rohini Kasturi about the lessons it learned from the Sunburst attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's SDxCentral 7 Layers Podcast talks with Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director of the FinTech Open Source Foundation (FINOS). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Isch from Orange Business Services joined 7 Layers to talk about the move to cloud and how it's facilitating SD-WAN and SASE conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Find out what solutions businesses should consider to adapt to the network security threat landscape with this Genians interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Google Cloud’s senior director of product management, Jess Leroy, discusses the growing challenges security operations teams are facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in to this 7Layers episode to hear the SDxCentral editorial team reflect on their second day at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Deep packet inspection gives granular insights on protocols, applications and application attributes and services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Britta Glade, Senior Director of Content & Curation at RSA Conference, talks about this year’s RSAC trends she observed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"If you talk about the complexity of Kubernetes, part of it is that Kubernetes can do a lot of different things," said Red Hat's Stu Miniman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New Analysys Mason research shows that SMBs are adapting to the changing environment and changing their IT usage and spend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cisco announced the launch of their private 5G solution. Find out how enterprises will be able to take advantage of the unique properties of 5G networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SDxCentral is celebrating Earth Day with the official launch of a new Sustainability Topic Hub. This hub is the best source for the latest sustainability news, analysis, and opinions from the telecom, cybersecurity, networking, and cloud ecosystems. Reporter Emma Chervek is leading the sustainability coverage with daily updates on news and content for the hub. Previously an editorial assistant, Chervek has been at SDxCentral for nearly a year. Prior to joining SDxCentral, she was involved with local climate organizing and served as an environmental fellow with the Rachel Carson Council. Chervek recently talked with SDxCentral Editorial Assistant Julia King about the new Sustainability Topic Hub, her passion for the topic, and what readers can expect from her coverage of the space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Find out how the Cisco private 5G service simplifies 5G and IoT operations for enterprise digital transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Legacy network infrastructure has created technical debt and can’t support evolving business strategies and requirements. Find out how Kyndryl’s private wireless will boost your enterprise network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 7 Layers, host Connor Craven brings you clips from some of the best-performing episodes of the podcast from 2021. The topics include: zero trust, automation, machine learning, data center networking, and optical networks.
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This week, host Connor Craven interviews Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO of Qualys, on major ransomware attacks from 2021. The conversation covers the Conti ransomware gang, the Colonial Pipeline and JBS attacks, ransomware-as-a-service, the future of ransomware attacks, and what can be done to counteract them.
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This week, host Connor Craven interviews Lori Smith, director of product marketing at Trend Micro, on extended detection and response (XDR). The two cover what the technology is, how it impacts the security operations center, the benefits and challenges of the tech, how offerings differ vendor to vendor, and whether XDR has staying power in the IT security zeitgeist. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 7 Layers, host Connor Craven shows you what zero-day vulnerabilities are, where they come from, and how they can be exploited. Also featured are some of the most intriguing examples of when a zero-day vulnerability becomes a zero-day attack.
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In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven describes features of and use cases for bare metal servers, virtual machines, and containers. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven interviews Monica Paolini, principal at analyst and consulting firm, Senza Fili on open radio access networks. The two discuss adoption of open RAN, the organizations working on standards, and the future of the technology. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven interviews Laurie Krebs, CFO and SVP at Red Hat, about where the tech industry can be more diverse, how it can improve its diversity, and what the future holds for the movement. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, Curtis Simpson, CISO for Armis, discusses the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity and how Armis is best suited for protecting its clients at any level.
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This week, host Connor Craven interviews Kevin Deierling, senior vice president of networking at Nvidia about data processing units (DPUs). The two discuss what DPUs are, what they do, the benefits and challenges of DPUs, and how standardization is going to be crucial to the future of DPUs. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven goes into detail about what data processing units are, how they work, their use cases, and the DPU benefits and challenges.
