Oracle collaborates with Applied Invention and
other industry leaders to create an open standard for network and
data security across on-premises and distributed cloud
environments
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VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle
CloudWorld -- Oracle today announced it is participating in an
industry-wide initiative to design a new open standard for network
and data security that will help organizations better protect their
data in distributed IT environments. Under this new initiative,
Oracle will collaborate with Applied Invention, other major
technology providers, and other leading organizations from across
industries, including Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a
leading global provider of consulting services and system
solutions. This new standard will enable networks to collectively
enforce shared security policies, enhancing the security
architecture organizations already use without changing existing
applications and networks. To support this new initiative, Oracle
plans to release the Oracle Zero-Trust Packet Routing
Platform based on the new standard that will help
organizations prevent unauthorized access or use of their data
without adding extra hurdles for legitimate activities.
"Over the last 20 years, the cybersecurity industry has produced
many incremental changes, but we need a fundamentally new approach
to protect our data in the increasingly complex cloud era.
Organizations need a way to describe their data security policies
in one place where they be can easily understood and audited, and
they need a way to ensure those policies are enforced across their
entire computing infrastructure, including their clouds," said
Mahesh Thiagarajan, executive vice
president, Security and Developer Platforms, Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure. "To meet this need, Oracle is working with Applied
Invention and other technology leaders to launch an effort to
create an open, Zero-Trust Packet Routing (ZPR) standard. This will
be developed and governed by an industry consortium with Oracle's
participation. We invite collaboration from across the entire
technology industry, because broad adoption and interoperability
will create a stronger and more consistent data protection for
everyone."
As cloud uptake increases and IT environments become more
complex with distributed cloud deployments, it is increasingly
difficult for organizations to protect their data using existing
practices and tools. For example, most current systems require
security teams to coordinate siloed solutions across database,
network, application, and identity security, adding even more
complexity when extrapolated across a number of different
environments. It can be difficult to make sure those solutions are
working together as the applications, environments, and users are
constantly and independently changing. Today's security systems
also require extensive configuration to differentiate types of
individuals such as full-time employees and contractors, in a way
that is not overly permissive or constraining.
Oracle and Applied Invention are helping create and promote a
new network and data-centric security standard that will address
these challenges. It will enable organizations to protect their
data throughout its entire lifecycle without changing the
underlying architecture that includes their distributed cloud
environments. To achieve this, the standard will use an
intent-based security policy that humans can read, audit, and
understand. This intent will be enforced at the network layer, with
all traffic containing authenticated attributes about the sender,
receiver, and type of data in motion. The network uses these
attributes to constrain where that data can move. Technology
providers and users that implement or interoperate with the
standard will be able to use the devices of their network to help
track and block threats to their data wherever it is stored,
creating a unified layer of security. As a result, it will be
more difficult to exploit many common security vulnerabilities
created by coordinating and configuring large numbers of devices
and security mechanisms. For example, if an authorized user of an
application attempts to export data to another environment where it
is at risk for misuse, the policy could detect the violation of
security intent, block data movement, and create an alert on the
incident.
This new standard is built on technology created by Danny Hillis and the team at Applied Invention.
"ZPR is how the Internet would have been designed from the start if
modern security technologies had been available. I believe it is
going to make everyone's data more secure," said Danny Hillis, co-founder, Applied Invention.
"This initiative is an opportunity to make a generational
improvement in cybersecurity for the entire world. We are looking
forward to collaborating with Oracle and other industry leaders to
realize its potential."
"When designing a secure cybersecurity system, the more
checkpoints and restrictions the organization puts in place, the
safer the data stored in that system will be. The tradeoff is that
those restrictions can cause major inefficiencies as they often
create time-consuming obstacles for users with a legitimate need to
access and manipulate data," said Dave
McCarthy, research vice president, cloud and edge
infrastructure services, IDC. "The new standard Oracle is helping
develop has the potential to change all of that by adding a unified
layer of security on top of existing solutions. Building data
protection policies into the network itself will help users get the
access they need while ensuring the data remains secure behind the
scenes."
Additional Resources
- Learn more about the ZPR platform
- Learn more about OCI Security
- Dig deeper on the OCI Security Blog
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