Today’s global business environment typically requires employees to have very specific subject matter expertise, resulting in siloed teams that rely on specific infrastructure tools to inform decision-making. This is apparent when looking across the various functions within most finance, HR and marketing departments. One functional group where the opposite is occurring happens to be within IT organizations where NetOps and SecOps functions are realizing the value of convergence.
Their mutual need to access broader infrastructure datasets to understand network activity, characterize customer experience, and detect and react to abnormalities appears to be driving this convergence. Ultimately, both teams require pervasive visibility into the data in transit across their network to be able to examine communications and activity, while preparing appropriate action and reaction based upon their learnings. While meeting with our customers and industry analysts, it becomes clear that this organization and functional convergence is often a topic of conversation, as both groups are seeking a common platform to secure their networks from a growing roster of threat actors.