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This week, host Connor Craven conducts the first panel discussion on 7 Layers. He talks about the benefits and challenges of optical networking with Steve Alexander, CTO and SVP at Ciena; Bill Gartner, SVP and GM at Cisco; and Robert Shore, SVP of Marketing at Infinera. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven covers what optical networks are, their use cases, and their pros and cons. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven interviews Cole Crawford, CEO and founder of Vapor IO on data center networking. The two cover the history of data centers, architectures, virtualization, pitfalls in building a network, and standards. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven walks you through the elements of data center networking, including: the spine-leaf topology, VLANs and VXLANs, SDN controllers, and edge data centers. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, 7 Layers host Connor Craven interviews Ali Fenn, president of ITRenew. The two cover the relatively positive news that the data center industry is taking its environmental impact seriously. They also discuss the next steps for data center sustainability. Such as, sustainable supply chains for data centers. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven explores how the data center industry is approaching building, powering, and cooling data centers in an environmentally friendly way. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, 7 Layers host Connor Craven interviews Brooke Wenig, machine learning practice lead at Databricks. The two take a deep dive into how machines do the actual learning; the relationship between machine learning, artificial intelligence, and deep learning; how advanced machine learning really is; its use cases; and its benefits and challenges. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven gives a lesson on what machine learning is, how it works and learns, machine learning use cases, and its benefits and challenges. Full Transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, 7 Layers host Connor Craven interviews Ed Bailey, senior developer evangelist of Cribl, a network observability company. The two discuss Bailey's 20 year career in automation, how automation has become a critical networking technology, and how it is impacting workflow and workforces. Listen to learn about why automation is no longer optional. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven covers how network automation works, the role of DevOps practices in network automation, its benefits and downsides, and how it is impacting the IT job market. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, 7 Layers host Connor Craven interviews Pascal Menezes, chief technology officer of the standardization body MEF. The two discuss SD-WANs, what came before them, why SD-WAN became popular, its benefits and challenges, the SD-WAN market, and how SASE is beginning to affect virtualized wide-area networking. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven talks about SD-WAN technology and infrastructure. Craven goes into detail about SD-WAN's benefits, how it routes traffic, market consolidation, and the market's movement towards SASE. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Check out this SDxCentral sponsored interview with Wolfgang Goerlich, advisory CISO for Duo Security under Cisco Systems. Get the full dive on passwordless platforms, alternative authentication, and why the future of security is passwordless. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, 7 Layers host Connor Craven interviews Justin Antonipillai, an Obama Administration official and current CEO of WireWheel, a data privacy and protection company. The two discuss zero-trust security, how it can be used for regulatory compliance, Antonipillai's experience in crafting regulations, and data privacy. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the 7 Layers podcast, host Connor Craven explores the philosophy of zero trust security. Craven goes into detail about the philosophy itself, the effect it has on a network, the tools that enable zero trust, and how it plays into regulatory compliance. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven interviews the Co-Founder and President of MachNation Steve Hilton. The conversation covers the need for enterprise-grade Internet of Things devices, enterprise IoT use cases, the relevance of dark data, and the impact of IoT on enterprise networks. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, 7 Layers digs deep into IoT's impact on the enterprise, looking at both emerging enterprise use cases and how the growth of IoT devices impacts how enterprises build and support their IT infrastructure. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Get the full dive on SASE strategy, DevOps integration, and the next steps for organizations selecting a SASE solution with Raviv Levi, VP of product and cloud security at Cisco. Sponsored by Cisco.
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This week, host Connor Craven interviews Group Vice President of Technology at Oracle Communications, Andrew De La Torre. The two talk extensively about how 5G differs from 4G, the effect COVID-19 had on 5G deployment, the role of the edge in 5G, and 5G use cases.
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Host Connor Craven returns to the 5G topic and covers elements of 5G infrastructure (radio access networks and edge computing), the 5G market, and how the market was slowed by the pandemic. Craven dives into it all. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven interviews Chief Marketing Officer and Strategy Officer of Accedian, Richard Piasentin about edge computing. He brings a deep understanding of edge computing, how it affects network architecture, what people's misconceptions of edge are, and why standards aren't fully in effect.
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Host Connor Craven explores what the network edge is, security considerations of the edge, use cases, edge computing benefits and challenges, and where the technology is headed. Craven covers all you need to know. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven talks with open source technology expert, Deb Bryant, senior director of the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat. She brings her knowledge about the history of open source, why it is popular, and why its risks aren't too different from proprietary technology.
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Check out this sponsored interview with Suzy Greenberg, vice president for Intel‘s division of product assurance and security, as she discusses the results of Ponemon’s security transparency survey, the need for more network visibility, and how Intel is shaping the future of security through its products.
