Moving Security Operations to the Network Edge

Read the Frost and Sullivan white paper: "Going to the Edge with Security"

Moving security processing to the edge of carrier networks is not only for the benefit of optimizing web performance and reducing costs, but also has a bearing on the changing nature of network traffic flows and the implications on congestion.

A looming issue with changing network traffic flows is the rising bandwidth capacity and use of access networks, both wireless and wired, which are outstripping the capacity of core networks.

In the Frost and Sullivan white paper, Going to the Edge with Security, you'll read about an alternative approach for security processing at the edge of carrier networks.

The paper covers these factors:

  1. The rise in the number of connected endpoints, including mobile devices, homes, businesses, and the Internet of Things (IoT)
  2. An increase in web destinations such as websites, applications, and enterprise cloud networks
  3. Changes in high-bandwidth traffic patterns, including cloud-to-cloud and on-premises data center-to-cloud
  4. Generational leaps in mobile, from 3G to 5G, and wired from megabit TDM to gigabit and beyond