Following Colonial Pipeline, JBS, Kaseya, and numerous other hacks, we’ve seen various federal initiatives to move security up the priority ladder among public and private organizations. For instance, the TSA issued a security directive requiring certain pipeline operators to enhance cybersecurity; CISA released guidelines for mitigating cyber attacks for critical asset owners; the Biden administration released guidelines for federal agencies to adopt zero trust architectures, and just this week Biden signed an infrastructure bill that provides $2 billion for cybersecurity improvements.
Federal activity aside, cybersecurity has become a focal point of technology innovation that’s garnered attention from both investors as well as the analyst community. Just as advancements in artificial intelligence and cloud networking are important to the growth and success of today’s leading enterprises, cybersecurity has become a core pillar of transformation strategies.
Gartner cited “Data Fabric” and “Cybersecurity Mesh” as the top two strategic technology trends for 2022. The Xage Security Fabric was born out of these two concepts, and it’s exciting to see Gartner recognize each of them as critical to the future of digital business.
Garnter’s #1 strategic technology trend, Data Fabric, is described as a layer that integrates data across platforms and users, making it available everywhere it’s needed. At Xage, we apply this concept in our Dynamic Data Security solution to make data both available and protected at every turn. By enabling and controlling data sharing across multiple processes, locations and ecosystem participants, from the edge to the cloud, our customers can transform how they use their data with opportunities for optimization, new revenue streams and customer value creation.
Further, Gartner defines Cybersecurity Mesh, the #2 strategic technology trend, as “an architecture that provides a composable approach to security based on identity to create a scalable and interoperable service. The common integrated structure secures all assets, regardless of location, to enable a security approach that extends across the foundation of IT services.”
In other words, Cybersecurity Mesh is the design concept behind the entirety of the Xage Fabric—a mesh of software nodes that overlays every element of an operation to impose granular control over all digital interactions. The Fabric treats the identity of each machine, application, user, and data stream as its own independent “perimeter,” allowing granular access policy enforcement that prevents hacks at the source. And even if malware did find a way in, it would be isolated immediately, unable to traverse through the layers of the operational environment and cause significant damage.
Gartner predicts that this approach to cybersecurity will yield enormous benefits; they assert that by 2024, organizations adopting a cybersecurity mesh architecture will reduce the financial impact of security incidents by an average of 90%.
This year has shown us that addressing the root cause of security concerns is essential to the longevity of critical infrastructure, continuity of private companies, and the safety of us all. With security threats growing, and the benefits of advanced security strategies becoming unmistakable, Gartner’s continued designation of Cybersecurity Mesh and now Data Fabric as top technology trends is well-warranted. And with light being shed on these promising solutions, we hope to see more companies across industries mitigate the effects of a growing threat landscape.
To learn more about how the Xage Fabric can protect your operation, visit https://xage.com/products/xage-fabric-platform/.
