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Netskope, a global cybersecurity leader, is redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organisations apply the zero trust principles to protect data. Fast and easy to use, the Netskope platform provides optimised access and zero trust security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. The company helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get unrivalled visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity.
Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope and its powerful NewEdge network to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, organisational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements.
Organisations cannot effectively secure their data in the cloud using appliances sitting on-premises. Doing so means ignoring the modern reality of how people are working, their location and how they share data. An average enterprise has more than 1,000 cloud apps running, 97% of which are shadow IT, unsanctioned and unmanaged by the IT department. Netskope enables organisations to secure data, wherever it goes without the conventional performance trade-offs.
Netskope helps reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get clear visibility into cloud, web, and private application activity
The company promises to be different by focusing on data, while other security companies focus on the application or the device. It believes that device and application-centric security will always leave holes because employees find workarounds in pursuit of productivity, setting security up as a department of limitations. For Netskope, the right security and networking architecture is an enabler that must allow enterprises to do what it needs to do in pursuit of business goals.
As a business leader, Netskope is also focused on supporting and nurturing channel partners. The company has a three-level partner programme. The new authorised level provides an entry point to address increased demand from new partners while the gold and platinum levels deliver greater advantages to committed partners.
It has also increased partner discounts and incentives using a new global discounting structure organised by programme level and opportunity type. Netskope also offers technical certification including two new paths to guide partners toward achieving top technical certifications like Certified Cloud Security Administrator and Certified Cloud Security Integrator certification through Pearson Vue. Its new services specialisation path for professionals recognises technical expertise, customer focus, and services scale.
The company recently acquired Infiot which brings Borderless SD-WAN into Netskope products
Keeping in sync with the technology trends, Netskope recently launched endpoint data protection, eDLP, with a pathway to move beyond traditional office endpoints like printers and CCTV, etc. into broader IoT and OT to demonstrate its commitment to protecting data wherever it goes.
It recently acquired Infiot which brings Borderless SD-WAN into Netskope products. This will enable it to truly deliver a single vendor SASE solution, which is crucial for the company. Gartner predicts that by 2025, nearly 50% of SD-WAN purchases will be part of a single vendor SASE offering, up from less than 10% in 2021.
The year also saw Netskope’s NewEdge infrastructure becoming the most well-connected security network in the world, including five new datacentres in the Middle East supporting local customers’ security and network transformation. The local infrastructure supports major customers across a variety of sectors including finance, telecom, and energy.
TOP EXECUTIVE
Jonathan runs the Middle East region for Netskope and is responsible for the local team, investment, and sales and reports to the EMEA organisation. During his eight-year stint at Netskope, his career has grown alongside technology. Jonathan started with a focus on the UK but took up the responsibility for Africa, and recently relocated to the Middle East to focus on supporting and growing customers in the Gulf region.
Netskope has registered impressive growth and traction in the Gulf region. It now has five Gulf datacentres and has significantly expanded the local team, including in Saudi Arabia. Its customers include some of the largest and most successful organisations in the region.
DREAM ROLE
The level of infrastructural investment in the Gulf and the regional vision for the future makes it an exciting territory for Jonathan to work. He believes that the people in the region have an incredible sense of entrepreneurism and positivity, which makes this the ideal place to build a world-class team to service customers.
ROLE MODEL
Jonathan draws inspiration from organisations that promote sustainable excellence and innovation. He values the power of creativity and determination and admires those who have a plan to get things done regardless of any obstacle.
OFFLINE
Jonathan spends a lot of his free time travelling and exploring new cultures; the relocation has given him a great opportunity to explore this region in greater depth. He also enjoys art and music and tries to discover new artists during his travels.
