Data security issues are certainly top of mind for businesses as security breaches become increasingly costly. A study by Ovum emphasised the need for APAC services providers to beef up security infrastructure to meet demands of IoT and 5G, which involves securing IoT traffic end-to-end for data to be protected from threats.
With 5G enabling applications to operate within different virtualised environments, SD-WAN prevents unauthorised access of sensitive information in two ways: path isolation and security controls. Path isolation allows enterprises to corral traffic while security controls permit or deny traffic based on specific criteria. Combined, these methods of separation and enforcement result in an effective enterprise segmentation technique that reduces the risk of the IoT device traffic being exposed to security breaches.
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Simplified management
One of the foundational components of SD-WAN is its centralised management platform capable of simplifying the control of networks supporting IoT. Traditionally, setting up new devices would entail manual configuration of the devices at each location.
Through the deployment of automation, SD-WAN allows new IoT devices to be added to the network without the need for reprogramming software and cuts down operational requirements.