Security Visionaries | A Unified Approach to Identity, Network, and Data Security

Nov 17, 2025

In this episode of Security Visionaries, host Max Havey is joined by security leaders from Microsoft and Netskope to discuss how an ideal unified strategy brings together data, network access, and identity.

They discuss what's currently "un-unified" about most security stacks and explore the topline benefits, key metrics, and the "non-negotiables" of a truly unified security approach.

GUESTS:
Sinead O’Donovan, VP of Product Management, Identity and Network Access at Microsoft

Eliot Sun, VP of Product Management at Netskope

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:01 – Introduction

01:02 – What’s currently un-unified about security

03:35 – How to describe unified security to a non-technical person

07:55 – The main disconnections when it comes to states of data

10:29 – Disconnections from the access and trust perspective

12:28 – The topline benefits of a unified security approach

17:03 – Key metrics organizations need to keep in mind around a unified approach

21:58 – How organizations need to change to adopt a unified strategy

26:09 – Non-negotiables of a unified security approach

LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO PODCAST:
🔊 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-unified-approach-to-identity-access-and-data-security/id1587771429
🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19VSY9b7FDBVuR8boJozUk
🔊 Web: https://www.netskope.com/resources/podcasts/a-unified-approach-to-identity-network-and-data-security

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