Today’s networked world is constantly shifting, and the number and type of devices it connects changes minute by minute. The combination of in-house computing, cloud-based resources and a mobile workforce armed with a growing diversity of devices means advanced network security systems need to be both flexible and agile to detect intrusion and malware activities.

Historical cybersecurity models such as perimeter-based security, the simple trust model and the assumption of a static environment are simply no longer effective.