Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Germany embraced 5G DSS; Edgewise Networks CEO shared security-related consequences of COVID-19; and AT&T topped managed SD-WAN ranking.

Edgewise Networks CEO Peter Smith discusses the rapid shift to remote work because of COVID-19 and how zero-trust security can help.

Google brought BeyondCorp zero-trust security to the masses; Alibaba injected $28B into the cloud; and Rackspace readied its $10B IPO.

Google had originally planned to release the product later this year. But then the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increased demand for remote worker security.

The vendor today added secure web gateways to its security platform as it moves toward a SASE architecture for delivering security at the edge.

“Edge compute is like a private data center but worse, like way worse,” NetFoundry CEO Galeal Zino said.

“We believe there is a space race right now for SASE,” CEO Amit Bareket said. “Perimeter 81 is positioned very strongly to win it.”

The update includes new branch hardware with built-in cellular capabilities, improved security features, and an SD-WAN orchestrator.

The new container security technology allows customers to apply consistent security policies across all cloud IaaS workloads, McAfee says.

The new Zero Trust Architecture blocks connectivity to servers and applications from unknown devices.

The top security concerns related to 5G include a larger attack surface, device proliferation, IoT devices, and the authentication of more devices.

The vendor added proactive and defensive capabilities across its security portfolio as part of its push to reduce complexity.

SASE combines elements of SD-WAN and network security into a single cloud-managed package.

Context-aware access allows companies to enforce access policies based on a user’s identity and the “context” of their request, such as users’ location, time of day that they are

The vendor developed what it calls internet isolation technology. This separates an enterprise network from the public web while still allowing employees to access the internet seamlessly.

“If I have a threat space that is bounded and measurable, why wouldn’t you go whole hog after it? That is precisely what zero trust and microsegmentation does,” says

The software-defined perimeter category is based on a “zero trust” philosophy in which access is allowed only when the visiting party proves that they are who they say they

Pulse Secure Adds Software-Defined Perimeter, Protects Hybrid IT

The acquisition advances Symantec’s strategy of buying born-in-the-cloud security startups and folding their technologies into its platform to unify cloud and on-premises security.

The security-as-a-service is based on a zero-trust approach.

“You’re not going to have full automation unless you’re 100 percent certain.”

Investors include Carbon Black and Threat Stack CEOs.

There's also a software-only Tetration Cloud for AWS.

Security service provider focuses on zero-trust computing.