Cloud computing and BYOD will force firms to redesign networks to combat security threats

Grazed from V3.co.uk. Author: Alistair Stevenson.

Businesses will have to redesign their networks from the ground up if they hope to protect their data from next-generation hackers, according to McAfee president Michael DeCesare. DeCesare said business and high-tech companies will have to use a by-design strategy if they wish to remain ahead of the threats they face. He was speaking during a keynote at the McAfee Focus conference, attended by V3.

"We have to figure out how to integrate security into [networks] from the get-go. We have to redefine the role of network security. Companies are going to have to change. All companies will be rebuilding their networks," he said. DeCesare cited new trends resulting from developments in mobile cloud technologies, such as bring your own device (BYOD), as proof of the weakness of current networks…

"We are asking so much of our networks these days, not just with security, but in general. But, when we designed these networks five or 10 years ago we did not contemplate what we’d be asking of them today: to ingest the concept of a public or a private cloud, adjusting to the parameters of BYOD," he said…

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