Andrew Akers

Jul 17, 2024 | pitchbook.com | Andrew Akers |Jordan Rubio

PitchBook’s buyout replication portfolio (BRP) captures the fundamental characteristics of buyout investing within a portfolio of public stocks—including factors like sector selection, leverage and security selection. LPs can use the BRP as a better way to benchmark buyout funds that more appropriately captures their risk and return profile than standard indexes, such as the S&P 500 or Russell 2000.

Mar 19, 2024 | blogs.cisco.com | Andrew Akers

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) is a critical component to increase productivity and reduce risk in today’s hyper-distributed environments. Cisco Secure Access provides a modern form of zero trust access that utilizes a new architecture to deliver a unique level of security and user convenience.

Mar 14, 2024 | blogs.cisco.com | Andrew Akers

Modern networks are complex, often involving hybrid work models and a mix of first- and third-party applications and infrastructure. In response, organizations have adopted security service edge (SSE) solutions, such as Cisco Secure Access, to protect users regardless of where they are located or what they are accessing. This reliance on third-party infrastructure doesn’t only drive security risk, it also increases the likelihood of performance outages and disruptions.

Mar 5, 2024 | blogs.cisco.com | Andrew Akers

Security service edge (SSE) technology was created to protect remote and branch users with a unified, cloud-delivered security stack. To understand how SSE solutions protect organizations and their users, it’s worthwhile to analyze attacker techniques, as well as the protections and controls SSE solutions use to disrupt them. It’s useful to use the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Oct 19, 2023 | blogs.cisco.com | Andrew Akers

In today’s digital landscape, where the average user works remotes at least part time and uses a variety of cloud-delivered SaaS and private applications, old perimeter-based security paradigms are no longer sufficient. To address these realities, we created Cisco Secure Access, a powerful new security service edge (SSE) solution, which connects and protects users when they are accessing the Internet, public apps, and private apps.