A Practical Guide to Securing the Edge – Converging Compute, Security, and Observability

Overview

As organizations expand their digital footprint, security teams face growing complexity at the edge – more APIs, more traffic, more threat vectors.

Convergence at the edge isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a strategic necessity. Bringing together security, compute, content delivery, and observability into a unified edge platform can dramatically improve your threat response time, reduce operational friction, and deliver a better experience for both users and security teams.

In this session, security leaders and practitioners will explore how to take a pragmatic approach to edge convergence. Topics will include:

• Real-world examples of how convergence supports better bot mitigation, API protection, and DDoS resilience
• Key signals that your environment is ready for a unified edge architecture
• Tradeoffs and decision points in aligning cloud, edge, and AI security investments
• Practical steps to integrate next-gen WAF, observability, and real-time threat detection at the edge

Whether you’re advancing zero trust, defending APIs, or looking to reduce complexity without compromising control, this session offers a blueprint for convergence that prioritizes both security and performance.