{"id":51258,"date":"2025-10-01T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=51258"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:03:14","slug":"macquarie-telecom-and-netskope-partner-to-strengthen-and-simplify-network-cloud-and-ai-security-for-australian-organisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2025\/10\/01\/macquarie-telecom-and-netskope-partner-to-strengthen-and-simplify-network-cloud-and-ai-security-for-australian-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Macquarie Telecom and Netskope partner to strengthen and simplify network, cloud and AI security for Australian organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australian managed service provider and global leader in modern networking and security to deliver enterprise-grade security and networking in a single, streamlined solution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macquarie Telecom and Netskope have partnered to simplify how Australian organisations secure and accelerate their use of data, cloud and AI applications, improving their overall cybersecurity posture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By integrating Netskope\u2019s Security Service Edge (SSE) platform with Macquarie Telecom\u2019s software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), the collaboration makes advanced security and networking capabilities (Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE) available to more organisations, particularly as they seek to better secure networks and adopt cloud and AI for business use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netskope\u2019s platform consolidates web, data, cloud and AI security capabilities, ensuring greater efficacy and cost savings, protecting against threats and eliminating typical trade-offs between security and network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian businesses have experienced sustained and significant data breaches in recent years, leading to increased cybersecurity regulation and demands on teams. By combining modern security that was designed for the cloud and AI era with the flexibility of SD-WAN technology – all managed by one partner\u2014organisations can protect users and data wherever they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netskope is IRAP-assessed at the PROTECTED level, for use within the Australian Government and critical industries, and the combined offering is able to support Australian companies working to meet the compliance criteria of SOCI (Security of Critical Infrastructure) or follow the Essential Eight framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOrganisations big and small are under immense pressure to strengthen their cyber defences while keeping operations simple and manageable,\u201d said Luke Clifton, Group Executive, Macquarie Telecom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy joining forces with Netskope, we\u2019re giving customers a smarter, more resilient network backed by integrated, enterprise-grade security. They\u2019re getting the best of both worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cModern networks need to be both fast and secure, but many organisations are still having to accept trade-offs between performance and security, which result in either an inferior security posture, or a degraded user experience,\u201d said Tony Burnside, Senior Vice President and Head of APAC, Netskope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNetworking and security consolidation is now a cornerstone of the demands of modern business, and through this partnership with Macquarie Telecom, we will help more Australian organisations unlock enhanced levels of data security, enabling agility, innovation and competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macquarie Telecom and Netskope share a deep commitment to world-class customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToo often, securing users, environments and networks comes at the cost of user experience. Netskope stands out by striking the right balance between delivering uncompromising security while ensuring performance and customer experience are prioritised,\u201d said Clifton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTogether, we\u2019re not only delivering best-in-class protection, but also the ability to maintain the excellent user experiences we\u2019re known for. That\u2019s what sets this partnership apart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netskope – recognised as a Leader for the fourth year in a row in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge – already maintains a strong partnership with Macquarie Telecom\u2019s sister sovereign government cloud and security company, Macquarie Government, with the companies delivering SASE technology to federal government customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian managed service provider and global leader in modern networking and security to deliver enterprise-grade security and networking in a single, streamlined solution. Macquarie Telecom and Netskope have partnered to simplify how Australian organisations secure and accelerate their use of data, cloud and AI applications, improving their overall cybersecurity posture. By integrating Netskope\u2019s Security Service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":51259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7027,12,3559,22,36,55,8983,44],"tags":[8677,9756,1090,174,192,664,2196,163,1640,811,6921],"class_list":["post-51258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intelligent-technologies-ai","category-cloud","category-cybersecurity","category-industry-verticals-government","category-networking","category-oceania","category-c-suite-technology","category-top-stories","tag-ai-security","tag-australian-organisations","tag-cloud-security","tag-cybersecurity","tag-digital-transformation","tag-macquarie-telecom","tag-netskope","tag-networking-2","tag-sase","tag-sd-wan","tag-sse"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51260,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51258\/revisions\/51260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}