Episode 11: Cybersecurity in the Hybrid Cloud
In this episode, KJ Burke and Theo van Wyk from CDW and Steve Como from Cisco discuss SASE, zero trust architecture, monitoring and securing applications in the hybrid cloud.
Featured in this Episode
KJ Burke is an innovative and driven IT infrastructure architect with solid interpersonal and communication skills. He is currently the Principal Technology Strategist at CDW Canada, with over 20 years in the IT industry and plenty of experience in planning and deploying technology to improve business processes and drive measurable value.
Theo van Wyk is the Head of Cybersecurity at CDW Canada. He leads the security solution architecture team, where he works with customers to address their IT security and risk challenges. Starting with data risk in mind, Theo advises and guides customers to develop a balanced security approach, ensuring the recommended security solutions enable their governance, risk and compliance program, while supporting the needs of IT operations.
Steve Como is the Cisco Cyber Security Account Director based out of Montreal. Prior to joining the world of IT security, he specialized in networking, data centre and cloud technologies in the MSSP, consulting and vendor spaces. His knowledge and experience include a strong background in multiple verticals and markets, having worked in New York City, Halifax, Montreal and Bangkok.
Findings from our Cloud Report
Security is a major concern for 70 percent of Canadian senior executives and remains the most important feature when it comes to hybrid cloud.
47% of Canadian organizations highlighted security being the most critical feature.
In this episode, we discuss…
- How customers are approaching security across the hybrid cloud
- Increased complexity that organizations face as they move into the hybrid cloud
- Shared responsibility model and how providers apply security controls to their services
- How remote work impacts security in the cloud
- How customers are approaching SASE solutions to provide security in the hybrid cloud
- Are applications safer in the data centre or in the public cloud?
- How identity, data loss prevention and compliance have become more challenging in the hybrid environment
- How has breach response planning evolved to include the hybrid cloud?
- What Cisco is doing to help customers speed up recovery after a breach