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Host Connor Craven covers the basic definition of open source technology, what advantages and disadvantages it has, where it came from, and where it is going. Craven goes over everything you are curious about. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, host Connor Craven is joined by cloud native expert, Tracy Miranda. Miranda is the executive director for the Continuous Delivery Foundation and brings a unique perspective to the conversation. The two talk about common cloud native misconceptions, the future of cloud native development, and the value of open source and collaboration.
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Host Connor Craven, deep dives into cloud-native technologies – from the basic elements of a cloud-native application to the benefits of a cloud-native approach to the current market consolidation that's occurring, Craven covers everything you need to know. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host Connor Craven is joined by cloud security expert, Tim Jefferson of Barracuda Networks, on this week’s episode. Jefferson brings a wide array of cloud security experience from AWS and beyond to this conversation that covers all aspects of cloud security — from modern solutions to collaborative security development. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As cloud adoption continues to grow, so does concerns about cloud security. In this episode, Connor Craven will explore the truth about cloud security. From the benefits and challenges of cloud security, to emerging cloud security technologies, to the cloud security market segment – this episode will uncover it all. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host Connor Craven is joined by multi-cloud expert on this week’s episode. Guest, Mark Van de Wiel, brings over a decade of expertise to the conversation that encompasses all aspects of multi-cloud environments — from security to networking to why the term multi-cloud is overused. Full transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Multi-cloud adoption continues to grow and the market segment continues to evolve. In this episode, Connor Craven will explore the multi-cloud from multiple angles. He will look at the different multi-cloud models, the benefits and challenges of a multi-cloud environment, the current market landscape, and the direction the multi-cloud industry is heading.
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Join Fortinet’s John Maddison as he discusses security platforms, vendor convergence, and how security architecture is shaping up for the year 2021 in this exclusive SDxCentral interview.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Bob Dunn, VP of Juniper Federal Global Governments, to discuss tech regulations. Dunn brings his expertise on current regulations and offers insight on the potential regulations the future may bring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There is continued concern over data security and headlines about big tech regulations regularly make the rounds online. In this episode, Connor Craven looks into and unpacks tech industry regulations. He’ll look at current regulations surrounding security, the origins of oversight in the industry, and the future of tech regulations.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Wilson Pang, chief technology officer of Appen, a company that provides AI training data. The two discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is being adopted, the pillars of AI, its primary use cases, and AI bias.
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Artificial intelligence is part of everyday life, but the history and impact of AI is often overlooked. Check out this in depth episode on artificial intelligence. From how it has overtaken daily life, to its humble beginnings, and its impact on the constantly evolving technology industry.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Dave Larson, general manager of the Security Solutions business unit at Spirent Communications. The two travel back to the beginnings of cloud models and talk about what factors have really driven the changes seen over the many years.
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Remote work demanded organizations adjust their approach to networking and security. In response to the evolving workplace, enterprises accelerated their moves to the cloud. Check out this episode on the cloud. From what it is, to the accelerated rates of adoption in 2020, to the current state of the market.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Paul Kohler, principal consultant at Silicon Valley Technology Alliances. Craven and Kohler go into the weeds about the technology behind SASE, how the pandemic has influenced adoption, and parts of the technology people tend to ignore.
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Coined by Gartner in 2019, secure access service edge (SASE) is a new approach to security and networking. The shift to remote work has expedited the current SASE market and continues to drive innovation. Check out this episode to learn about SASE from what it is, to the current market landscape, and the gray area in between.
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As 2020 comes to a close 7 Layers host, Connor Craven, wanted to explore the top stories and trends of 2020. In this episode, Craven will look at major industry job cuts, headline making security breaches, and the increased interest in 5G. This episode covers all the big 2020 talking points and prepares listeners for what 2021 may hold. Check out this bonus episode for a brief year in review or listen to the previous episodes for in depth coverage of emerging technologies and industry news.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Dr. Corri Zoli, an associate professor in Syracuse University's College of Law. Zoli researches contemporary problems with warfare through the lenses of social science, public policy, and law. In this episode, Craven and Zoli discuss issues around keeping election secure, potential threats to elections, and why complexity may be a benefit rather than a disadvantage.
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Host Connor Craven is joined by Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. The two review how secure the 2020 presidential election was, the impact of a massive shift to mail-in voting, how individuals perceive election security, and election security more generally.
