{"id":11008,"date":"2019-04-22T12:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/cyxtera_wants_to_be_your_secure_data_center_company.html"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:29:03","slug":"cyxtera-wants-to-be-your-secure-data-center-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/cyxtera-wants-to-be-your-secure-data-center-company.html","title":{"rendered":"Cyxtera Wants to be Your Secure Data Center Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is this data center company named Cyxtera<\/a> expanding<\/a> in five markets while putting out reports<\/a> on cybersecurity?<\/p>\n

Generally, a data center company doesn\u2019t get involved in cyber \u2013 these are different areas.<\/p>\n

We were intrigued, so we sat down for an exclusive, live, in-person interview with Tina Gravel, SVP Global Channels.<\/p>\n

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She said, \u201cWe were formed from 57 data centers from CenturyLink<\/a> and four software companies with the goal of building the world\u2019s most-secure infrastructure company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody else is trying to do this right now,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cWe think this is a way to differentiate ourselves. We are integrating all the software into our colo and a  customer can get security add-ons.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have a switch at the network level which can be switched on or off.<\/p>\n

This can be used in the cloud or on-prem. \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cWe have a focus on hybrid environments. We help clients get one security view if you will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers choose Cyxtera because they are global and focus on security.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cWe provide on-demand compute and network within a secure data center footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says legacy telecom agents aren\u2019t selling colo or security and instead are focusing on SD-WAN or UCaaS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is crazy to me,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cIt is one of the easiest things to sell\u201d<\/p>\n

She explained that Cloud has taken the walls of a business and made it like swiss cheese.<\/p>\n

Their AppGate SDP<\/a> software-defined perimeter is an access tool which authenticates based on contextual variables unlike VPN. They call it identity-centric, network-enforced perimeter security.<\/p>\n

It \u201cknocks on the door\u201d then looks at the IP address and checks behavior. They look to see if the machine has antivirus.<\/p>\n

It then can only access the asset it is allowed to see. If it requests access to other areas \u2013 approval can be granted. Other parts of the network are obscured.<\/p>\n

Benefits include a zero-trust model, enabling fine-grained control of access and security, a reduction of the attack surface by 98% and mitigation of exposure from DDoS attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see one room in a hotel,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cNot others. People can only see what they are supposed to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

She explained it is easy to use. If you acquire a company, you can set up those workers to have access only to their data.<\/p>\n

Third-party users too can be granted limited access as needed.<\/p>\n

In addition, the company provides CXD Compute Nodes<\/a> which provide on-demand IT infrastructure. In other words, physically isolated on-demand hyperconverged infrastructure. These nodes can direct-connect to the public and private clouds.<\/p>\n

Other benefits include:<\/p>\n