Security News > 2020 > February > Security Performance in the Age of Digital Transformation
A vast majority of security vendors cannot meet customer requirements for high performance and low-cost security for branch offices that can protect and inspect high-volume encrypted data at scale.
As with the development of physical security ASICs, building an effective virtualized security appliance requires advanced optimization skills that few vendors possess.
When done properly, security and networking functionality ported to a chip can easily deliver ten to twenty times the performance, and at about 10 percent of the price, of a traditional CPU. Using that same development and optimization strategy to virtualize security can likewise deliver three to four times the performance of traditionally ported software.
To meet the demands that everyone can clearly see on the horizon, including new edge computing and networks and the imminent delivery of 5G, which will deliver as much as 10 times the throughput of current connections, security vendors need to step up and take security development more seriously.
In a world of digital transformation where performance and scalability are king, security stands to be a significant barrier to success unless vendors step up and address these challenges head on.