More

    Brocade Partners with Harris to Advance Security Using SDNs

    Slide Show

    Turning Zero-Day into D-Day for Cybersecurity Threats

    Hackers have become especially adept at evading the IT security technologies and processes that organizations put into place. This week, however, Brocade revealed at a Federal Forum 2016 conference that it is working with Harris Corp. to help change that.

    Brocade CTO Ken Cheng says Harris has developed security technologies that make it possible for IT organizations to continuously change the IP and MAC addresses of the applications and systems they deploy, making it much more difficult for hackers to target a particular application environment.

    The challenge, says Cheng, is that the Harris security technology has been expensive to deploy and maintain. To address that issue, the two companies plan to embed the Harris security technology into software-defined networks (SDNs) built by Brocade that promise to make both networking and security simpler to manage.

    Cheng says the two companies have agreed to work together over the next five years to expand those capabilities as part of a non-exclusive relationship. That means IT organizations may see the Harris security technology show up in other forms as well.

    Of course, federal agencies with significant budgets have already been availing themselves of this security technology. Now it will soon show up in an SDN format that will make it easier for the rest of the IT community to employ.

    Mike Vizard
    Mike Vizard
    Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a contributor to publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

    Get the Free Newsletter!

    Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends, and analysis.

    Latest Articles