1 A major Asian home goods retailer offers a comprehensive range of smart home solutions. These include furniture, home textiles, household products, home appliances, and audiovisual products. Across its retail footprint, the retailer employs more than 800 people. They all rely on the company’s network of point-of-sale (POS) systems, Wi-Fi networks, and servers that host applications and databases, which contain consumer financial information and other sensitive and business-critical data. The retailer needed to optimize its network infrastructure, both to protect its users, applications, and data from cyber threats and to ensure a consistent user experience at all its locations. This was a challenge, as the retail industry has become a frequent target for cyber criminals, and many

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