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Transforming Modern Networking: The Unmatched Security of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) enhances security by converging network and security services into a single, cloud-native architecture. The model is designed to meet the challenges of modern IT environments, with a rising tendency to use the cloud, mobile workforce, and distributed applications. This is how SASE achieves it:

Unified Security Policies

  • Centralized management: SASE supports the enforcement of security policies and their management throughout the entire network.
  • Policy consistency: The policies are consistent and are managed from a single console, which eases the management and allows organizations to ensure the policy is consistent across their on-premises, cloud, and remote environments.

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

  • Identity-centric security: SASE is designed based on Zero Trust principles, to provide access to users and devices regardless of where a user is connected from.
  • Least privilege access: ZTNA can be used to provide a user with limited access based on their profile, which immensely mitigates the risk associated with lateral attacks.

Integrated Threat Protection

  • Secure Web Gateway (SWG): A Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is an advanced web security service that blocks malicious websites and malware while controlling and monitoring web usage and access.
  • Cloud-Based Security Broker (CASB): It provides cloud application protection through the policy enforcement of security policies, compliance, and activity monitoring.
  • Firewall as a service: Works in the cloud but provides firewall functionality as a cloud service, offering various protection choices and use cases for remote and mobile users.
  • Advanced threat protection: Some other features of SASE solutions are sandboxing, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and advanced malware protection in detecting and blocking sophisticated threats.

End-To-End Encryption