Zero trust network access (ZTNA) has become a hot topic and a popular IT project. Here are some of the reasons why: First, organizations are beginning to pursue a zero trust strategy and ZTNA is the first logical step towards a zero trust security program. Second, remote or hybrid work is here to stay. And as a result, now is the time to replace your legacy remote access VPN with a modern anywhere secure access solution for the long term.

The increase in attack sophistication coupled with the decline of skilled security staff continues to put pressure on organizations and their teams by minimizing their ability to effectively see and control risks within the enterprise. This is only made more difficult as teams find themselves patching together disparate solutions, resulting in labyrinthian security stacks and a heavily siloed environment.

The number and severity of cyber-attacks are increasing with time. For that, the international industry standards and government authorities aim to regulate cybersecurity by enforcing more strict cybersecurity compliance criteria.

Cloud-based services are augmenting business operations and being adopted at a record pace. In fact, ​Gartner® estimates “more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and will not be able to fully execute on their digital strategies without the use of cloud-native architectures and technologies.”

The typical life of a consultant working in the field of governance, risk and compliance is often not deeply technical, but we have to be aware of new technology and the risks it poses; this is very true when it comes to Cloud, and with the massive adoption of Cloud as the vast majority of organizations now use cloud services on some level.

Organizations increasingly rely on third parties for business operations, and as a result are working with more digital suppliers than ever. According to Gartner, 60% of organizations work with more than 1,000 third parties and this number will grow. High-profile vulnerabilities such as Log4Shell are a constant reminder of the risks posed by a breakdown in the software supply chain. This has spurred enterprises to increase the rigor of software risk assessments to ensure supply chain security.

The Arctic Wolf team is having a great time in Boston at AWS re:Inforce 2022. What a wonderful show! It has been thrilling to connect with industry leaders and AWS experts from across the world–and it was equally thrilling for us to announce that Arctic Wolf has achieved the newly introduced Level 1 MSSP specialization in Digital Forensics Incident Response (DFIR).

I am very pleased and proud to share the big news that Devo is now an AWS Security Competency Partner. This is a significant milestone for Devo and it’s important for our current and future customers and partners. This designation validates that Devo has successfully met AWS’s technical and quality requirements for providing customers with a deep level of expertise in threat detection and response.