MUNICH, GERMANY – Verizon Business supports Siemens with a range of network connectivity solutions that will provide Siemens employees at small office sites with a seamless ‘plug and play’ user experience, while -security first and zero trust principles.
Siemens’ Zero Trust Program ensures that all Siemens employee devices must be authenticated, authorized and continuously validated before granting or retaining access to the company’s mission-critical applications and data.
Verizon Business will deploy “internet only” connectivity as a global Managed Wide Area Network, based on Cisco Meraki technology and critical to the success of Siemens’ “never trust, always verify” program.
Sanjiv Gossain, Vice President of EMEA, Verizon Business said: “Every company needs a secure work infrastructure but balancing security risks while striving to deliver a user-friendly, digital work experience continues which remains a challenge for IT departments. That is where an intelligent network can make underlying architectures more agile by managing traffic and making operations more efficient.
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies in Europe. The German multinational focuses on the areas of automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and smart mobility solutions for rail and road.
A recent survey of more than 600 industry professionals responsible for security strategy, policy and management revealed that more than 70% of organizations agree that remote working affects their cybersecurity and increases the burden- said the security team.
Elmar Spreitzer, Head of the IT Digital Foundation, Siemens said: “With Verizon, we have found a new partner that will provide secure, internet-based network access for our simple office sites. The new connection solution designed to meet the requirements of our Zero Trust program where we don’t trust, but always verify.
Verizon’s global IP network includes long-haul, metro and submarine assets that carry IP, data, and voice traffic over more than 1 million route miles, enabling more than 500,000+ networks, hosting and security devices managed worldwide. Today’s announcement builds on the company’s network-as-a-service foundation and supports its private networks, mobile edge compute and business solutions growth vectors.