The exposure of IT security breaches and data protection incidents has opened many eyes to just how mission-critical information security is for a business. Merely keeping your sensitive information under lock and key no longer does the trick. Today, there’s a flurry of regulations that must be met to keep acute penalties at bay. The proliferation of access points both within a company and to external (cloud) service providers not only adds to the list of possible vulnerabilities, but also underscores how much organisations have come to rely on high availability and high-performance interfaces.