Lilian Karuri, Standard Bank and Portia Simelane, Old Mutual. All photos: Karolina Komendera

An estimated 40% of enterprise workloads will be deployed in cloud infrastructure and platforms by 2023. And, it hardly needs to be said, there’s never been a more dangerous time to be in business, with most organisations reporting some kind of security event in the past year.

Looking at networking and security through the same lens is a good approach, and, done right, will extend your perimeter across more locations, apps and environments while laying the foundations for growth across your business.