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In this episode, host Connor Craven talks about data security with CEO and Co-Founder of Great Horn, Kevin O'Brien. The two cover how to protect yourself and your organizations from data breaches, data breaches themselves, how the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed the way attacks occur, and the future of attacks,
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Data security is something every organization needs to be aware of and careful about. When data is stolen or leaked an organization can face consequences from governments, industry organizations, and from consumers in the form of lost trust. Check out this episode to learn about some regulations to be aware of, how data is often stolen, some best practices for staying safe, and what data breaches other organizations have experienced.
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In this episode, host Connor Craven discusses ransomware with Security Architect in the TBI Tech Gurus group Jim Bowers. The conversation covers the evolution of ransomware, how COVID-19 has ramped up attacks, popular targets of ransomware, who is most at risk, security best practices, and the future of ransomware.
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Ransomware attacks are on the rise and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it worse. Files are being encrypted with more advanced cryptography and attackers are taking advantage of the news cycle to unleash successful phishing campaigns. Give this episode a listen to learn about ransomware and what can be done to avoid it.
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In this episode, we revisit an interview with McAfee's Head of Products for the Cloud Business Unit, Thyaga Vasudevan on IT security. Host Connor Craven and Vasudevan discuss how remote work has affected IT security, the evolution of security virtualization, how networking and security influence each other, and what role the cloud plays in it all. We are revisiting this interview from our archives in light of the recent 2020 presidential election and the security issues that encircle elections. Listen to episode six of 7 Layers to get informed on the poor security measures currently in place for election infrastructure. Full Transcript Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Americans head to the polls, we take a deep dive into election security. In the first half of this episode of 7 Layers, we explore what cybersecurity, cyber attacks, and election security are and how they've evolved in recent years. In the second half, we'll turn our attention to the impact of cyber attacks on recent elections and how this has been played out over 2020.
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Fortinet's John Maddison discusses the current security landscape, security-driven networking, and the future of security infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 7 Layers, your host, Connor Craven goes into the challenges organizations face when a majority, if not the entirety, of their employees suddenly are remote. In the first section, he discusses those challenges, as well as ways to combat them. In the second section, he gives examples of how to use the cloud for endpoint security and other security services offered by cloud providers. Note, the second section is not an in-depth look at cloud security services, but rather a glimpse at what is available on the market from multiple cloud providers. To finish the episode, Craven interviews Thyaga Vasudevan, head of products for the cloud business unit at McAfee.
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In this episode of 7 Layers, your host, Connor Craven continues his discussion about the Internet of Things, this time focusing on its security challenges. In the first section, he covers the general state of security for IoT devices. Note, this episode is not an in-depth look at how to secure IoT devices at a technical level, but rather a review of best practices. In the second section, he gives examples of attacks that exploited insecure IoT devices. To cap off the episode, Craven interviews Rahul Subramany, senior product manager at the home security company Simplisafe, which leverages IoT devices considerably.
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In this episode of 7 Layers, your host, Connor Craven wades into Internet-of-Things infested waters. In the first section, he gives examples of consumer and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices and how they can be used. In the second section, he covers how IoT devices use 4G and 5G networks as well as different IoT-specific services offered by different telecoms. In the final section, Craven interviews Cameron Coursey, VP of advanced technical solutions at AT&T. Coursey gives details on how IoT devices are on the rise, the impact of COVID-19 on that rise, and how 5G is uniquely suited for supporting IoT.
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In this episode of 7 Layers, your host, Connor Craven continues his dive into 5G networks. In the first section he covers some deployments of 5G across the globe. In the second section he shows how 5G will likely be used — from self-driving cars, to manufacturing, to augmented reality — and how telecoms will be trying to make profits after hefty investments in their networks. To finish the episode, Craven interviews Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, an industry trade organization. Pearson gives his perspective on the race to a mature 5G network, new telecom revenue streams, and IoT.
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In this episode of 7 Layers, your host, Connor Craven dives into 5G networks. He starts with “What is 5G?” and covers the radio frequencies involved and the role of virtualization. Then, he discusses 5G network infrastructure: small-cell base stations, radio access networks, 5G network standards, and security. The episode is capped off with an interview with SDxCentral Editor Matt Kapko who gives his perspective on the shortcomings of 5G networks and why he calls it the most over hyped technology of his career.
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