Enterprise Technology & Cloud Services / Enterprise security

Zero Trust security is a cybersecurity framework that requires continuous verification of every user and device attempting to access resources, regardless of their location or network. Unlike traditional security models that trust users inside the network perimeter, Zero Trust operates on the principle of 'never trust, always verify,' enforcing strict identity verification, risk assessment, and least-privileged access on a per-session basis. It decouples security from the network itself, focusing on securing access to IT resources based on context and risk rather than network location.

Integrated platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID help enterprises streamline and unify identity and access management, which is a core pillar of Zero Trust security. These platforms enable continuous identity verification, risk-based conditional access, and real-time policy enforcement, thereby reducing the attack surface and improving resilience against evolving cyber threats. By consolidating security tools and automating access controls, organizations can proactively manage security risks while supporting digital transformation initiatives.

AWS Security Hub is a centralized security service that aggregates and correlates security alerts and compliance status across AWS accounts. The enhanced version introduced at re:Inforce 2025 provides improved risk prioritization, contextual analytics, and visualization features. It integrates data from multiple AWS security services like Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, and Amazon Macie to give a unified view of security posture, helping users quickly identify and respond to critical threats and vulnerabilities in their cloud environment.

The new visibility features in AWS Security Hub provide enhanced exposure findings, security-focused asset inventory, attack path visualization, and automated response workflows. These capabilities allow organizations to see potential vulnerabilities and attack paths clearly, prioritize risks based on context, and automate remediation actions at scale. This reduces manual effort, improves team productivity, and helps prevent operational disruptions by enabling faster and more informed security decisions.

The Pure Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC) is a unified data management platform that integrates Pure Storage's existing technologies—Purity storage OS, Fusion, Pure1, and Evergreen—into a single cloud-like storage management environment. It provides enhanced visibility, policy-driven management, and orchestration of storage, server, networking, and application configurations across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. This unified approach simplifies management, reduces silos, and supports as-a-service consumption models, enabling businesses to better control and automate their data storage operations.

Pure Fusion acts as a storage-as-code control plane within the Enterprise Data Cloud, enabling centralized management of all storage arrays as endpoints in a unified data mesh. It automates complex deployment configurations through intelligent presets that handle quality-of-service, protection levels, and performance requirements. Fusion streamlines storage fleet management from a single interface and supports automated workflows that integrate storage with computing, networking, and applications, facilitating complex tasks such as multi-site database replication and cloud integration.

Security Service Edge (SSE) is a cloud-delivered security solution that secures access to the web, cloud services, and private applications regardless of the user's or device's location. It integrates multiple security functions such as secure web gateway (SWG), zero trust network access (ZTNA), cloud access security broker (CASB), and firewall as a service (FWaaS) to protect users from malicious content and provide enhanced security and visibility. SSE is important because it addresses the challenges of securing distributed cloud applications and mobile users, which traditional data center-based security solutions struggle to manage efficiently, especially in the context of remote work and digital transformation.

Being named in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge means that Cloudflare is recognized as a significant and competitive provider in the SSE market. Gartner's Magic Quadrant evaluates technology providers based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision, categorizing them as Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players, or Challengers. Cloudflare's inclusion for the third consecutive year highlights its innovative SSE platform and its strong position in delivering robust security solutions that support organizations undergoing digital transformation.

A multi-layered approach in endpoint security involves using multiple layers of protection, such as endpoint protection platforms (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and data loss prevention (DLP), to safeguard against various cyber threats. This approach is crucial because it provides redundancy and ensures that if one layer is breached, other layers can still protect the endpoint and data[2][3].

A multi-layered security approach contributes to organizational resilience by providing multiple barriers against cyber threats. This ensures that even if one layer is compromised, other layers can prevent the spread of threats, thereby protecting data integrity and maintaining business continuity[1][4].

Ground-Truth is a cybersecurity and data observability service that automates the detection of threats and vulnerabilities using AI, machine learning, and quantum-inspired algorithms. It processes up to 20TB of data daily, operates 1000 times faster than traditional methods, and reduces event alerts by 90%, significantly lowering false positives. This enables governments and enterprises to detect unknown cyber threats and anomalies in real time, maintain operational agility, and comply with regulatory and security requirements.

Deploying Ground-Truth on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) allows customers to scale advanced AI-driven threat detection across Oracle's distributed cloud network, including public, government, sovereign, and dedicated regions. This deployment helps customers address data residency requirements, reduce operational costs, and benefit from OCI's built-in security, high performance, and flexibility, while improving the speed and accuracy of detecting cyber threats.

SSE platforms provide centralized enforcement and policy control for securing hybrid work and SaaS access, but they often fail to monitor or control critical user activity occurring directly within browsers. This oversight leaves organizations vulnerable to threats that originate or manifest at the browser level, such as data exfiltration, unauthorized AI tool usage, or malicious web content, which can bypass traditional SSE protections.

Organizations can address this gap by deploying secure enterprise browsers, which offer granular visibility and control over user actions within browsers, including SaaS and web apps. These browsers enable IT to enforce context-based policies, monitor encrypted traffic without decryption, and restrict risky activities such as unauthorized data sharing with AI tools, thereby extending security to the 'last inch' of user interaction.

External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is the practice of identifying and managing potential vulnerabilities and security gaps in an organization's public-facing digital assets. It is crucial for modern digital risk protection because it helps organizations proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with their external digital footprint, thereby reducing the likelihood of cyberattacks and improving overall cybersecurity posture.

EASM helps organizations address threats like shadow IT and supplier risks by providing comprehensive visibility into their external attack surface. This includes identifying and mitigating risks associated with unauthorized IT assets (shadow IT) and third-party vendors. By integrating threat intelligence, EASM tools enable organizations to prioritize remediation efforts based on the severity and potential impact of each risk, thereby enhancing proactive defense against these threats.

Continuous monitoring is crucial in cloud security as it helps identify and address misconfigurations and security threats in real-time. This proactive approach ensures that vulnerabilities are detected before they can be exploited by attackers, thereby reducing the risk of data breaches and other security incidents[3][4].

Strong access management, often implemented through Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, ensures that only authorized personnel have access to cloud resources. This limits the potential damage from insider threats or unauthorized access, thereby enhancing overall cloud security[1][5].