Aryaka Research Brief 2025
The State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services
How IT Leaders Are Balancing Cloud Agility, Security Visibility, and GenAI Risk
What’s Inside the Report
As Business Services organizations shift to cloud-native and digital-first models—delivering finance, legal, HR, and consulting solutions remotely network complexity and threat exposure are growing. Our latest survey of 100+ IT leaders in North America reveals:
From bandwidth stress and staffing shortages to shadow IT and edge vulnerabilities, IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. This report dives into what’s working, what’s missing, and how leading firms are transforming their network security posture.
What You’ll Learn
- Top 5 Networking Pain Points for Lean IT Teams
- Why Business Services Leads in Cloud Adoption
- How to Close the Edge Security Gap with ZTNA, SWG & NGFW
- Unified SASE as a Service Strategy: Fast-tracking simplicity, observability & control
- Real-World Case Study: How Kleinfelder scaled global SaaS performance with Unified SASE as a Service
Who This Report is For
This research brief is built for IT and infrastructure decision-makers—including CIOs, IT Directors, and Network Architects—looking to future-proof their organization’s edge network performance and security strategies without overwhelming internal resources.