BT International has expanded its partnership with Netskope to help businesses improve network security.
The partnership will allow businesses to access Netskope’s Security Service Edge (SSE) services through BT International’s Global Fabric network-as-a-service platform, in a bid to offer faster and reliable AI, cloud and automated workflows.
By connecting Netskope One SSE with Global Fabric, BT aims to reduce network delays, improve application performance and provide consistent security for businesses operating across multiple locations.
The service uses direct internet exchange point (IXP) connections and network access points around the world to help data travel more efficiently between users, applications and security services.
BT International Managing Director of Strategy and Product, Matt Swinden, said: “Netskope is a strategic partner in helping us deliver the AI-ready digital foundations our customers need.
“Bringing together the Netskope SSE platform with Global Fabric gives customers a more predictable, higher-performing path between their users, agents, and the security services protecting them, while giving them the flexibility to choose the level of protection that fits their business.”
The expanded partnership is expected to help multinational companies adopt AI and cloud technologies more easily while managing security risks, the telecoms giant stated.
Netskope Chief Product Officer, Parag Thakore, added: “AI is rapidly changing what organisations need from their security architecture.
“Agents, applications, and users all need fast, reliable, real-time access to data and cloud services, and that means security has to be built into the network path, not bolted on as an afterthought.
“By bringing closer the Netskope One platform and BT International’s Global Fabric, we’re giving multinational customers an optimised, high-performance routing capability to the protection they need, without the latency and complexity of traditional architectures.”
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