Heavy Networking 577: A Customer View On Cloud-Delivered Security For Streamlining Distributed Workforces (Sponsored)

Today’s Heavy Networking gets into cloud-delivered security for user access. We’re sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, and we’ll talk about its Prisma Access service with a customer: Josh Dye, SVP at Jefferies Group. With Prisma Access, user traffic is forwarded to the nearest cloud instance, where a variety of security controls are applied including user authentication, next-gen firewalls, IPS, secure Web gateway, content filtering, and more—all delivered as a service. Jefferies Group is using Prisma Access to support distributed work during the pandemic while also meeting the stringent security and regulatory requirements of a financial institution. In particular, policy enforcement, decryption, and inspection are critical. We’re also joined by Kumar Ramachandran, SVP of Product at Palo Alto Networks. We discuss: * Protecting bankers, traders, and other employees coming in from remote locations * Responding to the pandemic during the early days * Applying uniform policy across cloud-delivered and on-prem security systems * The acceleration of distributed work and the complications of user access and security * How distributed work affects your network architecture * Collapsing hardware appliances into a cloud service * Integrating SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security * The role of zero trust * More Show Links: To learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help you transform the way you connect and secure your remote workforce, visit: paloaltonetworks.com/remote-security Prisma Access At A Glance – Palo Alto Networks Jefferies Relies on Prisma Access – a SASE Solution – for their Network Transformation – Palo Alto Networks via YouTube Forrester TEI Spotlight Study: Prisma Access

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Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. Described by one listener as "verbal white papers," the weekly episodes feature network engineers, industry experts, and vendors sharing useful information to keep your professional knowledge sharp and your career growing. Hosts Ethan Banks & Drew Conry-Murray cut through the marketing spin to explore what works—and what doesn't—in networking today, while keeping an eye on what's ahead for the industry. On air since 2010, Heavy Networking is the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.