Network Security: A Four Point Analysis of Appliances vs. the Cloud

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When you're assessing network security solutions, you face two fundamental choices with dramatic consequences for protection, coverage, performance and manageability. Appliance-based solutions seek to arm organizations with visibility and control within their network environment. Cloud-based solutions promise easier setup, greater scalability, wider coverage and adaptive protection. How do you weigh the promised benefits against the potential risks? Does one option offer distinct advantages over the other?

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NETWORK SECURITY A Four-Point Analysis: Appliances vs. the Cloud

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PROTECTION

& COVERAGE

detects last known threat locally if available

analyzes last seen request globally in real-time

IT-managed devices IT-monitored communications

IT-managed networks

any device any communication

any network

complex sizing guides exponential bandwidth usage backhauled off-network traf�c

no sizing guides scales on-demand

unlimited bits, devices, networks

fragmented visibility & control per-appliance or per-site view

centralized visibility & control distributed network environments

& mobile users

PERFORMANCE

& MANAGEABILITY manual labor

overhead charges multiplied by the # of sites

reduction of CapEx & OpEx no hardware upgrade cycles no software refresh cycles

Vendor Platform

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Protection

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Protection

Information security doesn't have the continuous visibility it needs

to detect advanced attacks. ” “

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Protection

[Cloud-based] providers can update controls as threats evolve, and the updates

are immediately available to customers. ” “

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Protection

EPP solution providers offer some level of cloud look-up today. However, the

breadth of metadata information collected and sent to the clouds is limited... ”

Protection

SaaS solutions should deliver better security and enable functionality that is not available in on-premises solutions. ”

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Coverage

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Coverage

By 2018, Gartner estimates that 25% of corporate data traf�c will bypass perimeter

security (up from 4% today) and �ow directly from mobile devices to the cloud. ”

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Coverage

By 2018, 75% of the time, appliance-based

security works every time. ” “

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Performance

VPNVPN

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Performance

Shortcomings in existing Internet access and security architectures often

cause increased network latency. ” “

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Performance & Manageability

multisite, continuously available business systems can be more than

8 times the cost of a standard, non-highly or continuously available it service ”

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Manageability

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“Frankencloud”

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SLOWER ABILITY TO

ADAPT

LEGACY BUSINESS MODELS

INCONGRUOUS ORGANIZATIONAL

VALUES

OpenDNS Overview

Cloud-Delivered Network Security

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We build high performance cloud infrastructure

NO ADDED LATENCY

DNS

Proxy    

>2% Internet +

100% uptime

PROVEN RELIABILITY

We deliver worldwide coverage in minutes

GLOBAL NETWORK

Clientless DHCP +

Lightweight Agents

We predict & prevent threats before they happen

Cloud +

DNS

Analytics

Automation

THREAT PROTECTION LIKE NO OTHER PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE

We’re a next-generation network security company

WE EVOLVE AHEAD OF THE PACE OF THREATS

We’re trusted by SMBs and enterprises worldwide

2012 2014 2013 2006 2009

ENTERPRISE

added third-

party feeds

SECURITY

hired CTO &

researchers

PREDICTIVE

built OpenDNS

Security Graph

REMEDIATION

added context to

prioritize severity

INFRASTRUCTURE

build OpenDNS Global Network

INTEGRATIONS

FireEye is the

�rst of many

PROXY

not limited to DNS

OFF-NETWORK

launched Umbrella

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