FEATURE: NETWORKS AND SECURITY
Administrators must possess strong skills in network architecture, cybersecurity principles, and cloud-based infrastructures, including expertise in Secure Access Service Edge, SASE and Zero Trust architectures.
Proficiency in automation and orchestration tools and familiarity with AI-driven threat detection and response solutions are essential. Additionally, soft skills like strategic thinking, problem-solving, and adaptability to rapidly evolving threats are crucial.
A comprehensive understanding of compliance frameworks and effective communication skills to bridge gaps between network operations and security teams further supports effective management of converged environments.
Gopan Sivasankaran, Sales Director, Sophos
The buzz is not about convergence anymore. It is about consolidation. The old world of separate SIEMs, EDRs, NDRs, and IDRs scattered across consoles just does not scale. You need a single big-data platform that enables threat hunting across your entire environment – network, endpoint, identity in one place. More importantly, it must support cross-team collaboration: security, network, systems, IT all on the same page.
The future belongs to platforms that reduce friction and accelerate response and not those that look impressive but act disjointed.
CIOs are not lacking in technology; they are drowning in it. Walk into any data centre and you will see shiny appliances, blinking lights, dashboards everywhere. But when it comes to actual visibility and control across those layers? Chaos.
The pain is fragmentation, too many consoles, too many teams working in silos. The single pane of glass dream has become ten panes, none of which talk to each other. What they really need is one platform that pulls together all signals and helps all teams security, IT, network operate like one unit. That is the real convergence challenge.
If your SOC is still using human analysts for Level 1 alert triage, it is time to rethink your entire model. AI helps you find the one needle in the haystack instead of shouting about every straw. That is what changes outcomes. p
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